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