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Full Idea
We think of 'persons' as conscious, able to form relationships, capable of thought, having emotional responses, and having some sense of their own identity.
Gist of Idea
Persons are conscious, they relate, they think, they feel, and they are self-aware
Source
Jonathan Glover (Causing Death and Saving Lives [1977], §9.4)
Book Ref
Glover,Jonathan: 'Causing Death and Saving Lives' [Penguin 1982], p.127
A Reaction
A notable addition to Locke's definition is the capacity for relationships. So are autistic children not persons? Is feeling necessary? Mr Spock is then in trouble.
Related Ideas
Idea 1202 A person is intelligent, rational, self-aware, continuous, conscious [Locke]
Idea 20618 Persons must be conscious, reasoning, motivated, communicative, self-aware [Warren, by Tuckness/Wolf]
| 1400 | Some cause must unite the separate temporal sections of a person [Descartes] |
| 5512 | Locke uses 'self' for a momentary entity, and 'person' for an extended one [Locke, by Martin/Barresi] |
| 1202 | A person is intelligent, rational, self-aware, continuous, conscious [Locke] |
| 4042 | Metaphysics requires the idea of people (speakers) located in space and time [Davidson] |
| 3238 | 'Dead person' isn't a contradiction, so 'person' is somewhat vague [Williams,B] |
| 3239 | You can only really love a person as a token, not as a type [Williams,B] |
| 20618 | Persons must be conscious, reasoning, motivated, communicative, self-aware [Warren, by Tuckness/Wolf] |
| 4669 | Persons are conscious, they relate, they think, they feel, and they are self-aware [Glover] |
| 6665 | Persons are selves - subjects of experience, with reflexive self-knowledge [Lowe] |