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Originally Posted by Fish
As Wens already pointed out, personhood is meaningful on different levels.
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Okay. I'll agree that personhood has great social significance because the abstract concept is hamstringed and forced into various aspects of civic life for no good reason.
The thing itself has no significance whatsoever.
We can go on for ages: from a legal standpoint, this squiggly bundle of shit is not a person. From a religious standpoint, this squiggly bunch of shit is a person. From a medical standpoint, this squiggly bunch of shit is a person. From a philosophy xyz standpoint, this squiggly bunch of shit is a person. From a culinary standpoint, this squiggly bunch of shit is not a person.
I don't get how quoting the
legal definition of "person" gets one closer to answering the OP than the religious definition. It's a concept not exclusive to any one particular part of life.