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That’s the problem isn’t it? Generally a person is an

Posted on: May 29, 2025 at 22:00:34 CT
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individual that has self awareness, consciousness, ability to reason, capacity for relationships and moral agency.

Rene Descartes called a person the union of a soul, the thinker of one’s thoughts, and the body. When consciousness is not possible, the thinker of one’s thoughts is not in union with the body, it is a body, but not a person. Of course this definition he limited to personhood of human beings, and he was not speaking of God’s personhood.
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Question: - Spanky KU - 5/29 19:58:07
     no thank you - Ferg MU - 5/29 20:49:32
     Make removing bodies from life support illegal?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 20:36:21
          That is a non sequitur... or spell out what your reasoning - JeffB MU - 5/29 20:44:17
               RE: That is a non sequitur... or spell out what your reasoning - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 20:51:38
                    Ben Carson's quote was with respect to abortion. Some people - JeffB MU - 5/29 21:32:21
                         You’re confusing the argument. What is a person? (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:33:26
                              I said in my earlier post, I think every human being is a - JeffB MU - 5/29 21:41:45
                                   That doesn’t define what a person is. Catholicism teaches - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:46:29
                                        RE: That doesn’t define what a person is. Catholicism teaches - THEGROVE68 MU - 5/30 05:36:16
                                        Of course, and so are angels... moral agents. - JeffB MU - 5/29 22:04:49
                                             Define person. You are dancing around it. We’ve established - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 22:12:33
                    Speaking only for myself, I would say yes and no if the - MUTGR MU - 5/29 21:19:40
                         So if a family member decides to remove a body incapable of - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:28:48
                              Since you are the answer guy, maybe you need to state - MUTGR MU - 5/29 21:54:02
                                   That’s the problem isn’t it? Generally a person is an - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 22:00:34
                                        RE: That’s the problem isn’t it? Generally a person is an - MUTGR MU - 5/29 22:07:49
                                             That has absolutely nothing to do with what a person is.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 22:13:22
                                                  So you are advocating that a living person who has no - MUTGR MU - 5/29 22:22:01
                                                       What is a person? God is three persons, angels are persons. - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 22:26:14
          Does anyone say those people are not human?(nm) - Spanky KU - 5/29 20:41:16
               If there is a body in a hospital bed, incapable of ever - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 20:50:48
                    RE: If there is a body in a hospital bed, incapable of ever - THEGROVE68 MU - 5/30 05:41:12
                    I think that all human beings are persons, but that does not - JeffB MU - 5/29 21:29:48
                         So how do you define a person? (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:32:52
                              RE: So how do you define a person? (nm) - THEGROVE68 MU - 5/30 05:45:47
                              ^^still can’t define fascism^^ - Spanky KU - 5/29 22:02:24
                                   Strawman.. can’t stick to the topic shows you can’t defend - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 22:35:09
                                        ^^Dumb@$$^^ - Spanky KU - 5/29 22:55:19
                                             You don’t grasp the difference between a fascist and fascism - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 23:03:46
                    Has anyone argued that someone on life support isn’t a - Spanky KU - 5/29 21:02:31
                         Is a brain dead body incapable of conscious thought a person - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:03:49
                              RE: Is a brain dead body incapable of conscious thought a person - THEGROVE68 MU - 5/30 05:53:47
                              Changing your scenario? - Spanky KU - 5/29 21:09:16
                                   I didn’t change my scenario. I said body, not person.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:12:46
                                        What is a body?(nm) - Spanky KU - 5/29 21:19:11
                                             the physical structure of a person or an animal, including - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:27:36
                                                  Is the brain an organ?(nm) - Spanky KU - 5/29 22:01:14
                                                       Sure. And it can be damaged in a way it still exists but is - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 22:19:25
                                                            Keep going…. - Spanky KU - 5/29 22:56:58
                                                                 Still alive. Not dead. No ability for consciousness. - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 23:02:50
                                   But the body isn’t dead. It is alive receiving what it needs - TigerMatt STL - 5/29 21:11:09
                                        RE: But the body isn’t dead. It is alive receiving what it needs - THEGROVE68 MU - 5/30 05:55:16




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