Other ethical principles The way that people understand and
relate to each other contributes towards the acknowledgement or
development and maintenance of personhood. Nevertheless, being
an actual person in the first place is important and determining
what or who is a person involves setting boundaries (Baldwin and
Capstick, 2007). Where someone falls in relation to those
boundaries will determine whether s/he is considered a person or
a “non-person”. For some theorists, particularly ethicists, this
means possessing certain capacities. Others would argue that
personhood more or less equates with simply being a human being,
whereas the role of interaction with others has also been
highlighted, as has the importance of the physical body. The
following approaches to personhood will be considered in this
section, and a few examples provided of research into
perceptions of personhood: - inherent/transcendental personhood
- capacity-based approach to personhood - interpersonal theories
of personhood - the body - em