PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON “Philosophy bakes no bread.” So goes an old saying that pops up time and again especially in nonphilosophical circles. The statement‚ more often than not‚ serves as an indictment of any rational exercise that seems so detached from the more existential concerns of practical life. To all appearances‚ the criticism is correct. But then‚ it is perhaps equally correct to admit that
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Running Head: THE HUMAN PERSON My personal gains and insights about the human person Ma. Renalyn C. Badajos St. Paul University Abstract In this module‚ there were two thoughts regarding what human person is‚ one that is based on philosophy and the other was from the modern thought. The Thomistic Philosophy focuses in the definition of person as an individual; while the contemporary thought says that a person is defined in three different scopes‚ which are as
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‘Only human beings can be persons’ The statement that only human beings can be persons raises many arguments for and against. For example what is defined as a person‚ and the extent of personhood as a matter of degree and what are the sufficient enough features of being a person. My position on this matter is that I believe that yes‚ only human beings can be persons‚ due to reasons which I will discuss later on in the essay. I shall defend my claim by arguing that neither animals nor computers
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1. According to the statement given by the two famous contributors in the world‚ namely as‚ Aristotle and Boethius‚ a human being is a reasonable person which is able to find out‚ rationalized‚ and apply what he/she knows. Human person is a substance of spiritual and physical behaviour and has its own characteristics which one of it is FREE. We‚ human are brought up by our parents and grew up freely. It’s a fact that all of us have a freedom since the day we were born. We have the liberty
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Experience of the Human Person in St. Karol Wojtyła’s Philosophy In the previous chapter‚ the researcher elucidated an important element‚ or should say the foundation‚ of St. Karol Wojtyła’s notion of the human person which is grounded on metaphysics. Henceforth‚ Wojtyła is indebted with that of the Angelic Doctor‚ St. Thomas Aquinas’ objectivistic view of the human person. As presented‚ Aquinas used the term ‘persona’ in his treatises on the Trinity and Incarnation. Hence‚ being a person is also shared
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The philosophy of human rights Rights and the Human Person Rights are due to a man‚ precisely because he is a person and‚ therefore‚ possessing worth and dignity. Man is not merely a piece of matter‚ a robot‚ a tool‚ a bundle of drives‚ or a meaningless question mark as some philosophers would reduce him to. He is a person‚ he has the power to think‚ judge‚ and reason (CONSCIENCE); he is the master of himself and of his actions; he has a supreme purpose which transcends this life. From the Christian
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embodied spirit‚ I am facticity-transcendence‚ temporality and historicity. All these are manifested in my being a homo faber. Work is a way for me to express and liberate myself‚ and to humanize the world. 4. Consciousness is intentional. Human knowing is a dialectical unity of the subject’s openness to reality and the self-givenness of reality in an endless series of profiles against a horizon of other possible objects. 5. At first glance‚ freedom and responsibility mean the capacity
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Michael Ruse remarked that unfortunately there is simply nothing in the literature by philosophers on human origins ’. Explore how the data on human emergence can become an interesting way to approach a philosophical anthropology. Since the time of Darwin it has been recognised that biological species are essential to the process of evolution. A species consists of a population rather than unconnected individuals. The population of any species is reproductively isolated from that of others because
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The Human Personality The human personality takes many forms and actions. Anything from the way a person eats a meal‚ talks‚ laughs‚ drives a car‚ or enters a classroom and takes a seat affects this unique personality. The events taking place inside the body particularly within the brain and nervous system which produce behavior is a mysterious course of action. The human brain with an infinite number of interconnections and billions of nerve cells may well be the most complex structure in our
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PROS. ELIZA B. YU‚ LLM PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON DR. FLORENTINO H. HORNEDO‚ PhD UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS GRADUATE SCHOOL Philosophy of the Human Person’s Selected Theses The following are the five (5) selected theses that I shall endeavour to explicate and exemplify: 1. “Philosophy is the science of knowledge. But the outcome of any philosophical inquiry is determined by its starting place.” – Michael Novak
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