title: Persons and humans.
abstract: This paper examines the concept of a person, in particular in terms of its relationship with the concept of human. It discusses the function of person as a concept and the purpose of making a distinction between human and person and allocating all the value connotations of the two terms to person. An examination of possible definitions of person follows, divided into those dealing mainly in intrinsic features, centrally rationality and self consciousness, and those dealing with the concept as it functions as a relation in terms of role or status. Finally, possible accounts of the relation between human and person are considered and 'potential' is identified as a way of linking the two.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010551:Personality; D010684:Philosophy; D012649:Self Concept