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Originally Posted by lumberjim
to everyone other than you, yes. You may see yourself as a person, but if I think you're a monster.... then to me....
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Well, you can see a campfire as a block of ice but that doesn't make the fire any less searing.
That is: your opinion doesn't overwrite reality.
So: is personhood intrinsic or bestowed (that seems to be the question between us)?