Contemporary Bioethics and the Question of the Beginning of Personhood and Metaphysical Solutions Thereto

Authors

  • Katerina Rassudina St Thomas Aquinas Institute of Religious Sciences in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Keywords:

person, fetus, individualization, consciousness, potentiality

Abstract

This article presents some answers to the question on the moment of the emergence of personhood, particularly answers based in metaphysics. The author points out the disadvantages and advantages of certain statements and analyses the arguments upon which they are based. Conception, implantation of the fetus into the uterine wall, and observation of brain activity are considered to be the probable moments marking the beginning of personhood.

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Published

2023-10-12

Issue

Vol. 78 No. 5 (2023): Renewed Life 2023, 78(5), 529-688

Section

Review Article

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Jednom prihvaćeni članak obvezuje autora da ga ne smije objaviti drugdje bez dozvole uredništva, a i tada samo uz bilješku da je objavljen prvi put u Obnovljenom životu. Uredništvo će obavijestiti autora o prihvaćanju ili neprihvaćanju članka za objavljivanje.

Članci objavljeni u časopisu se, uz prikladno navođenje izvora, smiju besplatno koristiti u obrazovne i druge nekomercijalne svrhe.