 The social individual is distinct from the human organism and the person because the social individual stands in social relations essentially, but human organisms and persons do so only accidentally. Similarly, the person is distinct from the human organism and the social individual because the person has the capacity to take a first person perspective on itself essentially, but the human organism and the social individual only have that accidentally. Finally, the human organism has certain biological features essentially, but the person and the social individual does so only accidentally. For critical engagements with Witt’s theory, it is helpful to begin with Cudd 2012, Mikkola 2012, and Ásta Sveinsdóttir 2012.