(May 18, 2012 at 10:10 am)Phil Wrote: 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.
The moment a person enters a coma, he loses his "person" (in the sense you're speaking in), however, people do recover from comas and are capable of being self aware again. I understand that my stance eliminates the elderly and others suffering from severe mental disabilities. It doesn't take away their humanity, just their persona. The difference in an object being something and being someone is as I've said before, cognitive thought and conscious awareness.
As Paul has just stated, "I think, therefore I am".
