Animalism and the varieties of conjoined twinning.
Theor Med Bioeth
; 31(4): 285-301, 2010 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20623196
ABSTRACT
We defend the view that we are not identical to organisms against the objection that it implies that there are two subjects of every conscious state one experiences oneself and one's organism. We then criticize animalism--the view that each of us is identical to a human organism--by showing that it has unacceptable implications for a range of actual and hypothetical cases of conjoined twinning dicephalus, craniopagus parasiticus, and cephalopagus.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Twins, Conjoined
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Abnormalities, Multiple
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Human Body
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Moral Obligations
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Personhood
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Human Characteristics
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Theor Med Bioeth
Journal subject:
ETICA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States