HUMAN

PERSON
AS A MORAL AGENT
Presented by: Group 1
 LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
1. Define the human person;
2. Explain the different attributes of the
human person;

3. Compare and contrast "actus hominis" and

"actus humanus"; and
4. Assess the human person as a moral agent
THE MOST
DIFFICULT THING
TO DO IN LIFE IS TO
KNOW ONESELF
-Thales
THE HUMAN PERSON
IS FULL OF MYSTERY.

-Avery Dulles
 NECESSARY
ELEMENTS OF A
MORAL AGENT
According to Karl Rahner, is a
union of body and soul. The
body is the visible reality while
the soul is the spiritual part.
SOUL IS PUREY CONCEPTUAL
Aristotle and Aquinas, claim that the soul is really existing and
the one that animats the body.

Aristotle Aquinas
the body becomes the that the place of the
extension of the soul, that is, soul is in the human mind.
through the body and the
soul is being expressed or
even felt.
 REASON WHY THE HUMAN
MIND HAS THE FUNCTIONS OF:

1. Seeking the truth due to his or her capacity

to reason out; and

2. Choosing the good due to his or her free will.

NECESSARY ELEMENTS OOF A
MORAL AGENT

THINKING FREE
BEING BEING
HUMAN PERSON IS
LIMITED BECAUSE...
1. Human person is an embodied spirit.
2. Human person is restricted by his or her
behavior.
3. The person's present concrete situation.
4. Due to a person's habit.
5. Due to the person's motivations.
6. The concept of predestination.
 HUMAN PERSON IS FREE
Jean Jacques Rousseau
human freedom refers to the ability
Thomas Hobbes
of human beings to act differently
a person who believes that
and do anything they want.
everything is made of matter and
Thomas Aquinas
everything that happens in this
defines freedom as an act based on
world is caused by the interactions
the person's ability to decide for
of matters.
himself and make a choice.
HUMAN PERSON IS FREE
BECAUSE...
The person's openness
to the possibility that
Due to human person's
anything can happen
experience of
to him or her everyday,
responsibility.
the so-called "aha"
experience.

Due to immediate
Due to rewards and
experience of making
punishment.
decision or choice.
HUMAN PERSON AS A MORAL
AGENT
Act of Man or Actus
Hominis
is an involuntary action of
the person, this it is
regarded as "amoral" or
"neutral".
Human Act or Actus
Humanus
human actions that one does
consciously and wilfully and
deliberately.
ETHICAL 1 Unethical Leadership Style

ISSUES 2 Corruption Ethical

3 Unequal distribution of wages

IDI AMIN
Former President of Uganda
also known as "The Butcher of Uganda"
Reigns for 9 years