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(THE HUMAN
PERSON AS A
MORAL BEING)
A.BASIC ANTHROPOLOGY
MAN IS A PERSON
RATIONAL
FREEDOM NATURE /
TO SELF- INTELLIGENCE
GOVERN IN TO
THE UNDERSTAND
WORLD THE WORLD
ACCORDING TO SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
THE HUMAN PERSON IS THE MOST PERFECT IN THE WHOLE NATURE
• Capacity of speech
• POLITICS
- man needs society, and if he does not
because he is sufficient unto himself, that man
is either a beast or a god.
Extreme notions of man as a social being:
• SOCIALISM / COMMUNISM
- mortal enemy of capitalism
- issue of private property
• Common Good
MARTIN BUBER
E. MOUNIER
E. LEVINAS
B. CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
MAN IS A CREATURE
Man’s likeness to God is not only in his reason but also in his responsible conduct.
He has the capacity to respond freely to the call of God.
BECAUSE OF THIS REALITY OF MAN
CARE MUST BE TAKEN THAT THERE BE NO MANIPULATION
THAT MAKES MAN LESS HUMAN
THAT VIOLATES THE DIGNITY OF HIS PERSONALITY
MADE TO THE IMAGE OF GOD.
3. MAN IS FALLEN AND REDEEMED
MAN’S REASON HAS BEEN CLOUDED AND HIS WILL WEAKENED BY SIN
AND THUS THE IMAGE OF GOD HAS BEEN DISTORTED
THROUGH THE INCARNATION GOD HAS ENTERED HUMAN HISTORY
AND RESTORED THE IMAGE OF GOD IN MAN.