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WHAT MAKES US PERSONS?,
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This review is from: What is A Person? (Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society) (Hardcover)
Michael F. Goodman, editor
What Is a Person? (Clifton,New Jersey: Humana Press, 1988) 325 pages (ISBN: 0-89603-117-9; hardcover) (Library of Congress call number: BD450.W4873 1988) A collection of 16 philosophers and other academics address various aspects of the concept of personhood. These thinkers did not break any new ground when they wrote their essays. And these are mainly of historical interest now. In those days, the beginning of human life and when a human being becomes a person were the major issues. When does a fetus have enough self-consciousness to have an interest in its own continuation? How much freedom of will must an individual have to be a person? The autonomous person can evaluate even his own wishes. Does the future potential of a fetus give it the status of a person? Daniel Dennett's chapter, "Conditions of Personhood" p. 145-167. Dennett describes six interlocking conditions that make human beings persons: 1. Rational beings. 2. Have intentional states of consciousness. 3. Are regarded as persons by others. 4. Capable of reciprocating with others. 5. Capable of verbal communication. 6. Self-conscious. If you want to explore other definitions of personhood, search the Internet for: "Personhood Bibliography". James Leonard Park, existential philosopher and medical ethicist
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modified potentiality principle, moral symmetry principle, metamorphic definition, nonpotential properties, generalized potentiality principle, human biological life, human personal life, rule against homicide, generative development, metamorphic phase, actual personhood, unwilling addict, nonnatural meaning, human egg cells, own continued existence, normal adult human beings, strict persons, moral divide, human zygote, intentional systems, moral personhood, prejudiced society, inherent claim, natural kind term, biological part Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Supreme Court, Carl Sagan, Michael Tooley, Journal of Philosophy, Public Affairs, Defense of Abortion, Joel Feinberg, Marjorie Grene, Tristram Engelhardt, Harry Frankfurt, John Noonan, Philosophical Review, Englewood Cliffs, Harvard University Press, Kegan Paul, Man's Adaptive Dimension, Ronald Reagan, The Species Problem, Theological Studies, Clifford Geertz, Ernst Mayr, Irving Hallowell, New Jersey, Peter Singer New!
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- Abortion and Infanticide by Michael Tooley on 12 pages
- The Problem of Abortion by Joel Feinberg on 5 pages
- Moral Problems in Medicine by Samuel Gorovitz on page 279, page 280, and Back Matter
- Matters of Life and Death by Tom Regan on page 27, page 113, and Back Matter
- Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy by Michael Polanyi on page 33, page 53, and page 54
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- Abortion from the Religious and Moral Perspective:: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies) by George F. Johnston on 7 pages
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