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The authors hold that the criterion for being a human person with rights is
{ 1 } - possession of a minimal moral sense.
{ 2 } - active capacity for human thought.
{ 3 } - self-conscious thought.
{ 4 } - use of abstract and syntactic language.
{ 5 } - sensitivity to pain.
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The authors hold that the criterion for being a human person with rights is
{ 1 } - possession of a minimal moral sense.
{ 2 } - active capacity for human thought.
{ 3 } - self-conscious thought.
{ 4 } - use of abstract and syntactic language.
{ 5 } - sensitivity to pain.
See pp. 238-9.
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The authors hold that the criterion for being a human person with rights is
{ 1 } - possession of a minimal moral sense.
{ 2 } - active capacity for human thought.
{ 3 } - self-conscious thought.
{ 4 } - use of abstract and syntactic language.
{ 5 } - sensitivity to pain.
This is possessed even by the zygote, since it has the genetic structure to develop into a thinking human being.
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The authors hold that the criterion for being a human person with rights is
{ 1 } - possession of a minimal moral sense.
{ 2 } - active capacity for human thought.
{ 3 } - self-conscious thought.
{ 4 } - use of abstract and syntactic language.
{ 5 } - sensitivity to pain.
See pp. 238-9.
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The authors hold that the criterion for being a human person with rights is
{ 1 } - possession of a minimal moral sense.
{ 2 } - active capacity for human thought.
{ 3 } - self-conscious thought.
{ 4 } - use of abstract and syntactic language.
{ 5 } - sensitivity to pain.
See pp. 238-9.
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The authors hold that the criterion for being a human person with rights is
{ 1 } - possession of a minimal moral sense.
{ 2 } - active capacity for human thought.
{ 3 } - self-conscious thought.
{ 4 } - use of abstract and syntactic language.
{ 5 } - sensitivity to pain.
See pp. 238-9.
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