Let us compare ourselves to the following:

Am I a rock? Am I a lamp? Am I a dog?

 The following are ways pet owners treat animals as people:

You put clothes on your You give your pet toys You make it live in your
pet to play with house

You give it birthday parties and

You teach it to behave properly
invite other people to attend and
around other people
celebrate.
By doing these things, do you make your pet a human person?
 Now, look at your pet more deeply to really
make sense of personhood.
Is your pet truly aware of what is
happening around it?
Can your pet truly feel emotions in the
same way that you do?
Is your pet capable of reflecting? Can
it question its nature or identity as a dog? Though we share number of
Can your pet reflect on its actions and similarities with other
member of the animal
behavior? Do you think it can feel guilt or kingdom, there are certain
satisfaction in the same way you do? that we possess- traits and
capabilities that are not
found in other organisms.
The traits that defines human as persons:
1. Self -awareness is refers to a person having
a clear perception of oneself, including his
or her thoughts, emotions, identity, and
actions.
 enables to reach out to other persons and
establish meaningful relationship with
them.
 The human person is defined by a deeper
awareness which is driven by rationality or
human thought.
The traits that defines human as persons:
2. Self- determination also refers to the capability of
person to make choices and decisions based on their
own preferences, monitor and regulate their actions, and
be goal- oriented and self-directed.
 Freewill enables us to do actions whenever we want
to and makes self-determination possible. It is the
capacity to choose a course of action from various
alternatives.
Consequence is the result or effect of an action or
condition.
Morality is the goodness or badness of an act.
Carlo plays in the room

Carlo bumps into the table

Vase falls in the floor and

breaks
Mother goes into living
room to investigate
Mother ask him if he broke
the vase

Carlo responds

???
The traits that defines human as persons:

3. Externality or the capability to reach out and

interact with others and the world.

 Philosopher consider man a social being, and

that a person never exist in isolation. Man has
the natural tendency to seek out fellow human
beings, and the relationships established by this
interaction is a vital component for survival.
The traits that defines human as persons:

4. Dignity or innate right to be valued and

respected.

Each person is worth the same as another person

in the sense that every person is priceless, unique,
unrepeatable, and irreplaceable.
 A HUMAN PERSON…

Has Is able to
Has self- reach out Has
awareness determination and interact dignity
of self with others
Ex: A person has an accident and loses an arm and a leg.
Questions:
1. Does that person lose a part of his/her identity?
2. Does he/she less of a person?
The human person is an embodied spirit defined as the union
of the body and spirit. Not only are the body and spirit united,
but they are also integrated with each other this means we
cannot separate the two. Whatever affects the body also the
affects the spirit, the person enables him or her to
experience both the physical and the spiritual
world.
 TRANSCENDENCE
TRANSCENDENCE

For us to experience transcendence, we must identify and face

our personal limits.
 TRANSCENDENCE
Our mind is an important tool that
allows us to go beyond of our
physical limits. As persons we are
able to exercise our imagination
and reflection to go beyond our
own thoughts and experiences.
We humans have natural
tendencies or inclinations .
Transcendence also means
overcoming oneself or being in
control even if the body reminds us
of certain tendencies.

Although we have physical limitations, we can transcend

them because of our spiritual dimension. Being physically
limited in our abilities does not prevent us from hoping for or
aspiring to greater things because we are “human beings and
are the highest form of God’s creations”
 Our mind is an important tool that allows us to go beyond
many of our physical limits. “Being physically limited in our
abilities does not prevent us from hoping for or aspiring greater
things.”

The essence of transcendence is to acknowledge

our limitations, and identify possibilities for
development, and change ourselves for the better.

Our capacity for transcendence is opening

yourself to work toward becoming better versions
of ourselves.