On Monday 16 July 2007 15:04, Derek Kalweit wrote: > > >So, imagine a person who *used* to have cerebral activity but now > > doesn't any more. Does he/she >lose his/her personhood? > > > > I believe that life begins at first breath, but I would not call being > > assisted by a machine to keep breathing living. Just existing. The > > meaning of life is to have your life have meaning. Very deep for a > > Monday! :-) > > If a person's brain were entirely supported by machines, yet the brain > continued to function with clear cerebral activity(particularly if we > had a way to communicate with them), I'd consider them still > alive/human-- as 'meaningless' as it might be...
Hi Derek! Say the machine is implanted, strapped on, portable. Not only can think, but go potty unassisted? Darth grandpa. Ok, let him live if he can let us know he is alive, and swing the light saber? -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
