Warren's Moral Space Traveler thought experiment is intended to show that

A. it is impossible for a nonhuman to be a person.
B. being a human being is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for being a person.
C. alien beings on other planets are persons.
D. all and only human beings are persons.


Answer: B

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