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DIMENSIONS OF PERSONHOOD
EMOTIONAL AND
MORAL PERSONHOOD

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What it is about us that makes us
PERSONS?
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• Rationality or logical reason ability
• Consciousness
• Self-consciousness (self-awareness)
• Use of language
• Ability to initiate action
• Moral agency and the ability to
engage in moral judgments
• intelligence
COMMONLY-SUGGESTED CRITERIA
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We commonly say a human
being is a person even while
asleep or unconscious, for
instance, even though at that
moment the individual is not
exhibiting all the criteria
necessary for attributing
personhood. Rather the
individual has to have the
disposition or capacity to
exhibit such features.
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EMOTIONAL
PERSONHOOD
“Human being” is a biological
designation for those of the species
Home Sapiens (or related).
Most individuals believe we owe
other human persons obligations,
such as the duty not to harm them,
or that human persons possess
certain natural moral rights, such as
the right not to be murdered.
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3 Domains of Man (General Psychology)
1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor
According to Timothy J. Legg, Phd,PsyD
Emotional maturity is when
someone can manage their
emotions no matter their
circumstances.
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MORAL
PERSONHOOD
 Moral sense of personhood
denotes individual beings who
are moral agents.
 Moral agents engage in behavior
that can be evaluated as:
• Moral or immoral
• Morally right or wrong
• Morally permissible or morally
impermissible
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THEIR ACTS ARE
BLAMEWORTHY OR
PRAISEWORTHY
It makes sense to hold them morally responsible for their intentional actions.

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THEIR ACTS ARE
BLAMEWORTHY OR
PRAISEWORTHY

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The philosopher Peter French talks
for a corporation as a moral person,
meaning not that it is a physical or
metaphysical person or that it is
human, of course, but it can be
considered a moral agent and held
accountable for its actions.

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Becoming self-aware of our won worth as
well as the worth of others is what helps us
lead a happier and more fulfilling life.
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