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Dr. Cohen on Cognitive Capacity & Personhood Theory in Bioethics

What makes someone a “person” rather than simply a living being? In this lecture, Dr. Cohen examines Cognitive Capacity and Personhood Theory, a prominent approach in bioethics that grounds moral status in advanced mental abilities such as rationality, self-awareness, autonomy, and moral agency. Personhood-based frameworks have shaped modern medical ethics, particularly in discussions of consent, responsibility, and individual rights. At the same time, they raise profound ethical concerns about exclusion, vulnerability, and the risk of ranking human value based on mental performance. Dr. Cohen critically explores how personhood theory is defined, how it is applied in healthcare and law, and why it remains one of the most contested models of moral status in contemporary bioethics. This lecture addresses questions such as: • Which cognitive capacities are morally decisive—and why • How autonomy and rational agency shape ethical responsibility • Whether infants and cognitively disabled persons count as persons • The dangers of graded or conditional human worth • How personhood theories influence abortion, euthanasia, and consent debates Key Topics Covered • Cognitive capacity and moral status • Personhood criteria in bioethics • Autonomy, rationality, and agency • Disability ethics and moral exclusion • End-of-life and reproductive ethics • Legal and medical implications of personhood Watch More Lectures 📺 YouTube: @DrRCohen Hashtags #Bioethics #Personhood #MoralStatus #CognitiveEthics #MedicalEthics #HealthcareEthics #DisabilityEthics #EndOfLifeCare #MoralPhilosophy #DrCohen