Feral Children Research Paper

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In contrast, physically feral children are of the human species, but the psychological effects of children living in the wild is when psychologist must begin to decipher if feral children are truly human. One argument regarding what it means to be human, is the possession of a soul. Michael Newton writes on the topic of feral children defining what it means to be human in, “The Child of Nature: The Feral Child and the State of Nature,” Newton states; “Peter is seen as an animal, a human in bestial form, and also as a human-machine, having a human shape but lacking the essential guarantee of the human: that is, the possession of a soul.” (Newton 55). The definition of a soul is subjective to the person asking the question, but Newton also argues,

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