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Originally Posted by henry quirk
Well, you can see a campfire as a block of ice but that doesn't make the fire any less searing.
That is: your opinion doesn't overwrite reality.
So: is personhood intrinsic or bestowed (that seems to be the question between us)?
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I'm just saying that your use of the term person is subjective. It depends on the perspective of the observer. You could substitute the phrase self aware and be done with it.
If you're self aware, to you, you're a person. A being. If I see you as a monster or a sociopath, then to me, you're not.
It's just a shell game. The term is changeable in meaning depending on the way you use it.
Fun.