“What makes us special?

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Man is the general term commonly used to refer to
the entire human race.
Human refers to man as a species – Homo
Humanity Mankind Humankind
sapiens sapiens or modern human beings.

Human Being is also used to distinguish man from

other animals.
Person refers to the human person as the totality of an
is a much more complex term which generally refers to a
individual, possessing awareness, self-
human being granted recognition of certain rights,
determination, and the capacity to interact with
protection, responsibilities, and dignity, above all.
others and with himself.

Personhood refers to the state of being a person.

Human Nature
refers to the characteristics that
distinguish human from all other creature
Culture and Society

Thinking Feeling Acting

What is the human person?

Human Person

relates to thehowever,
Philosophers, nature ofbelieve
humanthat
as animals.
the human
being is not just a mere animal
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Am I a rock? Am I a lamp? Am I a dog?

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Despite the actions and intentions of people who
really love animals, animals are fundamentally
different from us humans. Though we share a
number of similarities with other members of the
animal kingdom, there are certain things that we
posses – traits and capabilities –that are not found
in other organism.
Is your pet truly aware of what is happening around it?

Can your pet truly feel emotions in the same way you do?

Is you pet capable of reflection? Can it question its nature or

identity as a dog?

Can your pet reflect on its actions and behavior? Do you think
it can feel guilt or satisfaction in the same way you do?
Self-awareness
refers to the person having a clear perception
of oneself, including his or her thoughts ,
emotions, identity, and actions.

The human person is defined by a deeper

awareness which is driven by rationality or
human thought.
“Self”
describe as the person who is actively aware that
he or she is perceiving and experiencing reality.

I am a person.
I am alive.
I exist.
I am here. I am present.
I am living at this very moment.
“Inner World”

defined by our personal thoughts and ideas

Creativity means that a person can create within
himself or herself what is not yet existing
“Interiority”
outside.
which is the quality of being focused on
one’s inner life and identity.
The self also enables us to reach out and interact with things outside
ourselves.
Self-determination

refers to the capability of a person to make choices and

decisions based on their own preferences, monitor and
Free will
regulate theirenables usbetogoal-oriented
actions and do actionsandwhenever
self-directed.
we want to and makes self-determination
possible.
Free will
is the capacity to choose a course of action from
various alternatives
The existence of free will enables a person to act
willfully, control his or her actions and recognize
himself or herself as the source of action.
 Carlo is playing in living room of their house
while his other is in the kitchen. Suddenly, the
boy accidentally bumps into the table, causing a
vase
Whatto fall. Upon
do you hearing
think his the soundwill
answer of something
be?
crashing to the floor, Carlo’s mother immediately
goes into the living room and sees him standing
near the broken vase. Carlo’s mother asks him,
“Did you break the vase?”
I broke the vase, Mama.
I bumped into the table and the vase fell, Mama.

No. I did not break the vase Mama.

Consequence
Is the result or effect of an action or condition.
Action and Consequence

Philosophers assume that a person acts freely and with

due regard for the consequences of his or her actions
Carlo plays in the room.
Carlo bumps into the table.

Persons exercise
Vase falls self-determined
to the floor and breaks. actions but
often Mother
encounter unintended consequences of
goes into the living room to investigate.
their actions.
Mother ask him if he broke the vase.

Carlo responds.

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Morality
The goodness or badness of the action.
This act will result in feelings of guilt or
nervousness because we are aware of the
fact that we are lying and what we are doing
is wrong.
Human acts complete the person, as it through his
Human action is such an important aspect of the
or her actions that his or her inner self is
person that many philosophers consider human
revealed to others and it is through action that a
action as a way to reveal a person’s true nature.
person is able to explore and fulfill his or her
potential.
I am a person.
My actions are my own and are made freely.
I know that I am the cause of my actions.
I know that my actions have consequences.
Externality
the capability to reach out and interact with
others and the world.
Philosophers consider man a social being and that
a person never exists in isolation.

We may able to experience interiority – we

imagine and think for ourselves – but we also
share these thoughts with other persons.

Man has a natural tendency to seek out fellow

human beings and the relationships established by
this interaction is a vital component for survival.
 Can you say that you have grown as a person
because you had meaningful interactions with the
people you met
I am a person.
throughout your life?

I value others.
I interact with others in meaningful ways.
I value my relationship with others.
Dignity
The innate right to be valued and respected.
Philosophers consider all humans as having an inherent
worth or value.
Philosopher, however, do not equate value or worth
with any quantifiable measure such as price.
Each person is worth the same as another person in the
sense that every person is priceless, unique,
unrepeatable, and irreplaceable.
 “You are worthless!”

Since it attacks the very notion of a person having value or worth.

 The value of a human person is also proven by the
fact that NO person is dispensable or
interchangeable.
The other people in our lives are also
Each person is his or her own being and there is no
irreplaceable.
one in the world who is exactly like him or her.
 Human dignity also drives us to seek
what is good.

Doing good actions, therefore, upholds and

promotes the dignity of the human person.
 The recognition of the dignity of the human
person is the basis for the recognition of human
rights.

Many of the rights we enjoy are provided in

recognition of the natural dignity of the human
person.
I am a person.

I am a person with dignity.

I recognize that others have dignity, as well.

I must uphold human dignity in my thoughts and actions.