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    It is not the case that The concept of 'person' ascribes a special dignity that the concept of 'individual' does not.

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    • 1.Buddhist and Humean traditions hold that no enduring self underlies the stream of experience, making 'person' a convenient fiction rather than a dignity-bearing substance.
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    • 2.If 'person' refers to a constructed narrative rather than a metaphysically distinct entity, the dignity ascribed to it is grounded in social utility, not in the concept itself.
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    • 3.Whatever dignity follows from social utility attaches equally to 'individual', since both concepts serve to demarcate morally considerable beings within a community.
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    • 1.'Person' in Roman law denoted a legal mask or role, not intrinsic dignity — its dignity is socially conferred and therefore revocable.
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    • 2.If dignity is conferred by social recognition rather than inherent in the concept, 'person' carries no more essential dignity than 'individual'.
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    • 1.'Individual' refers to a member of a species — one countable unit among others of the same kind.
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    • 2.'Person' emphasizes the uniqueness, incomparability, and irreplaceability of that individual.
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    • 3.A special dignity attaches to uniqueness and irreplaceability that does not attach to mere membership in a kind.
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