Human Nature and Human Condition Flashcards
=suggests that it is a difficult task to
live an authentic life because living an
authentic life requires one to transcend the
__________.
-Jean Paul Sartre ; nothingness
The Oxford Dictionary defines human being
as “a man, woman, or child of the species
___________, distinguished from other
animals by superior ____________,
_____________-, and ___________.”
Human person; Homo sapiens; mental development; power of articulate speech; upright
stance
is the constitutive
structure of consciousness; that is,
consciousness is born supported by a being
that is not itself.
Transcendence
asserted that the mind is a
thinking thing-distinct and unextended; and
that the body is a non thinking thing-distinct
and extended, and that his reality is how
distinct he is from the body, and he can exist
without it.
-Rene Descartes; HUMAN PERSON AS THINKING THING
-Refers to the human person’s mode of acting
-Human person acts in accordance to his or
her condition as a human distinctly unique
from ________________________________
any other beings, irrespective of culture,
religion, or race.
3 aspects of Human Person
SOMATIC
BEHAVIORAL
ATTITUDINAL
-There are natural bodies that have either life
or do not have life.
-Aristotle; HUMAN PERSON AS BODY & SOUL-Aristotle; HUMAN PERSON AS BODY & SOUL
Similarly, humans
are mortal and face the inevitability
of aging and death.
AGING
-Superheroes who rely on external
sources of power, like magic,
highlight the human dependence on
tools, technology, and external
resources to overcome challenges.
DEPENDENCY ON EXTERNAL
POWERS
asserted that the human
person has no fixed nature-that his or her
reality is his or her freedom.
-Jean Paul Sartre; MAN AS FREEDOM
People often carry
emotional baggage and guilt from
past experiences.
GUILT
is a person’s mental reaction to
stimuli or a person’s tendency to act.
-These tendencies may define a person’s ____________ and what he or she values as _________.
-Attitude; future
actions; right and
wrong
However, some philosophers would say that
human beings are also __________, _______, and
_________________.
spiritual, ethical, and existential beings
-Parker’s love for Mary Jane and
Aunt May can be seen as a reflection
of human vulnerability when it comes
to emotional connections. Just like
superheroes, humans can be
emotionally compromised when their
loved ones are in danger.
LOVE AND ATTACHMENT
human flaws such as hubris or
excessive pride. These traits can
lead to mistakes and misjudgments.
OVERCONFIDENCE
-The nature of man is pure mind.
-He can exist without this simple
non thinking thing–that human
nature is pure mind and having a
body is an accident.
HUMAN PERSON AS THINKING THING
-Human physical weakness
-Just as we can be harmed by
toxins or diseases, superheroes can
be physically vulnerable to specific
substances or conditions.
KRYPTONITE
defined as the inevitable
positive or negative events of existence as a
human being.
-Where person realizes how it is to be human.
-Human condition
-The freedom as Sartre asserts is the _______________.
choice
of autonomy
-Since it is the source of movement, is
something that is, in itself, necessarily
uncreated and immortal because if the soul is
itself created, then it could not have been the
source of movement.
HUMAN PERSON AS IMMORTAL SOUL
is the knowing being in his
capacity as a being.
transcends (or surpasses) itself to reach an
object.
-Consciousness
-Human person has free will and he/she has to
exercise this capacity for it is only in choosing
that the human person’s existence becomes
______________
-Jean Paul Sartre; MAN AS FREEDOM; authentic.
-The human person, has an immortal soul that is the source of
movement.
HUMAN PERSON AS IMMORTAL SOUL; Plato
-The body, material composition, or
substance of a human person.
-A view that stems from the advances made
in science and biology, which state that all
functioning of consciousness are reduced to
one principle: _______
Somatic; matter
-Matter = Body / Form = Soul
-Human person=“ensouled” both body & soul
-The _____ is what makes the natural body,
which is a potentiality that becomes an
actuality. This theory implies that __________, the body does not have life.
HUMAN PERSON AS BODY & SOUL; soul; without the
soul
- No __________ compels you
to have life or to have motion. - the soul is deemed immortal.
HUMAN PERSON AS IMMORTAL SOUL; Plato;
outside force
-Human person’s inclinations, feelings, ideas,
convictions, and prejudices or biases.
ATTITUDINAL
distinguished three kinds of
substance: matter, shape or form, and the
product of both (composite of form and
matter).
-Aristotle; HUMAN PERSON AS BODY & SOUL
