tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8250034995004357365..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Care and personsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-14125510115817962982015-06-05T08:40:39.028-05:002015-06-05T08:40:39.028-05:00Is it strange when that individual is one's so...Is it strange when that individual is one's son or daughter, though? Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-87354767034061917242015-06-05T01:40:31.313-05:002015-06-05T01:40:31.313-05:00I think, though, that the idea is becoming increas...I think, though, that the idea is becoming increasingly common that it is at least a bit strange to care deeply for a severely developmentally disabled human (as in that you 'really have to *like* them to care for them that much'). That's not to refute your argument, only a very sad empirical observation.Joosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103225592965747518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-89363747839091212802015-06-03T20:39:32.427-05:002015-06-03T20:39:32.427-05:00Or you could take the line Singer does and argue t...Or you could take the line Singer does and argue that both the developmentally disabled/infant human and the animal are persons, because personhood isn't based on cognitive abilities.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121323472764613267noreply@blogger.com