HUMAN PERSON AND DEATH

Question 1

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
Book: Being & Time
____________ is certain, indefinite, one’s property, non-relational, & not tobe outstripped

Answer 1

DEATH

Question 2

-We are all born (thrown) in the world.
-We have beginning & since we are finite being, we all have end.
-Birth & Death are 2 things we cannot remove from our existence.

Answer 2

DEATH IS CERTAIN

Question 3

-Death can happen anytime

Answer 3

DEATH IS INDEFINITE

Question 4

-Nobody can experience his death except himself. No proxies or substitutes for a person experiencing death

Answer 4

DEATH IS ONE’S PROPERTY

Question 5

-We die alone.
-Death also removes all our relations to others.
-We realize our own individuality & independence from the world

Answer 5

DEATH IS NOT-RELATIONAL

Question 6

-Death cannot be taken away from a person.
-One cannot make himself live forever

Answer 6

DEATH IS NOT TO BE OUTSTRIPPED

Question 7

-An idea mostly used in existentialism
-Having true & meaningful existence

Answer 7

AUTHENTICITY

Question 8

AUTHENTICITY
-We have to avoid the crowd- the majority of the society which we think that should be the pattern of our lives

Answer 8

Soren Kierkegaard