The distinctive feature of persons is "that they are beings capable of thinking and acting on the basis of reasons" (Larmore 1996, 137).
One reason for this persistent interest is the way the topic seems connected with our conception of ourselves as 'persons.'[3] Many have held that one distinct feature of persons is their status as morally responsible agents, a status resting some have proposed on a special kind of control that only they can exercise.
There is a tension, then, between construals of Respect (2) that take seriously the claim that the distinctive feature of persons is their capacity to respond to reasons and construals of Respect (2) that can ground a principle of state neutrality that has the kind of wide scope associated with common understandings of the principle.
Cerebral adaptation to hypoglycemia, which results in a lesser magnitude of impairment of cognitive function, is a feature of persons with type 1 diabetes who have an impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (6); individuals with this acquired syndrome were excluded from the study.
Autonomy is central in certain moral frameworks, both as a model of the moral person — the feature of the person by virtue of which she is morally obligated — and as the aspect of persons which ground others' obligations to her or him.
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Specialist training for home care workers in these features of person-centredness is rare, and will continue to be so as long as they are not viewed as legitimate features of care quality.
Age and disability it seems are real features of persons and public policy simply tracks them.
Difficulties in everyday life activities are core features of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia and in particular during multitasking activities.
What we need as a starting point is a malleable notion that focuses upon special features of persons as agents.
Current understanding of the clinical features of persons with melorheostosis is restricted primarily to individual case reports and small case series.
