The human person cannot have the soul separated from the body untl death. The will can be hijacked and the mind dulled, but the soul is integral.
I'm pretty sure there are bodies walking around without souls. Maybe there just aren't enough souls to go around.
The soul is that which animates the flesh. Everything that lives has one: animals have animal souls, humans have rational souls and are the only creatures which have rational souls.
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