C. The philosopher Joseph Fletcher issued a paper listing the characteristics of a person. The following are taken from

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C. The philosopher Joseph Fletcher issued a paper listing the characteristics of a person. The following are taken from his positive criteria: 1. Minimal 1Q: Mere biological life, before minimal intelligence is achieved or after it is irreversibly lost, is without person status. 2. Self-awareness: The development of self-awareness in babies is what we watch and take such joy in. In psychotherapy, the lack of self-awareness would represent grave pathology 3. Self-control: An individual not only not controllable by others (without restraint), but also not in his own control. 4. A sense of time: Memories, a feeling of now, and expectations for the future. 5. The capability to relate to others: Interpersonal relationships seem essential to being a person in any meaningful sense. 6. Concern for others: Extra-ego orientation is a vital characteristic of a "real person. 7. Curiosity: A person is a learner; total indifference is inhuman. 8. Communication: Utter alienation or disconnection from others is not a characteristic of humanity. 9. Neocortical function: Personal reality is dependent upon cerebral function; it forms the basis between life in a biographical and biological sense. 10. Idiosyncrasy: Humans are distinct; to be a person is to have identity, to be recognizable or callable by name. Rank-order the list from most important to least important in your view of what makes up a person. Check those that you would consider to be essential in regard to personhood. If you feel that a particular characteristic is essential, you must be willing to deny those who do not possess it the rights and privileges of person status. In regard to the personhood criteria that you have selected, state how this would affect your decisions in the following cases.
CISIONS AT THE END Ore Nancy Cruzan Elizabeth Bouvia Baby Doe Baby K In regard to KoKo the Gorilla, who uses sign language to communicate with humans and appears to have a kitten that she cares about and misses when it is gone, what is her level of personhood? If an angel or alien appeared out of the sky and had all the elements that you said were essential to being a person, would the alien have all the rights and privileges of a person? D. Assuminnh