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    The Dignity of Human Person The Morality of Human Act and the Problem of Moral Judgment: A Catholic Perspective.
    (Tangaza University College, 2011) Sendabo, Dawit Daniel
    Social Darwinism was foremost amongst the philosophies impacting views of human dignity in the decades leading up to Nazi power in Germany. Charles Darwinism's evolutionary theory was quickly applied to human beings and social structures. The term 'survival of the fittest' was coined and seen to be applicable to humans. Belief in the inherent dignity of all humans was rejected by social Darwinists. Influential authors of the theory proclaimed that an individual's worth and value were to be determined functionally and materialistically. The popularity of such views ideologically prepared German doctors and nurses to accept Nazi social policies, promoting survival of the fittest humans.' Clearly this ideology ignored that human life possesses an intrinsic dignity and value because it is created by God in his own image for the distinctive destiny of sharing in God's own life. And also a failure to believe that all humans are made in the image and likeness of God, which calls man to respect all humans based on an inherent dignity.2 Pope John Paul II emphasizes in Evangelism Vitae that "...when the sense of God is lost, the sense of man is threatened and poisoned, as the Second Vatican Council concisely states: "...when God is forgotten, the creature itself grows unintelligible."3
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    The Human Person in Teresa Benedicta of The Cross (Edith Stein)
    (Tangaza University College, 2007) Onsongo, Raymond A.
    Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) has been acclaimed as one of the most significant German women of the twentieth century, Her exploits in phenomenology and her eventual venture into Thomistic thought make the brilliance of her spirit stand out in the world. It is, however, her contribution to the debate about the human person that is of invaluable benefit to humanity in search of its true identity amidst the twists and turns of life in our world today. This work aims at tracing the development of the philosophy of person in Stein from its beginning to its culmination in the last half of her life. Special interest will be given to those issues that motivated her to pose the anthropological question anew. The development of the history of philosophy runs concurrently with the development of man's search for self-identity, the search to know why he is unique. It was however, with the humanist approach of the Sophists, and then more particularly with Socrates, symbolised by his call on man to know himself,' that Western philosophy decisively turned its attention to the human person. Even though this work is based on my personal study, it treats of topics that contemporary men and women in their everydayness cannot ignore. We live at a time when the human person and human dignity are under assault from almost every angle. Be it from the desire for scientific and technological advancement or from the political greed to dominate or from sheer hedonistic tendencies or even from untold suffering caused by incurable diseases, humanity is not yet free from one form of enslavement or another. If this study can therefore as much as only re-awaken in readers the desire to pose more questions about themselves, questions concerning their origin, end, dignity and value, it will have more than served the purpose. Such was the desire of Stein, that by bringing people to consciousness about themselves, they could be empowered to seek enlightened solutions to their problems, solutions that are in the service of humanity and promote the nobility of the human person. The work is divided into three chapters. Chapter one will give a general historical background. We will deal with notion of person, the etymology of the term "person" and person in ancient thought. Chapter two will present Stein's biography. In chapter three, the person in the late Stein will be looked at and some sections will deal with different aspects of her anthropology. Lastly, the general conclusion will follow as a summary of what has been presented throughout the long essay.