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Artifactual Personages: human persons and how they constitute artifacts
- Zane, Megan
- Advisor(s): Fiocco, Marcello O
Abstract
Human persons seem to be unique in their capacity to purposefully affect what they are like in significant ways. This capacity can have dramatic consequences for how a person is treated and for that person’s quality of life. In my dissertation, I first propose an original account of what human persons are. I then argue that just as human persons have the capacity to make artifacts out of material like wood or plastic, human persons can also make artifacts out of human persons. I then show how this capacity explains some of the most significant features of human persons by applying my account to gender. I conclude by briefly indicating how this account relates to broader discussions in feminist theory.
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