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Kenny--Blankenship t1_j5pl1tj wrote

Reply to comment by token-black-dude in On Whether “Personhood” is a Normative or Descriptive Concept by ADefiniteDescription

>Why is it relevant

You sure you are in the right sub mate? 😂

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Vet_Leeber t1_j5qbbg9 wrote

"Why is X?" is, like, the entire concept of philosophy.

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token-black-dude t1_j5q7eh4 wrote

Yeah, there are a ton of people that argue that this random trait is somehow significant, and this is always taken as a given, and noone seems to be able to argue coherently, why that would be the case.

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JonBonFucki t1_j5t26cs wrote

it's a question of personhood outside of humanity. Can AI be sentient? Can animals evolve enough on this planet that they become sentient? What about aliens from other planets? Sure, if we are seeing them they built spaceships and came here but are they persons? Are they sentient? What does it even mean to be a person? Those are questions important to philosophy and they can be examined looking at animals on this planet here and now as well as these pie in the sky conceptual situations.

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Idrialite t1_j5qljse wrote

Are you??? Probing beliefs and asking question is a very important part of philosophy.

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