Lesson 3

Question 1

• General term commonly used to refer to the entire human race.

Answer 1

Man

Question 2

Related terms to Man

Answer 2

• Humanity
• mankind
• humankind

Question 3

Refers to man as a species.

Answer 3

Human

Question 4

Modern human beings

Answer 4

Homosapiens

Question 5

-Used to distinguish man from other animals.
- Nature of humans as animals.

Answer 5

Human Being

Question 6

A much more complex term generally refers to a human being granted recognition of certain rights, protections, responsibilities, and dignity.

Answer 6

Person

Question 7

The totality of an individual, possessing awareness, self-determination, and the capacity to interact with others and with himself or herself.

Answer 7

Human Person

Question 8

Refers to the state of being a person

Answer 8

Personhood

Question 9

Refers to the characteristics that distinguish humans from other creatures.

Answer 9

Human Nature

Question 10

These traits arise independent of the influence of nature and society.

Answer 10

Human Nature

Question 11

Examples of Human Nature

Answer 11

• thinking
• feeling
• acting

Question 12

These traits are considered to form the essence of humanity, and without them, an individual may not be considered a human person.

Answer 12

Human Nature

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE:

“There is something in the human individual that sets him or her apart from other beings.”

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE?:

“We possess traits and capabilities that are not found in other organisms.”

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

What makes a human a distinct individual person?

Answer 15

Special traits that sets humans apart from other beings

Question 16

Traits that define a person

Answer 16

1. Self-awareness
2. Rationality
3. Self-Determination
4. Externality
5. Dignity

Question 17

Refers to the person having a clear perception of oneself, including her or her thoughts, emotions, identity, and actions.

Answer 17

Self Awareness

Question 18

Refers to the person having a clear perception of oneself, including her or her thoughts, emotions, identity, and actions.

Answer 18

Self Awareness

Question 19

• Human thought
• Deeper awareness

Answer 19

Rationality

Question 20

A person is aware of both his or her surroundings and himself or herself.

Answer 20

Self

Question 21

• Described as the person who is actively aware that he or she is perceiving.
• Enables us to reach out and interact with things outside of ourselves.

Answer 21

Self

Question 22

• Defined by our thoughts and ideas.
• Allows a person to create goals, dreams, and plans that may be realized through activity.

Answer 22

Inner World

Question 23

The quality of being focused on one’s inner life and identity.

Answer 23

Interiority

Question 24

• Enables persons to exercise creativity.

Answer 24

Interiority

Question 25

* Allows us to daydream, imagine, fantasize and reflect.

Answer 25

Interiority

Question 26

* The quality of persons to make choices and decisions based on their own preferences, monitor and regulate their actions, and be goal-oriented and self-directed.

Answer 26

Self-Determination

Question 27

* The capacity to choose a course of action from various alternatives.

Answer 27

Free Will

Question 28

* Enables us to do actions whenever we want to and make self-determination possible.

Answer 28

Free Will

Question 29

* Enables a person to act willfully, control his or her actions, and recognize himself or herself as the source of action.

Answer 29

Free Will

Question 30

* The result or effect of an action or condition

Answer 30

Consequence

Question 31

The goodness or badness of an act.

Answer 31

Morality

Question 32

- An important aspect of the person - Considered by philosophers to reveal a person's true nature

Answer 32

Human action

Question 33

- The capability to reach out and interact with others and the world.

Answer 33

Externality

Question 34

TRUE OR FALSE: "Philosophers consider man a social being, and that a person never exists in isolation. "

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

defines our existence as a person.

Answer 35

Our interaction with others

Question 36

* The innate right to be valued and respected.

Answer 36

Dignity

Question 37

Each person is worth the same as another person in the sense that every person is ___________, ___________, ___________, and ___________.

Answer 37

priceless, unique, unrepeatable, and irreplaceable

Question 38

WHAT IS IN OUR HUMAN NATURE THAT ENABLES US TO BECOME PERSON?

Answer 38

- Body - Spirit

Question 39

A person is truly defined by his or her _________ and what he or she experiences through the senses.

Answer 39

Body

Question 40

The unseen aspects of the human person which, along with the body define us as a person.

Answer 40

Spirit

Question 41

Intangible element that enables us to exercise thought, possess awareness, interiority, and the capacity to reach out to the outside world and other persons.

Answer 41

Spirit

Question 42

How are the body and the spirit related?

Answer 42

The human person is defined by the union of the body and the spirit.

Question 43

Not only are the body and spirit united, but they are integrated with each other.

Answer 43

The human person is an embodied spirit

Question 44

We cannot separate body and spirit and they go hand in hand in making us who we are.

Answer 44

The human person is an embodied spirit

Question 45

Whatever affects the body, affects the spirit.

Answer 45

The human person is an embodied spirit

Question 46

Enables us to do and experience all things that make us human person.

Answer 46

Embodiment

Question 47

Is the one thing that enables us to feel love and love others.

Answer 47

Embodiment

Question 48

A product of embodiment

Answer 48

Experience

Question 49

allows a person to attach certain feelings or ideas not only to people but also to objects.

Answer 49

Human Embodiment

Question 50

A person is able to have a very unique relationship with the world through _______. This defines us as humans

Answer 50

embodiment

Question 51

we are not equipped with the best physical attributes among all the beings in the world.

Answer 51

A person is a very biologically deficient being

Question 52

- Ability to surpass limits. - Overcoming oneself or being in control even if the body reminds us of certain tendencies.

Answer 52

Transcendence

Question 53

- One important trait that distinguishes the human person from other beings existence.

Answer 53

Transcendence

Question 54

- We are able to exercise our imagination and reflection to go beyond our own thoughts and limits.

Answer 54

Our mind is an important tool that allows us to go beyond many of our physical limits.

Question 55

TRUE OR FALSE: "Being physically limited in our abilities does not prevent us from hoping for or aspiring to greater things."

Answer 55

TRUE

Question 56

How can we overcome our limits?

Answer 56

We can overcome our limits with enough effort and perseverance

Question 57

What must we do to experience TRANSENDENCE?

Answer 57

We must identify and face our own personal limits.

Question 58

Essence of Transendence

Answer 58

- To acknowledge our limitations. - Identify possibilities for development - Change ourselves for the better.

Question 59

Another aspect of transcendence is....

Answer 59

opening yourself to new experiences and ideas.

Question 60

Our capacity for transcendence gives us the...

Answer 60

opportunity to work toward becoming better version of ourselves.