Nature of Human Being

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NATURE OF

HUMAN BEING

GROUP MEMBERS:

AKALILI NABILA(LEADER)

ALEXANDER REIDALVIN ONG

CHAI WEE CHUNG


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CONCEPT ON NATURE OF

HUMAN BEING Aa Gym (2005) Nature of man as authentic behaviour,

habits and talent from birth.

Nature of human being:

a. A gift from God to human in aspect of physical and mentalb. Decided by God before a man is born, includes a manspotential in the cognitive, physical and affective aspect.

Human are born with good deeds.

Rogers (1951) Human have potential to be positive andgood and always initiate towards self perfection.

The authentic characters of human life is their curiosity tothe surrounding and their ability to change.


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NATURE OF MAN FROM

RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE

Man are Gods creation.

All religion believes that man is born with goodcharacteristics.

Human brain is the gift from God and it differsfrom other creatures on earth.

Rayib Al Isfahami (Pikiran Rakyat, 2005) nature of man refers to the strength of human to

reveal the truth of the religion and God as theircreator.

Al Ghazali (1971) two elements of human isthe body and soul.


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BELIEF OF GOD (ISLAMIC

VIEW)

Belief in God is a nature of man on earth. Its

stated in al-Quran (Surah al-Imran :19):

The only religion permits by Allah

S.W.T is Islam

Man will be grateful and appreciate the talentand potential that they have by knowing the

Creator (Allah).


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Human is created by God (Allah S.W.T) to

perform the rituals for him, practice the gooddeeds and also avoid the prohibited ones.

Hassan Langgulung (2005) The belief in

religion can help man to control his emotion and

its parallel with the needs of modernization andtowards the progression of the society and the

nation.

A belief in religion become vital if a person aims

to achieve success in life.

It is a humans instinct to believe in God and

accept its existence in their life.


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MAN AS A CALIPH OF GOD

(ALLAH S.W.T)

Man ought to realize that he has many choices

in life but he must be responsible of the choiceshe made.

The brain and the mind granted by God

differentiate the man with other creations.


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Ibn Abbas (Manusia dan Islam,1990):

As the saying by the ProphetAnd the

material for mukmin is the brain..and

pillars of religion is the brain. And the

aim of God is the brain. And the one

responsible to whom the human to pray

is the brain.

The hadith shows the importance of the brain to

human being and therefore to the religion.


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The perfection in life in this world will contribute

to a contented life after eternity. The basic teaching that must be practiced by

man according to Islam:

i. He must have faith, belief in God (Allah S.W.T)

ii. He must pray to God.iii. He must perform good deeds.

iv. He needs a society based on their faith inreligion.

Man is equipped with the brain that has thefreedom to choose and differentiate betweenthe right and wrong.


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CHRISTIANS VIEW

God created human beings in the divine image,

enabling humans to have some understanding of

God and of Gods vast and complex design. The purpose of life is to love and serve God in

order to help bring about Gods glorious plan for

creation

For Christians, GRACE is Gods freely-given favor

and love


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Protestantism teach that salvation is not earned by

goods deeds but receive only as a free gift of Gods

grace through faith in Jesus as redeemer from our

sin

Followers perform the act of worshiping God as the

core in their life as the core in their life to glorify and

worship God.


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Christians admit the reality of sin and its

effects on reason and realizes that thehuman need both the grace of God to be

freed form sin and the wisdom of God in

order to understand the reality of life.


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The story of the disobedience of Adam and Eve,

found in chapter 2-3 of the book Genesis,

brought negative results that endure to this day.

Adam and Eve immediately lost Gods abiding

grace and friendship when they ate the fruitfrom the tree of knowledge. Christians call this

humanitys fall from innocence.


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Some Christians believe that these events or

story to be the symbolic of the human

condition. But all Christians tend to view the

story essentially meaningful for all of

humanity that God is in a personal

relationship with humans who must decide

how to respond to God


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Human beings can obey Gods will by working

together with God to take care of each other and

creation.Human beings practice good deeds and

prevent their selves from the sinful nature.

Christianity teaches that everyone is equally

prone to sin and so it focuses not only on human

behavior, but also on human nature.


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NATURE OF MAN RIGHT

AND WRONG AND HIS

POTENTIALS

Potential: the capability and the ability of man

that embedded in them that contributes to hissuccess.

Kamus Dewan (1939) - capable to achieve,

product or do something, strength, willingness

and able to succeed.


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Individuals potential develops from birth.

Family and society contributes to thedevelopment of ones potential.

Potential is:

i. In connection with the normal development of a

human being.

ii. About all aspects of life such as intellectual,

spiritual, emotion and physical.

Man has to optimize his potential granted tohim by God in order to achieve happiness in

life and eternity.


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Human potentials can be explained from five

aspects, which are:

-Intellectual development

Can be seen through the strength of their

thinking, the way they think to solve problem, tocreate and to do high order thinking.

-Spiritual development Refers to believe in God, values and norms of

the society as well as the individual behaviour.


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- Social development

Refers to the relationship between human.

- Emotional development

Can be seen when one can understand oneself

and others.

- Physical development

Refers to ability and capability of individuals intheir physical and psychomotor skills in games

and sports.


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NATURE OFHUMAN BEING

BIOLOGICAL

PERSPECTIVE


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INTRODUCTION

Every man is unique and differs from one

another

The uniqueness of man covers all aspectsin life social, economics, education, etc

Nature of human from the biological

perspective shows that genetic and

environment influence the development of

human being


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FACTORS THATINFLUENCE

INDIVIDUAL

DIFFENRENCES

IN A MAN


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GENETIC

Man is unique and differs from one

another

The differences are from the aspects of:

(i) Mental level of intelligence

(ii) Physical colour of hair, eyes, height(iii) Emotion temperament or patience

during difficulties


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ENVIRONMENT

Family background

Parents responsible to educate their children

in a proper manner and help in their

development

Provide them with love, nutritious foods, etc


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Peer group

Contributes to intellectual and potential

individual development

Good behaviour and supportive peer

groups can help in developing positive

personality


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Culture and beliefs

This factors contribute in developing

different views and lifestyles

A healthy developed society with spiritualvalues will be more responsible,

hardworking and is at faith with God


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Information technology

Media such as newspapers, magazines,television, radio and internet contribute to

individual differences

They may get influence by the different

cultures or norms from other places


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School and teachers

School facilities and infrastructure canproduce a conducive environment to help

students in their studies

Dedicated teachers can also help to

produce students who practise goodvalues in life

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