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[carabina]

A question, tower residents.

If a person does not have a soul, would you still consider them a person? Are they different from people who do have souls? What makes them different from others?

( ooc: Mami will reply as anon, of course. )

Comments

[littlelifeforms]

It is a most complicated question. From one world to another, the very meaning of what a soul is differs greatly. Many claim souls to be merely a belief with no rational basis- Therefore in such a system a person lacking a soul would be normal. However, many others believe it to be the immortal core of our existence and what makes us individuals.

Before I can answer, may I ask, what it is you mean by "soul"?

[carabina]

That's true.
I guess what I mean by soul is...
It's hard to explain. I guess the spiritual part of a human being, as well as their emotional and moral nature?

anon;

[titties]

They're still human, aren't they?

[carabina]

I would assume so.
I just don't want them to lose their sense of morality
and turn into monsters.

[text]

[doesnotgetit]

If they act and feel like a normal person, I don't see why they wouldn't be considered one. There's just something a little different about them, that's all.

[carabina]

That's true.
Maybe I'm looking too deep into this.

anon;

[hideandhero]

I knew a guy like that. What I wouldn't give to have him here.

[carabina]

Really? How does be handle it?

[fuhgeddaboudit]

I don't know. What exactly is a soul?

[carabina]

It's kind of hard to explain.
It's the spiritual part of a being, and their emotional and moral nature.

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[terreifying]

that really depends
if they look and act and think the same
and they remember the same things
and they feel the same way
then yes, they're the same
just the thing called a soul isn't the sum of a person

[carabina]

Would they still be considered a person if they lost all sense of humanity?

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid has a pretty good feeling he knows who this is but just on the off chance it is actually one of her students instead, he says nothing. Besides, he's heard how unreliable filters and locks on posts can be and doesn't trust them with something as sensitive as this.]

I can't claim to be an expert on soul removal, but I would question if it is actually possible to fully sever someone's soul from their body. I would think that even if you have some physical proof of its removal, that doesn't mean that it's still not linked to you and functioning just as a soul otherwise would. In which case, does it really matter if it has been removed or not? It is still with you and functioning even if not connected to you in the same way as it originally was.

That you worry enough to ask such a question seems to be proof of that to me, anyway.

filter;

[carabina]

[ Ah. Mami looks down at her hands and quickly sets a filter on before replying to him. ]

I guess there's that.
My soul is technically still with me.
But there are other people who share my fate.
And they'll turn into monsters if they lose all sense of humanity.

I don't want to lose them.

[text]

[mask_of_suffering]

I don't think it matters.

My soul is all messed up, but I'm still the same person I was before that happened. I think the same applies if you lost your soul somewhere along the way.

[carabina]

When does it start to matter?
When you lose yourself?

[Text]

[clumsyjesus]

[This question hits a little close to home...] I'm not sure what you mean by that. Do you mean is someone still a person if they have lost it? [Because that sort of happened to her....although she got returned to normal.]

[carabina]

Yes.
Or if they just... Didn't have a soul at all.

Are they still a person?
What makes them not a person if they're not?

audio;

[mayatama]

A person's a person, whether they have a soul or not, right?

[carabina]

I guess that's true.
Though some people might think differently.

What makes a person a person and not just a shell, then?

[text]

[prayed]

[...Ah. That sounds familiar.]

Who cares? It's not like it changes anything. There's no point in worrying about something like that.

[carabina]

[ sup kouhai? ]

How would a person stop worrying?
Do they distract themselves from the truth?

[Text]

[relinquishing]

I'm not sure. I don't think I've ever met someone who didn't have a soul. They might have seemed mean enough to be soulless, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't count.

But still. I don't think a soul is all of what makes a person a person.

[carabina]

What makes a person a person, then?

Audio

[true_noir]

Your question has answered itself from your perspective. Why care about another's?

[carabina]

Because I want to hear what everyone else thinks about the subject.

anon party wop

[morituramfides]

You just said yourself that they were people, so I think that answers that.

Besides, sometimes having a soul is overrated anyway.

party in the usa(non)

[carabina]

I like to hear what other people think about the subject.

Oh? What do you mean by overrated?

[voice]

[hemoeroticism]

Well, that depends. ✩ Some of us gave up on that a long time ago.

[carabina]

Are you one of them?

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[autopsic]

Yes, I would say it is no different from showing emotion. You would not be able to feel without a soul, but of course others will have difference in opinions.

[carabina]

I see.

Do you think it's possible to get your soul back if you lost it?

[Text]

[starofpleiades]

I think they probably are? Since without souls we're just lifeless bodies.

[At least, that's what she understands happens... they never really did test what happens if you move a Soul Gem more than 100 meters away.

Oh wait, no, that happened to Rosa when the body switching thing went on.]

[carabina]

Lifeless bodies. Yes, I suppose that is correct too. Some people cannot operate without a soul.

Do you think it's possible to get your soul back if you've lost it?

[warriorscribe]

How do you know that one lacks a soul?

*Enoch is confused...as far as he knows a person is their soul...*

[carabina]

The person who lacks a soul could have told them.
I'm just speaking in general, like if you knew they lacked a soul.

Would you think of them as a person or just a lifeless shell?

[Text]

[medicalpunch]

I've never encountered a living person without a soul. As far as I've ever seen, to have one's soul removed would kill the victim. Is that not the case where you're from?

[carabina]

I guess you could say it's something different from that.
Considering I know people whose soul was removed from their body.