After excellent discussions yesterday we finished the lecture on the Bonobo Monkeys with a brief discussion. Again, the discussion came around to physical attributes vs. potentialities. What about the baby who cannot yet walk but has every potential to walk in the future - are they currently "persons"? What about the person who can do less than the Bonobo monkey (e.g. brain damage)?
Next step: respond to the question: "What is more important to your personal identity: Mind (Consciousness) or Matter (Brain & Body)?"
Read pp. 133 - 139. Create a new note, as per good note taking form discussed earlier, on the following:
Personhood
John Locke
Daniel Dennett
Mary Anne Warren
Annette Baier
Personal Identity
Derek Parfit
For each person above be sure to create a note covering their entire theory, including quotes if possible.
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