1. WHAT IS A HUMAN
PERSON?

2. WHAT IS A HUMAN PERSON?
1. Human person is just essentially just his/her body
and nothing more.
2.Human person is just essentially just his/her spirit
and nothing more.
3. Human person is just essentially the unity of
his/her body and spirit.

3. AN EMBODIED

4. METAPHYSICAL
APPROACH
• Which focuses on the
kinds of substances or
materials and capacities
that uniquely make up a
human person.
EXISTENTIAL
APPROACH
• Which focuses on the
kind of life, or mode of
existence, that is unique
to human person.

5. METAPHYSICAL
APPROACH
WHAT
EXISTENTIAL
APPROACH
WHO
Dealing with the
of a human person.
Dealing with the
of a human person.

6. WHAT
IS A
HUMAN
PERSON
IT IS MADE OF..?
ARE ITS COMPONENTS?DOES IT ONLY
MADE UP OF BODY?

7. HUMAN
PERSON
HAVE A SOUL
MIND
SPIRIT Emphasizes its life
giving function.
Emphasizes its consciousness.

8. WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF A
HUMAN PERSON

9. THREE POSSIBLE ANSWER.
1.UNSPIRITED BODYVIEW
2.DISEMBODIED SPIRITVIEW
3.EMBODIED SPIRITVIEW

10. 1. UNSPIRITED BODY VIEW
- human person is just essentially just his/her body
and nothing more.

11. SUPPORTERS
MIND-BRAIN IDENTITYTHEORY
- Mental state or neutral state of the brain.

12. 2. DISEMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
human person is just essentially just his/her spirit
and nothing more.

13. PLATO
• SOUL
RENE DESCARTES
• MIND & MATTER
DUALISM
Physical & nonphysical
They both believed that:
• Spirit or soul is independent with the body.
• Immortality of the spirit

14. 3. EMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
human person is just essentially the unity of his/her
body and spirit.

15. ARISTOTLE
SOUL is the cause of life.
is a form
MIND is a matter
PLANTS
Vegetative/Nutritive Soul
ANIMALS
Sensitive Soul
HUMANS
Rational Soul

16. THOMAS AQUINAS
Human soul
is
“subsistent”
rather than
“substance.”

17. QUIZ
17
QUIZ
½ C R O S S W I S E

18. I.
1-3. What are the components of human person?
4-5. What is the other term for soul?
6-8. According to Aristotle the plants, animals, and
humans has a soul called as….?
9. Human person is just essentially just his/her body
and nothing more. It is called ______ ?
10. Human person is just essentially the unity of
his/her body and spirit. It is called ______ ?

19. KEY ANSWERS
1. Unspirited body view , Disembodied spirit view or
Embodied spirit view
4-5. Mind / spirit
6-8. Vegetative/Nutritive Soul, Sensitive Soul &
Rational Soul
9. Unspirited body view
10. Embodied spirit view