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What is a person?
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RE: What is a person?
March 5, 2013 at 8:42 pm
(March 5, 2013 at 3:04 am)jstrodel Wrote: If naturalism/atheism is true there really is no objective difference between people and rocks, as it relates to moral reasoning.

Ofcourse there is. Rocks aren't capable of reflecting upon their actions and consequences or even their identities - which is why no form of morality would be applicable to them. Humans, on the other hand, are capable of that, which makes them moral agents.
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What is a person?

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What is a person? - by Violet - March 30, 2010 at 8:05 am
RE: What is a person? - by Bramblepath - March 30, 2010 at 5:18 pm
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - April 4, 2010 at 12:46 am
RE: What is a person? - by fr0d0 - April 4, 2010 at 2:30 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - March 30, 2010 at 7:48 pm
RE: What is a person? - by RedFish - March 30, 2010 at 8:03 pm
RE: What is a person? - by Zen Badger - March 31, 2010 at 5:09 am
RE: What is a person? - by leo-rcc - March 31, 2010 at 5:52 am
RE: What is a person? - by RedFish - March 31, 2010 at 7:44 am
RE: What is a person? - by Zen Badger - March 31, 2010 at 8:00 am
RE: What is a person? - by Edwardo Piet - March 31, 2010 at 8:02 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - March 31, 2010 at 8:25 am
RE: What is a person? - by fr0d0 - March 31, 2010 at 5:27 pm
RE: What is a person? - by RedFish - March 31, 2010 at 5:50 pm
RE: What is a person? - by fr0d0 - March 31, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: What is a person? - by Amphora - March 31, 2010 at 9:37 pm
RE: What is a person? - by fr0d0 - April 1, 2010 at 4:41 am
RE: What is a person? - by Amphora - April 1, 2010 at 1:50 pm
RE: What is a person? - by ib.me.ub - April 3, 2010 at 6:06 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - April 4, 2010 at 3:25 am
RE: What is a person? - by Autumnlicious - April 4, 2010 at 6:41 pm
RE: What is a person? - by ib.me.ub - May 9, 2010 at 11:06 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - May 11, 2010 at 4:16 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - May 11, 2010 at 5:36 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - May 11, 2010 at 10:25 pm
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - May 12, 2010 at 12:15 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - May 12, 2010 at 3:43 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - May 12, 2010 at 6:03 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - May 12, 2010 at 9:22 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - May 13, 2010 at 9:13 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - May 13, 2010 at 9:22 am
RE: What is a person? - by Xyster - May 13, 2010 at 9:15 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - May 13, 2010 at 9:33 am
RE: What is a person? - by Violet - May 13, 2010 at 9:49 am
RE: What is a person? - by tackattack - May 13, 2010 at 10:24 am
RE: What is a person? - by PyroManiac - February 28, 2013 at 11:05 am
RE: What is a person? - by The Magic Pudding - March 5, 2013 at 9:33 am
RE: What is a person? - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 3:04 am
RE: What is a person? - by MysticKnight - March 5, 2013 at 3:13 am
RE: What is a person? - by genkaus - March 5, 2013 at 8:42 pm
RE: What is a person? - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: What is a person? - by genkaus - March 6, 2013 at 12:55 am
RE: What is a person? - by Esquilax - March 6, 2013 at 8:37 am
RE: What is a person? - by genkaus - March 6, 2013 at 12:47 pm
RE: What is a person? - by paulpablo - March 5, 2013 at 4:13 am
RE: What is a person? - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 7:04 pm
RE: What is a person? - by paulpablo - March 6, 2013 at 6:37 am
RE: What is a person? - by Darkstar - March 5, 2013 at 11:34 pm
RE: What is a person? - by The Magic Pudding - March 7, 2013 at 8:11 am
RE: What is a person? - by Ben Davis - March 7, 2013 at 8:40 am

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