The concept of a person

“A small body of determined spirits fired by

unquenchable faith in their mission can alter
the course of history”
MAHATMA GHANDI
What makes a human
person different from any
other living creatures?
1. “ A thinking intelligent
being that has reason
and reflection and can
considered itself as
itself, the same thinking
thing in different times
and places.”
John Locke
Can we consider dog
and parrot a thinking
intelligent being?
2. “ A human person
as an autonomous
self-regulating will
capable of making
moral decision by and
for himself/herself.”
Immanuel Kant
3. “Human person
as a freak of nature
because of his self-
awareness, reason,
and imagination.”
Erich Fromm
What sort of thing am I?
Where do I come from?
To where shall I be going?
Why I am in this world?
What is my future and my
destiny?
What must I do to live well
and happy?
4. “Human being is
able to live and
even to die for the
sake of his/her
ideals and values.”
Victor Frankl
“Human being
is ultimately
self
determining.”
Victor Frankl
Human person is a
RATIONAL BEING
capable of
distinguishing the
good from the bad.
This is the reason why
he/she orients
himself/herself to the
true and the good.
Such true and good
become the source of
VALUES for a human
person.
Due to rationality of
the human person;
*sense of valuing and
loving the source of
goodness
* Led to know the
importance of
searching the true and
good.
“Human being has
CONSCIENCE”. It is the
reason why the
human person remain
aware of the aims of
his life and the
attainment of it.”
( Timbreza)
Human person as
Moral and Spiritual
subject
How a human
person becomes a
moral person?
Give one wrong action
you have done as a
grade 11 student or as a
child of your parent.
Because of his capacity to
become aware of the
distinction between the right
from the wrong.
( Conscience )
The capacity of human
person to do good is rooted
in his capability of
performing human acts.
Human acts is defined as the
action that is done with
knowledge and full consent
of the will.
The action of human person
towards goodness is
definitely an indication that
a human person is by nature
GOOD.