How do humans differ from animals? - Part 7: Personhood
Channel: Shooter__Andy
Date: 16/08/2015

In this series I examine the list of the supposed differences between humans and non-human animals produced by Christian apologist Rice Broocks in chapter 6 of his book "God's Not Dead".

This part analyzes the claim that personhood is a uniquely human trait. Whatever that means.

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*Inspired by:*
An Atheist Reads God's Not Dead - Chapter 6 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3j-xzDNj6E) by Steve Shives

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*Sources:*

[1] - Fe-Fi-Fo-Thumb http://www.math.washington.edu/~morrow/mcm/uw28_04.pdf
[2] - Wikipedia - Twins, genetic and epigenetic similarity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin#Genetic_and_epigenetic_similarity
[3] - naturalSCIENCE - Fingerprint homoplasy: koalas and humans http://naturalscience.com/ns/articles/01-04/ns_hll.html
[4] - Center for Great Apes - About Apes http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/treatment-apes/about-apes/
[5] - National Geographic - Self-Recognition in Apes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFo3trMuD8
[6] - Think Elephants International - Mirror Self-Recognition in Asian Elephants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EjukzL-bJc
[7] - ThickShades1 - Dolphins see themselves in mirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYU1eayaXs
[8] - Stefano Di Criscio - Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjl49P_EAw8
[9] - How do humans differ from animals? - Part 3: Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgrU-__DCv4
[10] - Martymer 81 - OFNF Presents: Every Video About Free Will Ever https://youtu.be/cXW5U98Csco?t=248
[11] - Martin Alexander Vezér - On the Concept of Personhood
A Comparative Analysis of Three Accounts http://lyceumphilosophy.com/?q=node/86
[12] - Wikipedia - Sublimus Dei ("In Sublimis Deus, Paul III unequivocally declares the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational beings with souls, denouncing any idea to the contrary as directly inspired by the "enemy of the human race" (Satan)", which means that such ideas were popular enough to be addressed by the Pope himself) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimus_Dei
[13] - Wikipedia - Serpent Seed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_seed

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*Additional reading:*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frankfurt
http://philpapers.org/rec/FRAFOT

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Music: "Hyperfun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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