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THE HUMAN PERSON AS BEING AND SUBJECT Flashcards

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

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ST THOMAS AQUINAS

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

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humans
angels
God

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why are we humans considered as a person

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

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4
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the nature of person is _________

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rational (st thomas aquinas)

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a person’s essential property is what

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his/her rationality (st thomas aquinas)

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

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the rational soul (st thomas aquinas)

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

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bodily and corporeal

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what defines a person according to st thomas aquinas

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the union of body and soul

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

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aristotle

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the ___ is the form and the ____ is matter

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soul; body (st thomas aquinas)

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the most basic action of the human person should be what

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the capacity to think and decide (st thomas aquinas)

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

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THEORY OF SUBSTANCE (aristotle)

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SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: a necessary and essential element or property

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SUBSTANCE

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

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SUBSTANCE

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SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: man, animal

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SUBSTANCE

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

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ACCIDENT

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

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ACCIDENT

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SUBSTANCE OR ACCIDENT: color, weight, size

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ACCIDENT

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

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

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

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KAROL WOJTYLA (POPE JOHN PAUL II)

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

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

22
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gives you the direction or a sense of purpose

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reason (karol wojtyla)

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makes that direction and sense of purpose happen

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will (karol wojtyla)

24
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determines the uniqueness of the human person

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

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such uniqueness makes man as the image of what

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

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

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

27
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forms the individual body of the person

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CORPOREALITY (karol wojtyla)

28
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forms his interior or inner life

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SPIRITUALITY (karol wojtyla)

29
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a human being can be treated as both _____ (we have a soul) and an _____ (physical body)

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subject; object (karol wojtyla)

30
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the Human Person is UNIQUE because what

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

31
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the Human Person’s DIGNITY lies in his _______ that makes them an image of the Supreme Being, the Creator, who is God

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spirituality (karol wojtyla)

32
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dignity can be taken away T/F

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

33
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something should not be reduced into a lower state

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IRREDUCIBILITY

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according to this philosopher, humans are subjects

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KAROL WOJTYLA

35
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our subjectivity signifies our whole being, which is ___________

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original and irreducible (karol wojtyla)

36
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humans are concrete self, because they are a __________ subject

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self-experiencing (karol wojtyla)

37
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man as a unique and unrepeatable being:

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

38
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the proper mode of being of a human subject

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PERSONAL (karol wojtyla)

39
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the inner aspect of human beings that is irreducible

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PERSONAL (karol wojtyla)

40
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how we interpret our own experiences

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lived experience (karol wojtyla)

41
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since one’s subjectivity is personal, any action that originates from its subjectivity becomes what

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it also becomes personal (karol wojtyla)

42
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is a french philosopher specializing in the philosophy of the human person

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JACQUES MARITAIN

43
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2 poles or dimensions that shape the person

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INDIVIDUALITY
PERSONALITY
(jacques maritain)

44
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signifies man being part of the world, a fragment of the universe and a determinate being in the physical world

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INDIVIDUALITY (jacques maritain)

45
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the individuality of the human person is the _______ pole (matter)

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material (jacques maritain)

46
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the personality of the human person is the _______ pole (form)

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spiritual (jacques maritain)

47
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the fact that we are physical and concrete beings makes us what

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quantifiable (jacques maritain)

48
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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

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PERSONALITY (jacques maritain)

PHILO 2ND QTR (9 decks)

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