Personhood, what's its limit?



Linguistic distinctions:

• Human - Biological
• Personhood - Philosophical
• Alive - Biological

Relevant Areas: Abortion, Animal Rights, Death penalty, Euthanasia

Is it possible to not be human and a person still?

Theories → What deserves our moral consideration?

• Genetic Criterion → John Noonan
• Cognitive criteria → Mary ann warren
• Consciousness
• Reasoning
• Self motivated activity
• Communication [Paralyzed people?]
• Self awareness [Children are not self-aware until 18 months]
• Social Criterion → Society recognizes you as a person
• Sentience → Peter singer → If it can feel pain
• Is personhood a ticker? → Justify losing personhood?
• Gradient theory of personhood [The intrests of the enetity with more personhood get more weight?]

Personhood in AI?

• Chinese room → Doesn't understand the language but follow the code? Real understanding would mean strong AI → The whole systems understands? [John Searle belived we could never get true understanding]

Bioethicist

• Right against inviability → Can't be killed without very good reasons

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