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WorksheetsChapter 3 Defining the Human Person
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Give two examples of groups of people who throughout history were arbitrarily treated as someone’s property, and/or were considered to be “non-persons” by law.”
Africans and Slaves
Native Americans and Women
Jews and Unborn Children
All of the above
Selfless love that recognizes the preciousness of each and every human being.
Intrinsic Love
Agape Love
Filial Love
Eros Love
The intrinsic nature of a thing; what a thing is at its very core.
Personality
Creation
Essence
Transcend
Assigns a name to a thing. These are the basis of language, without which we could not communicate.
Real Definition
Agape Definition
Theological Definition
Nominal Definition
A complete definition that tries to get at the essence of what you are describing; not imposed arbitrarily, but observed and discovered from the intrinsic nature of the thing being defined.
Theological Definition
Agape Definition
Real Definition
Nominal Definition
This includes only data that everyone else has access to and can verify for themselves.
Objective Definition
Subjective Definition
Nominal Definition
Real Definition
Greek word for “end,” “final goal,”or “full purpose”; the point at which a thing reaches its fullest stage of development--the fullest form of its power; similar to “to ti en einai” which means, “what it was to be” or “what it was meant to be”
Ethos
Eros
Telos
Agape
To rise above or go beyond the limits of the physical or material world.
Agape
Telos
Transcend
Metamorphosis
Defines something in a narrow way and does not take into account things that are factual and can be verified by all people.
Nominal Definition
Real Definition
Objective Definition
Subjective Definition
"They should be and are considered an inferior class of beings, who have been subjucated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated or not, have no rights…”-Dred Scott v. Sandford
Africans
Native Americans
Women
Jews
“The _____ is not a human being. He is an appearance of putrescence” -Supreme Party Judge Walter Buch, Deutsche Jutiz
Slaves
Native Americans
Women
Jews
Africans
“In the eyes of the law.. The _____ is not a person.”-Bailey v Poindexter’s Ex’or
Africans
Slaves
Native Americans
Women
Jews
“An Indian is not a person within the meaning of the Constitition...Congress may prevent one from their reservation, and while he is on a reservation it may deprive him of his liberty, his property, his life...Congress can break its treaties with him as it may repeal a statute”-The American Law Review
Africans
Slaves
Native Americans
Women
Jews
“The statutory word ‘person’ did not in these circumstances include ____________”-Commonwealth v Welosky
Africans
Slaves
Native Americans
Women
Jews
What is the Objective Definition of a Human Person as written in your text?
A living being that contains a real and existing power to direct its own development toward fulfillment through perfect, unconditional, and infinite Truth, Love, Goodness, Beauty, and Unity, and will do so if all the proper conditions are met.
Something that becomes an adult if conditions are right
What a thing is at its very core
The complete explanation of any object
Why is it important to have a clear and complete definition of the human person?
Because something could be forgotten
Cultures need to diversify definitions so that we get the most complete definitions.
Cultures that settle for poor definitions of “human person” will usually end up seriously violating the human rights of many people. History is filled with examples of powerful groups of people who used narrow and subjective definitions of “human person” to exclude whole groups of weaker and more vulnerable people.
It is important to define humans so that we know what to do with them.
List AND explain the four steps to uncovering a real definition
Physical Description – This can include the various components of the object being defined, its appearance, size, shape, feel, smell, sound, taste, and observable activities
Powers – What it is capable of, or what it would be capable of if given enough time to grow and develop to its fullest potential
Conditions – What it needs in order to exist and to actually make use of its powers
Full purpose (or “fulfillment of powers”) – Its final end or goal; its fullest stage of development
All of the above
