PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - F J Beckwith
TI  - Of souls, selves, and cerebrums: a reply to Himma
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2004.006650
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 56--60
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/1/56.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/1/56.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2005 Jan 01; 31
AB  - Ken Himma argues that a human being becomes a moral person at the commencement of brain activity. In response to Himma, the author offers (1) brief comments on Himma’s project, (2) an alternative account of the human person that maintains that a human being is a human person by nature as long as it exists, and (3) a counterexample to Himma’s position that shows it cannot account for the wrongness of the purposeful creation of anencephalic-like children. The author concludes with replies to two challenges to his position.