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objective: after the introduction of assisted reproductive techniques, human embryos were officially introduced into laboratories and now thousands of them are cryopreserved in such settings. embryonic stem cells and the future application of such cells in the treatment of disease opened the door to further research on human embryos. these developments raise many ethical issues, some of which h...

In a friendly interdisciplinary debate, we interrogate from several vantage points the question of “personhood” in light contemporary and near-future forms social AI. David J. Gunkel approaches matter philosophical legal standpoint, while Jordan Wales offers reflections theological psychological. Attending to metaphysical, moral, social, understandings personhood, ask about position apparently ...