What is the measure of "a person:" Is it as simple as being human? Is it a more nuanced construct? Does personhood require self-awareness? Does it require free will? #personhood #Ethics
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If we agree that all human beings are persons and that "persons" deserve respect, what aspects of personhood justify discrimination based on race, sexuality, or nationality? Let's unpack this. #EndHate #Xenophobia #LGBTQI+ #Racism
@PBesso I agree all sentient beings are persons. I don't know that they all deserve respect. I don't respect bigots, and those who spread hatred and inflict cruelty. I don't respect stupidity, either.
It's patterns of choices and moral character - things that a person decides for themselves - that matter to me. Not nonsense like what color or shape the sentient being is.
But I absolutely reserve the right to withhold respect from those undeserving of it by character, word and deed.