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    The participant stance toward persons is not separable fr... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→It is possible to acknowledge that another being is a person and yet not have or give respect to that being

    The participant stance toward persons is not separable from basic forms of respect; to withhold it entirely is to demote the being from personhood in practice.

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    • 1.Personhood requires reciprocal recognition; purely objective treatment strips away the relational dimension constitutive of person-status.
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    • 2.Respect and participant engagement are not contingent add-ons but foundational to how persons exist and maintain dignity in practice.
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    • 3.History shows that systematic withdrawal of participant stance (slavery, apartheid) functioned as practical demotion from personhood.
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    • 1.Personhood is a metaphysical or legal status independent of others' attitudes; respecting it requires recognizing what already holds.
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    • 2.One can withhold personal engagement while maintaining basic rights-respecting treatment that affirms equal moral status.
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    • 3.Conflating respect with emotional engagement risks making personhood dependent on another's willingness, which is philosophically unstable.
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