If you want your notion of personhood to be objectively founded, and non arbitrary, then consciousness becomes relevant again. The two are not necessarily different.
I think consciousness is what Minsky referred to as a ‘suitcase’ word. We can’t have an objective definition of a term (personhood) that relies on a second term which is not objectively agreed upon (consciousness).
It’s like how you and I and a thousand other people can all agree that a bridge is one mile in length, but we couldn’t all necessarily agree on if it’s ‘long’.
If you want your notion of personhood to be objectively founded, and non arbitrary, then consciousness becomes relevant again. The two are not necessarily different.
I think consciousness is what Minsky referred to as a ‘suitcase’ word. We can’t have an objective definition of a term (personhood) that relies on a second term which is not objectively agreed upon (consciousness).
It’s like how you and I and a thousand other people can all agree that a bridge is one mile in length, but we couldn’t all necessarily agree on if it’s ‘long’.