THE HUMAN PERSON AS BEING AND SUBJECT

Question 1

who said that a person is an individual substance of a rational nature

Answer 1

ST THOMAS AQUINAS

Question 2

according to st thomas aquinas, what can we classify as persons

Answer 2

humans
angels
God

Question 3

why are we humans considered as a person

Answer 3

because we have the faculties of intellect and will (st thomas aquinas)

Question 4

the nature of person is _________

Answer 4

rational (st thomas aquinas)

Question 5

a person’s essential property is what

Answer 5

his/her rationality (st thomas aquinas)

Question 6

gives the human person his/her spiritual capacity, namely, faculties of intelligence and will

Answer 6

the rational soul (st thomas aquinas)

Question 7

according to st thomas aquinas, the human person is also ______ and _______

Answer 7

bodily and corporeal

Question 8

what defines a person according to st thomas aquinas

Answer 8

the union of body and soul

Question 9

st thomas aquinas agrees with which philosopher that we human beings are hylomorphic

Answer 9

aristotle

Question 10

the ___ is the form and the ____ is matter

Answer 10

soul; body (st thomas aquinas)

Question 11

the most basic action of the human person should be what

Answer 11

the capacity to think and decide (st thomas aquinas)

Question 12

according to this theory, the world is divided into two categories: substance and accidents

Answer 12

THEORY OF SUBSTANCE (aristotle)

Question 13

SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: a necessary and essential element or property

Answer 13

SUBSTANCE

Question 14

SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: whatever is a natural kind of thing and exists in its own right

Answer 14

SUBSTANCE

Question 15

SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: man, animal

Answer 15

SUBSTANCE

Question 16

SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: a non-necessary and non-essential element or property

Answer 16

ACCIDENT

Question 17

SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: only exists when they are the accidents of some substance

Answer 17

ACCIDENT

Question 18

SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: color, weight, size

Answer 18

ACCIDENT

Question 19

one never finds any ________ that we experience without some ________, nor an _______ that is not the ________________

Answer 19

substance; accidents; accident; accident of a substance (aristotle)

Question 20

is a polish philosopher specializing in the philosophy of the human person

Answer 20

KAROL WOJTYLA (POPE JOHN PAUL II)

Question 21

the psychological and moral dimensions of the human person is primarily shaped and formed by the activities of __________ and _____________

Answer 21

reason (intelligence); will (volition) (karol wojtyla)

Question 22

gives you the direction or a sense of purpose

Answer 22

reason (karol wojtyla)

Question 23

makes that direction and sense of purpose happen

Answer 23

will (karol wojtyla)

Question 24

determines the uniqueness of the human person

Answer 24

the relationship between the body and the soul (karol wojtyla)

Question 25

such uniqueness makes man as the image of what

Answer 25

the Creator, the Supreme Being (God) (karol wojtyla)

Question 26

according to karol wojtyla, we are beings that have the ability to what

Answer 26

to transcend our present/current situation (attaining an ideal standard)

Question 27

forms the individual body of the person

Answer 27

CORPOREALITY (karol wojtyla)

Question 28

forms his interior or inner life

Answer 28

SPIRITUALITY (karol wojtyla)

Question 29

a human being can be treated as both _____ (we have a soul) and an _____ (physical body)

Answer 29

subject; object (karol wojtyla)

Question 30

the Human Person is UNIQUE because what

Answer 30

they have a body and a soul that are substantially united (karol wojtyla)

Question 31

the Human Person’s DIGNITY lies in his _______ that makes them an image of the Supreme Being, the Creator, who is God

Answer 31

spirituality (karol wojtyla)

Question 32

dignity can be taken away T/F

Answer 32

F (it cannot be taken away) (karol wojtyla)

Question 33

something should not be reduced into a lower state

Answer 33

IRREDUCIBILITY

Question 34

according to this philosopher, humans are subjects

Answer 34

KAROL WOJTYLA

Question 35

our subjectivity signifies our whole being, which is ___________

Answer 35

original and irreducible (karol wojtyla)

Question 36

humans are concrete self, because they are a __________ subject

Answer 36

self-experiencing (karol wojtyla)

Question 37

man as a unique and unrepeatable being:

Answer 37

must be understood personalistically means he/she has a lived experience (karol wojtyla)

Question 38

the proper mode of being of a human subject

Answer 38

PERSONAL (karol wojtyla)

Question 39

the inner aspect of human beings that is irreducible

Answer 39

PERSONAL (karol wojtyla)

Question 40

how we interpret our own experiences

Answer 40

lived experience (karol wojtyla)

Question 41

since one’s subjectivity is personal, any action that originates from its subjectivity becomes what

Answer 41

it also becomes personal (karol wojtyla)

Question 42

is a french philosopher specializing in the philosophy of the human person

Answer 42

JACQUES MARITAIN

Question 43

2 poles or dimensions that shape the person

Answer 43

INDIVIDUALITY PERSONALITY (jacques maritain)

Question 44

signifies man being part of the world, a fragment of the universe and a determinate being in the physical world

Answer 44

INDIVIDUALITY (jacques maritain)

Question 45

the individuality of the human person is the _______ pole (matter)

Answer 45

material (jacques maritain)

Question 46

the personality of the human person is the _______ pole (form)

Answer 46

spiritual (jacques maritain)

Question 47

the fact that we are physical and concrete beings makes us what

Answer 47

quantifiable (jacques maritain)

Question 48

signifies the interiority of the self, derived from it being spiritual and therefore also signifies an inherent dignity as an image of the Supreme Being, God

Answer 48

PERSONALITY (jacques maritain)