When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

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When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

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When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

February 6, 2013 at 10:20 am

I posted this article here a while back. Yeah, I'm kinda reposting it because I'm coming at it from a more philosophical perspective.

http://www.completegenomics.net/adventur...thal-baby/

The idea is that they're planning on creating a neanderthal baby. The question I want to ask, is this going to be a person? Surely he wouldn't have a normal life, regardless of how psychologically developed he is. The thing is, though, if it were just some ancient species of monkey, we wouldn't hesitate to put him in a cage, check his blood on a damn near daily basis, scan and test him for pretty much everything under the sun and, eventually, disect him and his brain.

But, in a very real sense, all of us are just a mutated breed of monkey. So, let's suppose we could go back and get samples from different time periods and clone babies from all along the evolutionary tree from apes to modern humans; where would we draw the line between beast and man?

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When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by TaraJo - February 6, 2013 at 10:20 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Jergus Baca - February 6, 2013 at 11:07 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Shell B - February 6, 2013 at 11:19 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by TaraJo - February 6, 2013 at 11:48 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by festive1 - February 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 3:35 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by paulpablo - February 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 5:03 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 5:06 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by CapnAwesome - April 13, 2013 at 12:11 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by StatCrux - April 13, 2013 at 12:28 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Neo-Scholastic - March 22, 2013 at 6:22 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - February 6, 2013 at 12:15 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by ManMachine - February 6, 2013 at 12:33 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 3:06 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Annik - February 6, 2013 at 4:10 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Annik - February 6, 2013 at 5:17 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Zone - February 6, 2013 at 4:21 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - February 7, 2013 at 1:59 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 5:16 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by My imaginary friend is GOD - February 13, 2013 at 3:58 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by genkaus - March 5, 2013 at 9:04 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Severan - April 4, 2013 at 6:02 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - March 5, 2013 at 3:25 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 6, 2013 at 12:10 am

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 6, 2013 at 12:35 am

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - March 13, 2013 at 2:13 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 20, 2013 at 6:06 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by ideologue08 - March 21, 2013 at 6:51 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by TaraJo - March 21, 2013 at 1:46 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Simon Moon - March 21, 2013 at 6:43 pm

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 22, 2013 at 1:55 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - March 24, 2013 at 2:45 am

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 6, 2013 at 5:31 am

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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 6, 2013 at 8:45 am

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