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'''Consciousness''' is a unique quality of [[human|humans]] - it is the quality of being self-aware, and rising above one's baser [[animal]] instincts.  Grappling with the question of consciousness - why is humanity conscious, and no other species? - is an important question in [[philosophy]] and [[religion]].  Creationists believe that, on account of the [[creation|creation story]], consciousness is God's gift to man, since we are made in His image.
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'''Consciousness''' is a mental state characterised by self-awareness and self-directedness.  A conscious being is any that can be said to have a subjective mental viewpoint.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:34, December 7, 2008

Consciousness is a mental state characterised by self-awareness and self-directedness. A conscious being is any that can be said to have a subjective mental viewpoint.