1. If person = human being (meaning biologically human organism, not human person), then divine, extra-terrestrial, non-human, and/or AI persons are impossible.
2. But they aren't impossible.
3. So it's false that person ≠ human being.
4. If person = anything biologically human, then human cells and toes, etc. are persons.
5. They are not.
6. So it's false that person ≠ anything human.
7. If X is a person only if X is biologically human, then divine, extra-terrestrial, non-human, and/or AI persons are impossible.
8. They are not.
9. So it's false that X is a person only if X is human.
10. If "person = human being" is explanatory, then human beings are persons because they are human beings.
11. But human beings are not persons because they are human beings: that's uninformative: it doesn't say what makes human beings persons.
12. So, "person = human being" is not explanatory.
14. They are not OK with that: their existence as persons would end, they tend to think.
15. So it's false that "person = human being."
In sum, person = a type of conscious being.
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