(May 18, 2012 at 10:05 am)Mosrhun Wrote: "Being" anything in the first place requires cognitive thought and conscious awareness.
Which would eliminate patients in comas from being considered persons by your definition, it would eliminate quite a few elderly that have MAJOR cognitive impairment not to mention those suffering from Dementia or Alzheimers. So if that is your definition, you must have a very tiny world that you live in.