Either 100% person or not.

    Carries intrinisic rights & value

    end in self (Kant)

Or Levels? At certain ages? Various degrees of personhood?

Adulthood is cultural concept (RELATIVE)

Evolutionary sense?

    What came just before humans, was also human. (regress)

    Replace parts of a human with machine parts.   (regress)

Playing it safe, "as-if" persons.

Does person = human?

not necessarily

Slavery, 3/5ths compromise

Changes historically

Rights entail certain Responsiblities

    cognitve & emotional capacities,

    to understand the consequences

    choice, understanding right wrong

    intentionality & self-awareness

Intrinsic values without full rights?

    Respect

Are Utilitarians persons?

    learning by trail-and-error

Is X essential to be a person?

where X =

human (DNA)

    brain dead/vegetative state

    dead humans

    mentally diminshed

    children (partial rights)

    criminals (lose rights, STILL PERSONS)

Brain

mental ability

Self-identity/self-awareness

    What is this?

    distinguish self and other

    not just self-reporting, but needs this

    stream of consciousness/ experience of mental states as its own

Consciousness (beinging)

    awareness of ones own consciousness

Life

    Pain

    Self-preservation

Reasoning (Kant)

Moral Sense (Kantian agents)

    self-control

    regret

Choice (creative ability to produce options)

Creativity

    art

    aesthetics

    Pleasure

Learning

Anticipation

Ability to Contribute to society

Capacity vs Ability