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This exploration is crucial for understanding that moral norms and the capacity for moral behavior are not confined to humans alone but are linked to broader traits that constitute personhood to which humans, due to their natural make-up, possess an advantage.
3 kwi 2019 · In this chapter, Molefe elaborates the idea of personhood as a moral theory. He conducts this discussion in a three-fold manner: Molefe begins by clarifying the relationship between being human and being a person; three such relationships are discussed.
13 maj 2022 · When philosophers talk about “personhood,” they are referring to something or someone having exceptionally high moral status, often described as having a right to life, an inherent dignity,...
The concept of a person plays a crucial role in philosophy, ethics, the law, and everyday life. Metaphysicians discuss what it is to be a person and what is required for a person to persist through time.
In philosophy, morally, a being is a person if they’re a moral agent, making moral judgements and taking moral actions. Metaphysically, the set of criteria for personhood include rationality or logical reasoning, consciousness, self-consciousness, use of language, ability to initiate action, moral agency (again) and intelligence.
This chapter examines two variants of the concept of a person, and considers the arguments for regarding personhood, in either of these two senses, as the sole criterion of moral status.
11 gru 2001 · Modern advances in neurological science and technology pose profound challenges for our traditional concepts of the human person: they generate metaphysical and moral questions about beings at the edges of human life, from embryos that are not yet conscious, to persons who have lost their capacity for rational thought or have become permanently ...
