Unit 1: Core theme — Being human
Topic 1.4: Personhood Questions
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Why does the gap between 'human' and 'person' matter morally?
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Which is one of Mary Anne Warren's marks of personhood?
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On Wiredu and Menkiti's African view, personhood is best described as:
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Locke ties personhood to the CAPACITY for self-awareness (not constant use) mainly so that:
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Locke defines a person as a thinking being that can:
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The main objection to Warren's ability-based checklist is that it seems to:
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'Human being' and 'person' can come apart because:
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True or false? The very same arm movement can be either an action or a mere event, depending on whether it flows from a reason of your own.
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Fill the gap with one word: an agent is a being that acts for its own ______, not just pushed around by causes.
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Consciousness differs from self-consciousness in that consciousness is:
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The 'your reasons were themselves caused' worry challenges agency by suggesting:
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True or false? On Warren's view, being a member of our species is NOT one of the marks of personhood.
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In the philosophy of agency, the difference between 'doing' and 'happening' is that:
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Singer calls it 'speciesism' when we:
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According to the micro, self-consciousness matters for personhood because it lets you:
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Fill the gap: Locke says a person can 'consider itself as ______' — the same thinking thing across time.
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True or false? For Locke, a being could be self-aware, and so a person, even if it were not a human being.
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Fill the gap with one word: for Warren, personhood tracks mental ______, not species.
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In philosophy, calling something a 'person' is mainly a claim about its:
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Self-consciousness (as opposed to plain consciousness) means:
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