Anna, better than what; conscious volition? If by saying the word 'person' we are identifying an entity with the property of rights/duties capability, how can you leave out conscious volition and still have moral accountability
Do you not believe that it is required for free moral agency? -Terry Liberty Parker Please see what I wrote in 'Your Freedom and the Rights of Others' at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/22990 --- In [email protected], "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Terry, a better defintion is that personality is an individual map of consciousness. > Anna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry L Parker > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:17 PM > Subject: [Libertarian] PERSONHOOD: Abortion & beyond > > > It's intellectually and spiritually lazy > to default to a comfortable prejudice > shared by one's associates! > > The term 'personhood' refers to the 'property' > of being able to have rights & duties (obligations) > Human Beings are human lifeforms with 'personhood' > for example. > > Historically, we've been too quick to discount > personhood when doing so was immoral; > for example, slavery (person discounted to > another person's property) Determination > of 'personhood' impacts not only the > contemporary human abortion issue but also > the morality of other life form encounters to come. > > The intellectual & spiritual 'homework' > yet to be done by many, is to develop > a working criteria for who (or what) > gets to be considered a person AND why. > If you want that criteria to be > generally acknowledged it has to be > as rational and objective as possible. > > Here are *my* 'tentative' COMBINED criteria for > who or what gets to be regarded as a person: > > sentience- ability to consider essential > information about one's environment > (surroundings, situation and so on) > > agency- power to act in that environment > > conscious volition- free will to intervene between > stimulus and response by making meaningful choices; > without which one can not be 'responsible' for > one's actions that interface with other persons > > Imo, 'personhood' is about individual sovereigns > (whose 'domains' are their own bodies and > justly held possessions) being free moral agents; > which still leaves room for acts of compassion :) > > Domains http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/30419 > > Morals http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/37899 > > > There are three essential areas of moral concern about human abortion: > > 1. Personhood- At what point do rights and obligations accrue > to the developing individual? > > The spectrum of opinion is from the moment of conception > (spiritual, before physical zygote) thru physical gestation > to birth and a few years beyond (human infanticide is actually > NOT regarded as murder in some societies) > > 2. Obligation- If the developing individual is deemed a 'person' > what, if any, duty to that person exists, to provide support? > > No person has an 'automatic' claim on the resources of another > person to provide them with support. But, did voluntary action > by the 'host' person create an obligation to the 'dependent' person? > > 3. Fatal Eviction- If the 'host' person has a right to deny > support to the 'dependent' person, does the 'host' person's > right to 'evict' the 'dependent' person include doing so in > such a way that is fatal to said dependent? > > People of sincere conscience can be found on all sides of these > three concerns. > > > 'The unexamined life is not worth living' > Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology > Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC) > at http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/24198.html > > Please also enter the word consciousness at http://www.Google.com > > > -Terry Liberty Parker > see: 'Your Freedom and the Rigths of Others' > at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/22990 > > > > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > SPONSORED LINKS E government Libertarian E government strategy > Libertarian party E government procurement > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
