I. Introduction The way in which human beings understand and related with one another contributes greatly to the development or acknowledgment and maintenance of personhood. Being an actual person is critical, and establishing who or what a person is entails the setting of boundaries. It is where an individual falls in connection to these boundaries that determine whether that individual can be thought of as being a person or non-person. Therefore, this is to say that personhood can be defined as simply being a human being. II. Elements of Personhood
A. There are various approaches to personhood
1. The transcendental/inherent personhood equates being human to being an ...