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Personhood
In Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics. Malden, Mass., USA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 127–139 (1998)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Basic Moral Principles and the Concept of a Person Human Persons and Human Organisms The Concept of a Person and the Wrongness of Killing What Makes Something a Person? Is Personhood a Matter of Degree? Is Potential Personhood Morally Significant? Is Species Membership Morally Significant? The Moral Status of Human Embryos, Fetuses, and Newborn Infants Summing Up: Ethics and the Concept of a Person References.Author's Profile
personhood basic moral principles and concept of person human persons and human organisms complete reprogramming of person's brain concept of person and wrongness of killing boundaries of personhood properties sufficing to make something a person personhood ‐ a matter of degree species membership ‐ morally significant moral status of human embryos, fetuses, and newborn infants
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