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INTRO TO PHILO 1ST QUARTER > Lesson 3 > Flashcards

Lesson 3 Flashcards

1
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  • General term commonly used to refer to the entire human race.
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Man

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Related terms to Man

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  • Humanity
  • mankind
  • humankind
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Refers to man as a species.

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Human

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Modern human beings

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Homosapiens

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-Used to distinguish man from other animals.
- Nature of humans as animals.

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Human Being

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A much more complex term generally refers to a human being granted recognition of certain rights, protections, responsibilities, and dignity.

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Person

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The totality of an individual, possessing awareness, self-determination, and the capacity to interact with others and with himself or herself.

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Human Person

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Refers to the state of being a person

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Personhood

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Refers to the characteristics that distinguish humans from other creatures.

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Human Nature

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These traits arise independent of the influence of nature and society.

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Human Nature

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Examples of Human Nature

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  • thinking
  • feeling
  • acting
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These traits are considered to form the essence of humanity, and without them, an individual may not be considered a human person.

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Human Nature

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13
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TRUE OR FALSE:

“There is something in the human individual that sets him or her apart from other beings.”

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TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE?:

“We possess traits and capabilities that are not found in other organisms.”

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TRUE

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15
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What makes a human a distinct individual person?

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Special traits that sets humans apart from other beings

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16
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Traits that define a person

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  1. Self-awareness
  2. Rationality
  3. Self-Determination
  4. Externality
  5. Dignity
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Refers to the person having a clear perception of oneself, including her or her thoughts, emotions, identity, and actions.

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Self Awareness

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Refers to the person having a clear perception of oneself, including her or her thoughts, emotions, identity, and actions.

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Self Awareness

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  • Human thought
  • Deeper awareness
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Rationality

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20
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A person is aware of both his or her surroundings and himself or herself.

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Self

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21
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  • Described as the person who is actively aware that he or she is perceiving.
  • Enables us to reach out and interact with things outside of ourselves.
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Self

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22
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  • Defined by our thoughts and ideas.
  • Allows a person to create goals, dreams, and plans that may be realized through activity.
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Inner World

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23
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The quality of being focused on one’s inner life and identity.

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Interiority

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24
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  • Enables persons to exercise creativity.
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Interiority

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25
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  • Allows us to daydream, imagine, fantasize and reflect.
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Interiority

26
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  • The quality of persons to make choices and decisions based on their own preferences, monitor and regulate their actions, and be goal-oriented and self-directed.
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Self-Determination

27
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  • The capacity to choose a course of action from various alternatives.
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Free Will

28
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  • Enables us to do actions whenever we want to and make self-determination possible.
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Free Will

29
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  • Enables a person to act willfully, control his or her actions, and recognize himself or herself as the source of action.
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Free Will

30
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  • The result or effect of an action or condition
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Consequence

31
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The goodness or badness of an act.

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Morality

32
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  • An important aspect of the person
  • Considered by philosophers to reveal a person’s true nature
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Human action

33
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  • The capability to reach out and interact with others and the world.
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Externality

34
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TRUE OR FALSE:

“Philosophers consider man a social being, and that a person never exists in isolation. “

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TRUE

35
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defines our existence as a person.

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Our interaction with others

36
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  • The innate right to be valued and respected.
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Dignity

37
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Each person is worth the same as another person in the sense that every person is ___________, ___________, ___________, and ___________.

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priceless, unique, unrepeatable, and irreplaceable

38
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WHAT IS IN OUR HUMAN NATURE THAT ENABLES US TO BECOME PERSON?

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  • Body
  • Spirit
39
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A person is truly defined by his or her _________ and what he or she experiences through the senses.

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Body

40
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The unseen aspects of the human person which, along with the body define us as a person.

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Spirit

41
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Intangible element that enables us to exercise thought, possess awareness, interiority, and the capacity to reach out to the outside world and other persons.

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Spirit

42
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How are the body and the spirit related?

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The human person is defined by the union of the body and the spirit.

43
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Not only are the body and spirit united, but they are integrated with each other.

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The human person is an embodied spirit

44
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We cannot separate body and spirit and they go hand in hand in making us who we are.

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The human person is an embodied spirit

45
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Whatever affects the body, affects the spirit.

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The human person is an embodied spirit

46
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Enables us to do and experience all things that make us human person.

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Embodiment

47
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Is the one thing that enables us to feel love and love others.

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Embodiment

48
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A product of embodiment

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Experience

49
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allows a person to attach certain feelings or ideas not only to people but also to objects.

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Human Embodiment

50
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A person is able to have a very unique relationship with the world through _______. This defines us as humans

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embodiment

51
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we are not equipped with the best physical attributes among all the beings in the world.

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A person is a very biologically deficient being

52
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  • Ability to surpass limits.
  • Overcoming oneself or being in control even if the body reminds us of certain tendencies.
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Transcendence

53
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  • One important trait that distinguishes the human person from other beings existence.
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Transcendence

54
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  • We are able to exercise our imagination and reflection to go beyond our own thoughts and limits.
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Our mind is an important tool that allows us to go beyond many of our physical limits.

55
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TRUE OR FALSE:

“Being physically limited in our abilities does not prevent us from hoping for or aspiring to greater things.”

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TRUE

56
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How can we overcome our limits?

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We can overcome our limits with enough effort and perseverance

57
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What must we do to experience TRANSENDENCE?

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We must identify and face our own personal limits.

58
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Essence of Transendence

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  • To acknowledge our limitations.
  • Identify possibilities for development
  • Change ourselves for the better.
59
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Another aspect of transcendence is….

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opening yourself to new experiences and ideas.

60
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Our capacity for transcendence gives us the…

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opportunity to work toward becoming better version of ourselves.

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