Comment 1 (Katheline Vargas)
Hey Katheline, you have chosen to argue the prompt that Mary Anne Warren is right about personhood. In your argument, you have stated that “the concept of personhood is true since Mary has given the characteristics that entities have to fulfil to be considered persons and not just human beings” (Vargas 1). You continue to add that her claim is even more valid since Mary Anne Warren does not disregard entities not yet fully developed to become persons. I think you have done well in providing supporting information that the claim is valid. According to Wary Anne Warren, “consciousness, reasoning, capacity to communicate, self-motivation and presence of self-concepts and self-awareness are basic characteristics that entities who are persons should fulfill” (Warren 9). I also tend to think that she is right that at least a person should have one or two of the components mentioned above to qualify in being a person.
Comment 2 (Harrison Lombardo)
Hey Harrison, you argue that “without the criteria Warren establishes, consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, the capacity to communicate, and the presence of self-concepts; nothing could be part of the moral community even if it wanted to” (Lombardo 1). Mary Warren defines a moral community as “a community consisting of all and only people, rather than all and only human beings” (Warren 5). Therefore, if an entity does not satisfy the components that make it a person, it would not qualify to be called a person. Therefore, this said, I think you have done well in supporting why you feel the claim is valid.