Without it,
human personhood does not survive.
Not exact matches
«many pro-life advocates unwittingly allow this flawed anthropology (of our contemporaries) to prosper because they
do not offer any proof or argument for the existence of the spiritual soul, which is the only rational ground for uniquely
human personhood».
The ecological basis of life, rights of people and persons, of peoplehood and
personhood are the concerns which have brought us to fight against the present pattern of development because it exploits and destroys nature and
does injustice to nature and
human's organic relation to nature.
The reason the abortion issue is so foundational is not because Catholics love little babies ¯ although we certainly
do ¯ but because revoking the
personhood of unborn children makes every other definition of
personhood and
human rights politically contingent.
«The good life can not be lived without self - control, but it is better to control a restrictive and hostile emotion such as jealousy, rather than a generous and expansive emotion such as love» (p. 239) Russell, unlike the authors of
Human Sexuality,
does not assume that empirical data could ever show that a particular form of sexual activity is good or bad or the development of
personhood.
Where the question, «When
does human personhood begin?»
This judgment should be based on enlightened self - interest: Would a vote to grant
personhood benefit the rest of us, or harm us (for example, by preventing us from
doing lethal experiments on this
human that could add to our medical knowledge)?
Many pro-life advocates and resources can unwittingly allow this flawed anthropology to prosper because they
do not offer any proof or argument for the existence of the spiritual soul, which is the only rational ground for a uniquely
human «
personhood».
Citizens United
did not declare that corporations have «
human personhood» - this is a gross misrepresentation based on demagoguery.
While
human beings acquire legal
personhood when they are born, juridical persons
do so when they are incorporated in accordance with law.
«The Stolen Generations was a process that systematically attempted to erase both our Indigenous
personhood, and nationhood, and in
doing so it severely diminished our
human rights.