Human Love Flashcards

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Capacity to know

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Intellect

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T or F. What is beautiful always starts with the senses.

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True

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Example of intellect

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knowing that jumping from the top of a building will lead to death

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Seeks the good as perceived by the intellect

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Will

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Example of Will

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Jumping from the top of a building

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Object of the will

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Good

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Object of the intellect

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truth

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According to _________, love is not primarily the product of the heart

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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Why is the heart associated with love?

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It is the most conspicuous part when we feel love as an emotion (heart beats faster)

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Loving is always a choice

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True

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Love is a feeling or activation

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False

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Can a robot love a person?

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No. Because it does not have the capacity u sto unlove the person. It is just programmed to “love” the person by saying I love you

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Is time a necessary element of love?

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Not really. If God is beyond time, then he can love without time. It only becomes necessary for the transition from the senses to the intellect.

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Why do man need time to truly love a person?

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Because you cannot love a person if you are totally devoid of knowledge about him. As time passes by, you recognize the good qualities of that person as well as the bad ones.

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Why do you still love the person even if he has so many bad qualities?

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Because there is this one greatest quality of him that in comparison with the bad ones, they would all seem unimportant.

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Love can be both sensitive and intellective aspect.

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True

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Love according to St. Thomas

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Complacency of good

Satisfaction of a good

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Inclination to good + our bodily reactions

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Emotions or passions

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Why do we have emotions or passions?

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Because of the human’s sensitive aspect.

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Examples of passions

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Joy, anger, fear, hope, sadness, courage

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All passions can be reduced to love

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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Corruption of chastity

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Lust

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Inclination to do evil to an enemy

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Anger

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Is anger good in itself?

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Yes because we are sensitive beings, emotions are natural

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When does anger (an emotion) become evil?
When it is an ACT or EXPRESSION. Ex. when you slap a person out of anger or resentment.
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Is sexual urge evil?
No because it is simply a passion.
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When does sexual urge become evil?
When it is an EXPRESSION. Ex. in your mind the sexy woman is being raped, etc.
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Power of choosing between goods proposed as desirable by a mutable judgment
Free Will or Liberty
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Kind of Liberty Man is not free When the object can be loved or hated
Freedom of Specification or Freedom of Choice
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Kind of Liberty Choosing good under choices Can at will act or not act, perform an act or omit an action
Freedom of exercise
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Etymology of love
From Germanic form s of the Sanskrit LUBH
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LUBH means
desire
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Chemicals released by animals that could alter behavior of another animal usually sexual behavior Receptors are found in nose, scalp (girls), sweat (men)
Pheromones
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Why are we not easily attracted to men who sweat?
Because we are not limited to the sensitive aspect. We rationalize, we justify.
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Greek Notions of Love, Platonic Perspective
Eros, Philia, Agape
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Greek Notions of Love | Intense or passionate desire directed to the body
Eros
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Goal of eros
desire for immortality through the children
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Greek Notions of Love Desire for spiritual qualities Friendship Love of mother to daughter
Philia
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Greek Notions of Love Unconditional love Developed when Christianity entered Directed to the absolute being
Agape
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Triarchic Theory of Love is According to
Robert Sternberg
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Eros Triarchic Theory of Love
Passion
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Philia Triarchic Theory of Love
Intimacy
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Agape - Triarchic Theory of Love | Desire to continue the relationship
Commitment
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg | Passion only
Infatuation
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg | Intimacy only
Friendship
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg | Commitment only
EMpty Love
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg | P + I
Romantic Love (Love of Celebrities)
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg | I+ C
Companionate Love | Lolo and Lola
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg P + C Always fighting and ends up in bed
Foolish or Fatuous Love | Mr and Mrs Smith
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg | P + I + C
Consummate Love
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Will love remain to be consummate love?
No. It can go back to be companionate, foolish, etc
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May 18, 1920 Wadowice, Poland Love and Responsibility, Analysis of Love
Karol Wojtyla
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Who influenced Wojtyla?
Thomas Aquinas and Max Scheler
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Metaphysical analysis of love is according to
JP II
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What is love according to Wojtyla
a mutual relationship between two persons
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Why can only persons love?
Because they have intellect and will
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Why is love based on attitudes towards the good
Because the object of the will is good
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``` 5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla attraction it the essence of love not limited to inherent values PERSON as value attracted to the person himself ```
Amor Complacentiae | Love as Attraction
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla originates in a need of a good which it lacks not mere sensual desire longing for the person sexual urge is oriented in part to this completion
Love as desire | Amore concupiscentia
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Basic element in human love
attraction
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if you love the person because he's rich or handsome, is it attraction
No!
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``` 5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla Directed to genuine good to the person you would not do anything that would harm the person free of self-interest more unconditional than love as desire ```
Love as goodwill | amor benevolentiae
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla Goodwill + sympathy not philia emotional kind of love whereby one feels with another knowing each other well full commitment of the will to another person with a view of the person;s good
Love as Friendship
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla You will now surrender your being or person to the beloved deeper than friendship giving one's person to another not merely sexual no longer two but one
Betrothed Love
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full communion of persons (communion personarum)
Betrothed Love
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full surrendering of the self without losing possession of the self
Betrothed Love
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Result of Betrothed Love
Marriage
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response to sexual values of the body as a potential object of enjoyment
sensuality
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has a consumer orientation towards the body
sensuality
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Is sensuality evil?
No. It is a matter of natural reflexes. Though not evil, poses a threat and temptation
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Kind of desire for nearness, proximity, exclusivity, or intimacy
Sentiment
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Gives rise to romantic love
Sentiment
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Why be careful with sentiment if making out is not evil?
Because it can easily shift into the territory of sensuality
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Do not belong to the very essence of love
Sensuality & Sentiment
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Spices of love
Sensuality & Sentiment
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Raw materials of love
Sensuality & Sentiment
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Must be true interpersonal love in the light of truth and free choice
Sensuality & Sentiment
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Must be founded on true love
Sensuality & Sentiment
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Incomplete without ethical aspect Considered as virtue Affirm the value of the person
Personality Norm
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Love must direct itself through
free choice