Human Value & Dignity

person

a member of a moral community

• personhood implies moral status

• one with personhood is imbued with certain rights and duties

what does personhood entail?

value, dignity, and respect

• gives rise to the ideas of liberty, responsibility, irreplaceability, and vulnerability

empirical functionalism

defined by functions or abilities

• a human being is a collection of parts and functions

ontological personalism

defined by virtue of membership in the human race

• a human being is a substance

body theory

identity persists bc you remain in the same body until death

memory theory

identity persists bc we retain memories of ourselves at diff points and our memories are connected

describe what bearing the imago dei means for our value as people

the Creator determines the value of the created

• we are explained by our source

all people are made in the image of God. Christians are _______ in the image of God

remade

conception view of personhood

a human being is a person from the moment of fertilization and at every subsequent moment

2 major theories of human personhood

1. empirical functionalism

2. ontological personalism

which theory of human personhood does the Christian view align with?

ontological personalism