[Diamond]

...an acceptable definition of what a person is remains ellisive: Obviously a blastula of cells is not a person.

If an acceptable definition of what a person is remains ellusive, how do you know for certain, or 'obviously', that a blastula of cells is not a person? What is your justification for your distinction between 'human being' and 'person'? What's the difference?

Cordially,

[ffusco]

What is your standard, a political definition of personhood, a biological one or an empirical one?