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Mar 27, 2001 · Human consciousness usually displays a striking unity. When one experiences a noise and, say, a pain, one is not conscious of the noise and then, separately, of the pain. One is conscious of the noise and pain together, as aspects of a single conscious experience.
- Leibniz's Philosophy of Mind
Leibniz’s place in the history of the philosophy of mind is...
- Leibniz's Philosophy of Mind
Some thinkers use the term “person” in such a way that one is either a person or not, but the situation is not that simple. It will be useful to distinguish among different types, contexts, or meanings of personhood: moral, metaphysical, physical, and legal.
Aug 20, 2002 · Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things, conscious beings, moral agents, or material objects.
Mar 24, 2017 · What is a person? Who is a person? How should we treat a person? These are recurring questions in bioethics and biolaw, that often lead to different and even contradictory answers. Two major opposing trends can be discerned in bioethics.
- Laura Palazzani
- palazzani@lumsa.it
- 2008
Dec 11, 2001 · Who or what is a person? To be classified as a "person" normally entails having strong moral rights and legal protections, and higher moral status than living things that cannot credibly be classified as persons.
Aug 5, 2009 · The difference between legal terms such as “person” and “human being” represents more than a question of standing or mere semantics.
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May 14, 2020 · The unification principle of heroism operates at the levels of both large collectives and single individuals. At the group level, heroes unify people by leading civil rights movements,...