THE DIGNITY OF THE

HUMAN BEING
 What is a person?

INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL BEING

DIFFERENT EQUAL IN RIGHTS
HAS RIGHTS HAS A SPIRIT
HAS RESPONSIBILITIES TRASCENDENCE
 Person development

SPIRIT

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FAMILY

EDUCATION POLITICS

POSITIVE
COMMUNITY
 Person development

NO SENSE OF LIFE

FAMILY LOW INCOME

DISINTEGRATION

POOR
EDUCATION DISCRIMINATION

NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENT
 What is a person?

All the areas of the human being.

Unique
Valuable
Incomparable
When we don’t see a person as a
whole we see it as a thing and we
don’t respect his/her dignity.
To have dignity means:

to have worth and value.

One who has the dignity:

is worthy of respect
 Our human dignity is:

INHERENT
It means that human dignity is naturally
associated with a person or thing, as an
essential characteristic.

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Our human dignity is:

INVIOLABLE
It means that human
dignity cannot and
must not be
violated [all kinds of
violations] or disturbed.
Our human dignity is:

INALIENABLE
It means that human dignity cannot
be transferred or taken away.
Our human dignity,
therefore, is part of
us and no one
has the right
to degrade it.
But how did we acquire this
inherent, inviolable and
inalienable human dignity?
We have it because we have the ability to:

The ability to think

The ability to love
The ability to choose
The ability to relate
with others
 IMPORTANT IDEAS ABOUT DIGNITY

• We are beings with incomparable

dignity, worth, and value.

• We are not just somethings,

but someones.
 IMPORTANT IDEAS ABOUT DIGNITY

• We are persons capable of thinking,

choosing, loving and relating with
others.
 IMPORTANT IDEAS ABOUT DIGNITY

• By free will, we are capable of

directing ourselves towards
what is good.
 IMPORTANT IDEAS ABOUT DIGNITY

• By reason, we recognize moral law

which teaches us to do what is correct
and to avoid what is wrong.
 IMPORTANT IDEAS ABOUT DIGNITY

• In order to respect our and other

people’s dignity, we have the
responsibility to develop a sense of
morality, and to live a moral life.
 CONSEQUENCES

• Each person has both rights and

duties.
• Dignity of the human person is the
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of all the other principles.
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