ROLE while 'human' refers to BIOLOGY
-TLP
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> Regarding "person", Merriam Webster grants synonymy with "human"
> in def # 1. But def # 6 says: "one (as a human being, a
> partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the
> subject of rights and duties."
>
> Since this discussion is about abortion (and immigration?) and
> what life-stage qualifies for full rights, I assume #6 is the
> appropriate one here.
>
> -Mark
>
>
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>
>
>
> I disagree with that context. A person is a human, and a human
> is a
> person. Nothing other than a human can be a person, and nothing
> other
> than a fully sentient person (aka POST BIRTH) qualifies as a
> human.
>
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Terry L Parker"
> <txliberty@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Paul, not in the context of this discussion of who or what gets
> to be
> > regarded as an individual possessing the property of
> 'personhood'
> > (entity capable of having attributed to it, rights/obligations)
>
> >
> > A human lifeform can indeed not meet the criteria of
> 'personhood' AND
> > NON-human entities can at least theoretically have 'personhood'
>
> >
> > -Terry Liberty Parker
> >
>
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