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Old 10-08-2019, 06:35 PM   #16
henry quirk
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
A comatose person is a person with self-consciousness who is currently unconscious.
So: does the possibility the comatose may regain consciousness figure into their personhood or does personhood persist even if someone is permanently in a coma?

What about a brain dead person (once self-aware, now not)?
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