[jnbiche]

That's impressive. I guess that's the difference between a modern, progressive constitution written over 2 centuries ago versus one written 50 years ago.

Semantic point, do you differentiate between a "human" and "person"? This may be a translation issue, but to me there's no practical difference between the two.

[seren]

I am ignorant of the German constitution, but legally there are more "persons" than humans.

The most famous example is the concept of corporate personhood.

See also : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personhood

[jnbiche]

You're absolutely correct. I was thinking of what is called natural personhood. But I'm curious specifically how the German constitution differentiates the two.

[Sylos]

To me, "human" is a member of the human race, "person" is any creature with consciousness, feelings, personality. So, if an ape/dolphin/alien/robot/whatever is intelligent enough, they are a person to me.

This is my opinion, though a lot of it was shaped by the German education system, so it's definitely possible that when this question becomes actually relevant in a decade or two that a judge might rule this the official interpretation.

[kuschku]

> but to me there's no practical difference between the two.

Well, just in case Lt.Cmdr. Data ever comes to Germany ;)