2.3: Human Dignity

Multiple Choice

What was the difference between the two kids?

• Their gender

• One is wearing a coat & one isn't

• Nothing is different between them

• One kid is in a wheelchair & one kid isn't

Multiple Choice

Since the kids are different, are the kids equal?

• Not Sure

• No

• Yes

• Maybe

Why aren't the kids equal?

The kids aren't equal because one kid can
do things the other kid can't

Thus, not every human being is equal

Multiple Choice

If everyone was equal, there would not be any difference between humans?

• True

• False

All people have equal dignity because we all are made in God's image and likeness, and called to the same end goal

"Since something of the glory of God shines on the face of every person, the dignity of every person before God is the basis of the dignity of man before other men."

Multiple Choice

Dignity can be taken away

• Yes

• No

God
Angels
Human beings
Animals
Plants
Objects

There is a hierarchy of being that consists of...

Multiple Choice

What is the highest on the hierarchy of being?

• Jesus

• Plants

• God

• Angels

Multiple Choice

What is the second highest on the hierarchy of being?

• God

• Objects

• Humans

• Angels

Multiple Choice

What is the third highest on the hierarchy of being?

• Human beings

• Objects

• Plants

• Animals

Multiple Choice

What is the fourth highest on the hierarchy of being?

• Plants

• Objects

• Animals

• Human Beings

Multiple Choice

What is the Fifth highest on the hierarchy of being?

• Plants

• Objects

• Animals

• God

Multiple Choice

What is the lowest on the hierarchy of being?

• Animals

• Plants

• Objects

• God

Utilitarianism

it is a theory of ethics that holds that the moral (or "good") course of action in any given situation is the one that has the greatest good for the great good for the number of people.

Multiple Select

What would be a problem with Utilitarianism? (Multiple answers)

• It suggests that some people's welfare may be sacrificed for the good of others

• It makes people seen as things and not as humans

• It make people seen as more than humans

• It makes it a civilization of production & of use

In a utilitarian society, the person exists for the good of another, or the good of society, for the good of the majority. People are valuable and useful only insofar as the can serve or contribute to the greater society in some way.

Multiple Choice

In a utilitarian society, the person exists for __________________, or the good of society, for the good of the majority.

• the good of no one

• to serve or contribute

• the good of another

The Personalistic Norm

It holds that a person with equal dignity is not to be a "means to an end," but rather he/she is to be given the freedom, respect, and love he/she is due.

Multiple Select

It holds that a person with equal dignity is not to be a "means to an end," but rather he/she is to be given the ______________ he/she is due. (multiple answers)

• Freedom

• Respect

• Charity

• Love

Multiple Choice

Would the personalistic norm affirm the unique value of each human person in the world of nature/hierarchy of being?

• Yes

• No

God created you and then handed you over to yourself.

Multiple Choice

Would this mean that you are your own person with free will an the ability to choose to fulfill your human nature or not.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Everybody has this same choice and it cannot be ____________.

• changed

• taken away from them.

• given to someone else

"A person is a good towrds which the only proper and adequate attitude is love."
- St. John Paul II

Multiple Choice

Who said, "A person is a good towards which the only proper and adequate attitude is love."

• St. John Paul II

• Jesus

• Mother Teresa

• Pope Francis

What it means to love

"To love" is something you do

"To love" is to will the good of the other as other.

Multiple Choice

Is Love: " to love is to will the good of the other as other?

• No

• Yes