10th Grade, 1st Quarter: Human person & Dignity Flashcards
What is basic Human Dignity based on?
It depends on God who loves us unconditionally and calls us to love in return.
It is the basis of our fundamental human Dignity.
God’s love without measure
What is Dignity?
Dignity is similar to money; no matter how much it gets stepped on, dirtied or folded, the value still remains.
The most precious possession
of an individual whose value comes not
from what a person “has” as much as
from what a person “is”
Dignity
What are the characteristics of Dignity?
Inherent
Inalienable
Inviolable
This means that human dignity cannot be
transferred away.
Inalienable
What is Inviolable?
Human dignity cannot and must not be violated by all kinds of violations.
It is where human dignity is naturally
associated with a person, as an
essential characteristic
Inherent
What are the persons in experience?
Historical Beings
Embodied Spirits
Conscious Beings
Relational Being
Unique yet fundamentally equal
Learn from past experience
Historical beings
Express our emotions through our body
Embodied Spirits
Conscious beings
Human Act/Act of Man
Human Act
Pinili/Conscious
Act of Man
Instinctive/Unconscious
Relational Beings
No man is an island