Science and Mathematics Faculty Publications

Defending Human Personhood: Some Insights from Natural Law

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2008

Journal Title

Christian Scholars Review

Volume

37

Issue

3

First Page

289

Last Page

302

Abstract

The article discusses the central issue of ethics, which is human personhood. It explains that the term personhood connotes the idea that humans are members of a moral community and that they have moral rights and privileges. The article also states that ethics and morality refer to the norms by which moral agents live and treat each other. In line with this, the article also highlights the principles of personhood and natural law, which is said to be the rational understanding of certain moral truths that are common to all moral agents.

Keywords

Personhood, natural law

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