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>>20599
I would advise against confusing consciousness with having a soul. Do you lose you soul when you are unconscious? It's nonsense. Consciousness is just the subjective experience of being in a body and perceiving the world and as such is a purely bodily sensation. Could you even know you are conscious if you hadn't any senses? I think the problem comes from separating the object of consciousness from the subject, who is conscious of it, and the reification of the concept in consequence. People can be conscious of something, which means they can receive the information about it and adapt their actions. I would even oppose calling machines conscious if their behavior proves they take into account the existence of objects they are supposed to be conscious of. Same with bacteria etc. Soul, on the other hand, would be what allows a person not to be an automaton with actions completely determined by the influence of its environment.