Nature of Human Personhood Flashcards
-Which refers to the state
of being person
Personhood
is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or selfconsciousnes.
Person
-intangible element which enables us to
exercise thought, possess awareness,
interiority, and the capacity to reach out to
the outside world and other persons.
Spirit
-Philosophers consider the human person as
defined by the union of the body and the
spirit.
HUMAN PERSON AS AN EMBODIED
SPIRIT
TWO APPROACHES IN
THE STUDY OF THE HUMAN
PERSON:
- METAPHYSICAL APPROACH
- EXISTENTIAL APPROACH
*EXAMINES THE ESSENTIAL
COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN
PERSON.
*FOCUSES ON WHAT KINDS OF
SUBSTANCES (MATERIALS) AND
CAPACITIES THAT UNIQUELY MAKE
UP A HUMAN PERSON.
*DEALS WITH THE WHAT OF A
HUMAN PERSON.
METAPHYSICAL APPROACH
*FOCUSES ON THE KIND OF LIFE, OR
MODE OF EXISTENCE, THAT IS
UNIQUE TO A HUMAN PERSON.
*EXAMINES THE ESSENTIAL
FEATURES OF THE HUMAN WAY OF
LIFE.
*DEALS WITH THE WHO OF A HUMAN
PERSON.
EXISTENTIAL APPROACH
EMPHASIZES LIFE GIVING
FUNCTION.
SOUL
EMPHASIZES ITS
CONSCIOUSNESS
MIND
EMPHASIZES ITS
NONBODILY, NONBIOLOGICAL OR
NONPHYSICAL NATURE.
SPIRIT
*HUMAN PERSON IS ESSENTIALLY
JUST HIS/HER BODY.
*ONE SUPPORTER OF THE
UNSPIRITED BODY APPROACH IS THE
MIND-BRAIN IDENTITY THEORY
WHICH CLAIMS THAT WHAT WE
UNSPIRITED BODY VIEW
*MAINTAINS THAT THE HUMAN
PERSON HAS BOTH BODY AND SPIRIT
BUT CLAIMS THAT IT IS THE SPIRIT
THAT DEFINES THE HUMAN PERSON.
DISEMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
DESIRES BODILY PLEASURE DRIVES THE PERSON TO EXPERIENCE THIRST, HUNGER, AND OTHER PHYSICAL WANTS
APPETITIVE/DESIRE SOUL
IN CHARGE OF MOTIVATION OF THE HUMAN PERSON IN ACTION; DRIVES THE HUMAN PERSON TO EMOTIONS
SPIRITUAL SOUL
THE SEAT OF THE MIND AND THE INTELLECT, IT ENABLES ONE TO THINK, REFLECT, COMPREHEND AND THE LIKE
RATIONAL SOUL
