Why does the tendency to use expressions like person

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Why does Michael Tooley find the tendency to use expressions like "person" and "human being" problematic? What properties must something have to be a person, that is, to have a serious right to life? What is the bearing of this distinction on the morality of abortion and infanticide? What is Tooley's view on personhood.

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