HUMAN PERSON AS AN

EMBODIED SPIRIT
Transcendence:
• Existence or experience beyond the normal or physical
level.
• Superiority or Supremacy
• validation of knowledge of being
Transcendental experience: event, object, or idea is extremely
special and unusual and cannot be understood in ordinary ways: a
transcendental vision of the nature of God. Synonym.
otherworldly. Strange, suspicious and unnatural.
Limitations and the Possibilities for
their Transcendence:
1. The human person is the only kind of
being that exists, according to
Heidegger. Only him, has existed
because he is the only kind of being
who knows he exists. He is the only
being who is conscious of his
existence.
2. Existence is always a starting point -
a beginning.
3.Existence is not full not whole and not
perfect but, such limitations can become
possibilities, that life is going to be full,
to be whole to be complete and be
perfect. This means that the human
person is capable of transcendence. He
can go beyond what is actually his
limitation.
How the Human Person
Body Imposes Limits and
Possibilities for
Transcendence?
• The human person existence
is not complete because it is
wrapped up by limitations
and possibilities
1. The Concept of Dread - Dread is not a
fear or anxiety. This means that man is simply
throws in the world and is left alone to face
what he can do because he did not forward it.
He is thrown in his life, his physical
appearance, parents, culture, civilizations,
among others. He must therefore start from
2. The Concept of Being-Others-Related - Although

the human person is “thrown” into the world he does not

start from being other-related. His existence as a

“Dasein” (Man) is not an “alone existence” forever.

He has to establish relationships with others in the

world. That does not mean that he has to depend from

others to realize his existence or resign his freedom

3. The Concept of Concern - Human person’s relatedness to

entities is basically things which he encounters in the world. He

never reveals himself in isolation. He is always “together” with

others. Thus, the human existence is always an existence of

relationship. The world cannot exist without the human person.

Since everything in the world cannot exist without the human

person. Since everything in the world has meaning to him, at a

4. The Concept of Guilt-Feeling - In
philosophy, guilt-feeling is something that is
lacking or missing in a person. As such, a
human person is a guilty creature, as pointed
by Heidegger. Thus, he has no will. His will
is missing and this prevents the person top
decide for things. This makes the human
5. The Concept of Conscience - Because the
human person is self-loss in this world, he can
recover his given origin and make this origin a
starting point for his projection of his
possibilities.
6. The Concept of Resoluteness - Resoluteness
is a man’s readiness to be called by
conscience (Babor, 2001). It is resolute that the
human person resolved to accept himself, and
make of his mind to exist in the way he can call
his own and understand himself.
7. The Concept of Temporality -
Temporality imposes limits of one’s
human body. The reason is that all human
activities always happen in time and
through-time.
8. The Concept of Death. The human
person’s temporal existence will find its end
on death. He has to admit that he is
subject to death because death is the final
direction of man’s existence.
Morality
• Study of man’s action either good or
bad and right or wrong. There are times
that a course of action, decision, or even
man’s thinking may be good but
wrong, or bad but, good and vice versa
• Study of how man derived his/her
action and/or thought in accordance
with standard of norms given or
formulated by the society.
1. Moral absolutism is an ethical view that all actions
are intrinsically right or wrong. Moral absolutist
believes that man uses his/her instinct to know either that
course of action is good or bad/right or wrong. For
example, a child who was very gentle and lovable
showed mercy and empathy to his/her loving dog when
got hurt by hunters. They believe that man was born in
goodness and righteousness of the Righteous One.
He/she even do not have a cigar or brandy when he/she
got out of his/her mother’s womb. His/her body repels
the negativity of vices on its first attempt to use it. Only
his/her environment that influence him/her to became
bad or erroneous.
2. Moral relativism, or ethical relativism
(often reformulated as relativist ethics or
relativist morality) is a term used to describe
several philosophical positions concerned
with the differences in moral judgments
across different peoples and their own
cultures. For example, Muslim women
wear hijab to cover their hair and neck in
response to their Quran that women must
observe modesty in dress and violating as such
will be dealt accordingly.
To further elaborate the bipolarization of the coin
(moral or immoral), it is stated that there are three (3)
spectra of it: (1) moral; (2) amoral; and (3) immoral.
1. Moral - The standard in knowing man’s doing,
thought, or thinking if it is right or wrong, good or
bad.
2. Immoral - It is the direct opposite or not conform
with the given standard of norms (moral).
3. Amoral - It is "having or showing no concern
about whether behavior is morally right or wrong" —
compendiously, "without morals."
Places of Judgement:
To further elaborate the bipolarization of the coin
(moral or immoral), it is stated that there are three (3)
spectra of it: (1) moral; (2) amoral; and (3) immoral.
1. Moral - The standard in knowing man’s doing,
thought, or thinking if it is right or wrong, good or
bad.
2. Immoral - It is the direct opposite or not conform
with the given standard of norms (moral).
3. Amoral - It is "having or showing no concern
about whether behavior is morally right or wrong" —
compendiously, "without morals."
 “The end
justifies the
means”,