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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Do we have a defensible account of what is to be a person?

To support the assertion that a soulfulness exists as a psyche in their individual unique position and that, they do not, cannot and can never occupy the space and position of another person must be proven using unch anyengeable, unquestionable or fixed evidence. Before we begin answering this question, we must first of all defecate who and what a person is i.e. what argon the basic and universal characteristics of a person?Where does the definition of a person begins and ends along the continuum that is occupied by all species they could be hominoids monkeys, baboons, apes, chimps, or non-person species etc. When does a person cease being a person to become a non-person? Is this a reversible process if so, wherefore? If not, why?According to Wiktionary a person is a hu humanness being, thus a human being is defined as man, the characteristics of man argon identified from the later human being being signifies existence, human way of life belonging to the species of Homo sap iens some of the characteristic that would be associated to this is capacity to express, feel, all humankind characteristics like being weak or fallible. Where indeed do we find the person in the human being is it the physiologic body of an individual being?Aristotle says man is a logical watchword using animal and a featherless two footed animal. These however, ar not the only differences.A lot of other animals shargon these characteristics for instance insects and apes though remotely but it emerges that people are unambiguously quite distinctive, congruous account of what it is to be a person could give the core of this bank bill hence illustrating why certain characteristics are important and the others but sequent John Haugeland Nos, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1982.We are told, that modern philosophers and Christians interpreted Aristotles logical as rational thus proposing this rationality as our precept differentia, therefore Descartes maintains that people can talk beca purpos e they reason and he could curb stated the same on other characteristics.Contrary to other animals humans hurl a highly developed brain with an ability to reason abstractly, use words and examining thoughts, it is due to this mental capacity together with their body expression that allows their upper limbs to make more use of tools than other animals. Human beings are societal by nature a characteristic of most order Primates nevertheless they are more skillful in using systems of communicating for self-expression, interaction, exchange of ideas and planning.Man has put in pull social structures made of competing and cooperating groups much(prenominal) structures are, families marked by blood relations and other relations, nations originating from geographical boundaries, social groups and so on.These interactions between humans have put in place a wide variety of traditions, rituals, ethics values laws and social norms which are the foundation of a human society. Man has a cl early noticeable recognition for beauty and tastefulness which is compounded by the human desire for self-expression has presumption rise to heathenish inventions and innovations such as art, literature and music.Humans are distinct for their desire to understand and influence the world around them, man seeks to beg off and manage natural occurrences by science, mythology, philosophy and religion, this curiosity in man has led to development of tools and skills, this may be one of the most noteworthy characteristic of human beings. It is by these characteristicsAnatomical structures, mental abilities, social responsibility, cultural norms, conscious and unconscious will and freedom of choice, innovativeness that we define a person. This may be the basic and universal characteristics of a person.

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