ABORTION PRIVACY v. LIFE Personhood

PERSONHOOD AND ABORTION PERSON (METAPHYSICAL TERM) HUMAN (TAXONOMIC TERM) CONFUSION OF PRESENT PREDICATES WITH FUTURE PREDICATES FOUNDATION OF “PERSON” –DNA SEQUENCE –ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE PAIN –MANIFESTATION OF RATIONALITY POTENTIAL FOR RATIONALITY –MANIFESTATION OF AESTHETIC APPRECIATION POTENTIAL FOR AESTHETIC APPRECIATION –BEARERS OF RIGHTS

WARREN ON “PERSON” MEMBERSHIP IN MORAL COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS OF “PERSONS” –CONSCIOUSNESS (OF OBJECTS AND EVENTS EXTERNAL AND/OR INTERNAL TO THE BEING), AND IN PARTICULAR THE CAPACITY TO FEEL PAIN –REASONING (THE DEVELOPED CAPACITY TO SOLVE NEW AND RELATIVELY COMPLEX PROBLEMS) – SELF-MOTIVATED ACTIVITY (ACTIVITY WHICH IS RELATIVELY INDEPENDENT OF EITHER GENETIC OR DIRECT EXTERNAL CONTROL –THE CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE BY WHATEVER MEANS, MESSAGES OF AN INDEFINITE VARIETY OF TYPES -- ON INDEFINITELY MANY POSSIBLE TOPICS –THE PRESENCE OF SELF-CONCEPTS, AND SELF- AWARENESS EITHER INDIVIDUAL OR RACIAL, OR BOTH

ENGELHARDT ON “PERSONS” BEARERS OF DIGNITY –SANCTITY OF LIFE OBJECTS OF VALUE AMENDMENT: “PROTECTABLE HUMAN LIFE” STRICT SENSE --- PERSONS AS INDIVIDUAL BEARERS OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES SOCIAL SENSE --- HUMAN BIOLOGICAL LIFE FULFILLING A ROLE AND TREATED “AS IF” A PERSON

ENGELHARDT ON “PERSONS” WAYS OF TALKING ABOUT PERSONS PERSONS ARE ENDS IN THEMSELVES RATIONAL SELF-CONSCIOUS AGENTS –CAN EXPERIENCE THEMSELVES –CAN KNOW THAT THEY EXPERIENCE THEMSELVES –CAN DETERMINE AND CONTROL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR EXPERIENCES PERSONS ACT RESPONSIBLY PERSONS CAN BE INSTRUCTED IN THEIR DUTIES PERSONS CAN BE BOUND TOGETHER WITH MUTUAL RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER’S AUTONOMY