THE DIGNITY OF A HUMAN PERSON

"Human Person" primarily refers to any individual person.

• True

• False

Personal integrity does not define who a human person is, since a person is always a human person due to his physical attributes.

• True

• False

A person is already a complete being, thus he is no longer in the process of becoming an authentic human person.

• True

• False

A person who does evil and irrational things literally reduces himself / herself into the level of the animals.

• True

• False

Moral living entails an understanding of and respect for human persons.

• True

• False

The answer to the question "who am I" comes in great part from the continual interaction with others, our family, our friends and our Church.

• True

• False

Human person as historical being highlights the fact that:

• Human person is a complete reality;

• Human person is a perfect being;

• Human person is always a work in progress;

• Human person as embodied spirit.

Madali and maging tao, ngunit mahirap magpakatao entails that:

• We effectively become fully human beings in solitary existence;

• We become our fullest selves gradually through time and through our community;

• We become more perfect human beings by disregarding the rights and dignity of others;

• We become fully aware of ourselves through introspection and discernment.

Persons are embodied spirits because:

• We are purely material beings;

• We are not limited by time and space;

• Our spirits are more important than our body;

• The basic constitutive elements of our being humans are the physical body and the immaterial spirit.

Our thoughts and emotions reveal the reality that we are:

• Irrational beings;

• Created with body and spirit;

• Limited human persons;

• Of the same nature with the animals.