Man as a WORKER, SEXUAL BEING, LOVER, BELIEVER :Philosophy

MAN AS:

WORKER

SEX

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L B

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LOVER

BELIEVER

Man As the WorkerWORK

Any activity whereby man exerts physical and/or other powers in order to make or do something. It involves the whole human person. It is not just a mere human activity; it is a personal human activity. It is the whole person that works.

According to Pope John Paul II, on human work:

“Work is one of the characteristics that distinguishes man from the rest of the creatures whose activity for sustaining their lives cannot be called work. Only man is capable of work, and only man works, at the same time by work occupying his existence on earth. Thus, work bears a particular mark of a person operating within a community of persons.”

a basic dimension of human existence the founding entity of man and society Man works for himself to produce his own satisfaction and works for the State as well that produces goods for the people.

Man As A Sexual Being

“ God created man in His own image… MALE and FEMALE ”

A human activity It is a form of pleasure Has divine implication to propagate life Should be done in the context of marriage An expression

Role of Sexuality

“Sexuality is the foundation of man’s personhood. It is the specific manifestation of man’s being-in-the-world. Because man is being-in-the-world-with-others, sexuality manifests man’s inherent need to relate to others. In this regard, sexuality can be interpreted as the fundamental factor of man’s intersubjectivity or man’s interpersonal relatedness. Thus, sexuality presents the uniqueness of a person in his emotions, feelings, actions, attitudes, and thoughts, among others.”

Man as the Lover

o A dynamic principle of actiono The fundamental characteristic of the human person’s-being-with-otherso It could be subjective hence irrational or objective hence rational

Kinds of Love

Ludic Love

Storge Love

Pragma Love

Eros

Filial love or Philia

Manic Love

Agape

He emphasizes that living beings need others like themselves, that sexual love

unites spiritual and carnal love, that there is no normal man outside a normal human

relationship, and that man has the duty to love.

Teilhard de Chardin

CHARACTERISTICS OF LOVE

1. Love is an Encounter

2. Love is Silent

5. Love is Growth

4. Love is Giving

3. Love Always Seeks for Unification

6. Love is Action

7. Love is Creative

8. Love is Mutual

9. Love is the Supreme Value

10. Love is Mysterious

11. Love is a Decision

Man as the Believer

By Faith we understand that

the universe was formed at

God’s command, so that what

is seen was not made out of

what was visible. Hebrew 12:3

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that He exists, and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrew 11:6

Man and His Relationship with

God Religion or Faith is a result of fear of the unknown or fear of what is next to happen after death – Bertrand Russel As long as man accepts God, death ceases to be a problem

- Albert Camus

John 3:16For God so loved the world that

He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.John 1:12

Yet to all who received Him; He gave the right to become children of God

God is neither conditioned nor determined by man’s belief ( Babor )

“Even though you are faithless yet He remains faithful for He cannot

disown himself ”. KNOWLEDGE PRECEDES LOVE

When faith is reasoned, it becomes truer, firmer, and more substantial.

Feodor Dostoevski: “if God does not exist, it follows that everything is

permitted”

Doctrines on God’s Existence

Theism

Naturalism

Atheism Agnosticism Pantheism Monotheism Polytheism Deism Rationalism Pragmatism

Liberalism Modernism

The Meaning

of GodAccording to Christian

belief: GOD IS THE SUPREME BEING

GOD IS THE MOST PERFECT BEING

GOD IS A NECESSARY BEING

GOD IS THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF ALL BEINGS

GOD IS A SELF-EXISTING BEING, AND THEREFORE, AN UNCAUSED BEING