The Human Person Flashcards
Who stated that a person is an individual substance of a rational nature?
Aquinas
Who said that as long as there is life, there is soul?
Plato and Aristotle
Who said that humanhood and personhood are synonymous, and ensoulment is inherent only to humans?
Sullivan
What is the soul of plants and vegetables? (Aristotle)
Vegetative soul
What is the soul of animals? (Aristotle)
Sensitive
What is the soul of humans? (Aristotle)
Rational
This soul is indivisible, simple, indestructible, and immaterial
Rational soul
Who said that the marks of personhood are the ability to exhibit rationality, self-consciousness, awareness, sentience, autonomy, and relate to others?
Peter Singer
John Polkinghorne
a person is a ________ being, able to use the ______ _____ in anticipation, hope and dread
self-conscious; future tense
John Polkinghorne
able to perceive ________ and _______
meaning and value
John Polkinghorne
able to respond to ________ and to the call of ________ __________
beauty; moral duty
John Polkinghorne
able to love others, even to the point of ___________
self-sacrifice
What are actions that proceed from the deliberate free will?
Human acts
(Human acts)
Any action performed by man - ______, ________, _______, _______
physical, spiritual, internal, external
(Human acts)
Actions that readily demand for the human person’s _________
rationality
What are acts of perception (sensation)?
Acts of Man
These acts occur without the control of the will and the consciousness of the human mind
Acts of Man
(Acts of Man)
Does not make humans ________ for their actions
responsible
(Acts of Man)
Humans are responsible only for their actions if they perform the act through _____
will
(Three elements of HA)
Knowledge makes the act _________
deliberate
(Three elements of HA)
__________ proves that the person has the __________ about the means to employ in performing the act and the end to achieve in his __________
Knowledge; awareness; act
(Three elements of HA)
Man does an act under the control of his will
Freedom
(Three elements of HA)
Man is not ________ to do or not do a particular action
forced
(Three elements of HA)
Requires the presence of the other two elements
Voluntariness
(Three elements of HA)
Voluntary act is a ______ _____
Human act
(Three elements of HA)
Voluntary act is a _______ ____ - involved knowledge and freedom
willful act
What are the three elements of Human Acts?
- Knowledge
- Freedom
- Voluntariness
(Kinds of Conscience)
draws judgment before an action is permitted
Antecedent
(Kinds of Conscience)
judges an act after it is executed
Consequent
(Kinds of Conscience)
judges things truly as they are from the authentic principles of ethics
True
(Kinds of Conscience)
considers bad acts as god and good acts as bad; views things in a distorted view
Erroneous
(Two kinds of Erroneous Conscience)
- Invincible/inculpable
not liable of the act; not aware of the wrong act
(Two kinds of Erroneous Conscience)
- Vincible/culpable
has full knowledge of the act; liable
(Kinds of Conscience)
subjective certainty of the legality of an action to be executed or not
Certain
(Kinds of Conscience)
man is not sure about a moral judgment
Doubtful
(Kinds of Conscience)
sees wrong where there is actually none
Scrupulous
