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Choose one of the following ethical issues and briefly explain how you think it relates to the question of what counts as a “person?”

– Scientific research on embryos

– In-vitro fertilization

– Harvesting embryonic stem cells

– Abortion

– Coma and persistent vegetative state

– How we treat human beings with severe intellectual disabilities

– How we treat great apes, dolphins or elephants

– Artificial intelligence

– Alien life

 

The ability theory: Mary Anne Warren, “On the moral and legal status of abortion”

2. How does Mary Anne Warren differentiate the term “human” from the term “person?” Does this mean there could be persons who are not human?

3. Review Warren’s imagined example of crash landing on an alien planet and having to decide what living things there should count as food (p. 2). How does this example help us think about the traits that make a being a person? Do you think Mary Anne Warren’s list of traits are a good definition of who is a person with a right to life?

4. According to Warren’s account, do developing human embryos count as persons with a right to life? Why/why not?

 

The endowment theory: John Kavanaugh, “The endowments of embodied persons”

5. According to Kavanaugh, why is every human organism a person with a right to life even if they lack most or all of the abilities on Warren’s list?

6. What are key differences between the ability theory and the endowment theory of what counts as a person? Which do you think is a better theory of what makes a human being a person with a right to life? Why?

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