Friday, September 27, 2013

The different dimensions of Human Person are the following:
Mental/ Intellectual, Moral, Social, Economic, Political, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual.

Emotional Aspect - involves the soul and the ego; both of these experiencing stimuli in a spectrum of feelings that range from pain to pleasure. The word itself suggests "a moving", and this implies forces which have direction. While they can both be taught, fear becomes primarily an instinctive emotion while love becomes essentially intuitive. Affections and desires can become soulish, ego- driven, excessively emotional impulses.


Intellectual Aspect – It brings together both conscious and unconscious aspects of the mind which is designed to coordinate physical functions and sustain mental activities by means of logic, reason, knowledge, and belief.
The intellectual is a specific variety of the intelligent, which unlike the general property, is strictly associated with reason and thinking.


Human Dignity - is a term used in moral, ethical, legal, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to be valued and receive ethical treatment. It is an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights. Dignity is often used in proscriptive and cautionary ways: for example in politics it is usually used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, but it has also been extended to apply to cultures and sub-cultures, religious beliefs and ideals, animals used for food or research, and plants. Dignity also has descriptive meanings pertaining to human worth, although there is no exact or agreed upon definition of this worth. In general, the term h
as various functions and meanings depending on how the term is used and on the context.


Physical Aspect – It involves firstly, the natural world consisting of incorporated matter, and secondly, the use of the five physical senses: eyes for sight, ears for sound, nose for smell, taste buds for taste, and nerves for touch and feel.
Physical aspect refers to elements visible to the eye, specifically the physical elements. You can take care of the physical aspect of your body by eating healthy and exercising regularly. The physical aspect of health is classified into electrical energy, chemistry and belief.

Moral Aspect - is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are "good" (or right) and those that are "bad" (or wrong). The philosophy of morality is ethics. A moral code is a system of morality (according to a particular philosophy, religion, culture, etc.) and a moral is any one practice or teaching within a moral code. Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness." Immorality is the active opposition to morality (i.e. opposition to that which is good or right), while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles. An example of a moral code is the Golden Rule which states that, "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself."

Spiritual Aspect – is the breath of life in humanity that is capable of God-consciousness, and of communication with God, as different from the soul which is self-conscious, and the body which is world-conscious. It has been said that mankind has an inborn desire to worship someone or something, and as history shows, there is much debate about who or what this should be. It could be said of those who deny their spiritual dimension, that they worship their own opinion. There are many ways of expressing a heart-felt conviction that God is worth worshipping, but for a Christian, singing His truth and uttering His praises, praying sincerely, preaching His gospel, giving and serving, fellowshipping with other believers, and living in obedience to His revealed will, are evidence of such a commitment.
The term spirituality lacks a definitive definition, although social scientists have defined spirituality as the search for "the sacred," where "the sacred" is broadly defined as that which is set apart from the ordinary and worthy of veneration.
The use of the term "spirituality" has changed throughout the ages. In modern times spirituality is often separated from Abrahamic religions, and connotes a blend of humanistic psychology with mystical and esoteric traditions and eastern religions aimed at personal well-being and personal development. The notion of "spiritual experience" plays an important role in modern spirituality, but has a relatively recent origin
There is no single, widely-agreed definition of spirituality. Social scientists have defined spirituality as the search for the sacred, for that which is set apart from the ordinary and worthy of veneration, "a transcendent dimension within human experience...discovered in moments in which the individual questions the meaning of personal existence and attempts to place the self within a broader ontological context."
According to Waaijman, the traditional meaning of spirituality is a process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man, the image of God. To accomplish this, the re-formation is oriented at a mold, which represents the original shape: in Judaism theTorah, in Christianity Christ, in Buddhism Buddha, in the Islam Muhammad." In modern times spirituality has come to mean the internal experience of the individual. It still denotes a process of transformation, but in a context separate from organized religious institutions: "spiritual but not religious." Houtman and Aupers suggest that modern spirituality is a blend of humanistic psychology, mystical and esoteric traditions and eastern religions.
Waaijman points out that "spirituality" is only one term of a range of words which denote the praxis of spirituality. Some other terms are "Hasidism, contemplation, kabbala, asceticism, mysticism, perfection, devotion and piety".
Spirituality can be sought not only through traditional organized religions, but also through movements such as liberalism, feminist theology, and green politics. Spirituality is also now associated with mental health, managing substance abuse, marital functioning, parenting, and coping. It has been suggested that spirituality also leads to finding purpose and meaning in life.


Social Aspect – provides for communication and association between individuals and groups. The effect of people upon one another, their behaviour, the development or breakdown of their relationships, the requirements of their communities and their organisation as a society, their culture, and the environment they exist in, and generate; all these give rise to the social dimension into which the other dimensions mesh.
The term social refers to a characteristic of living organisms as applied to populations of humans and other animals. It always refers to the interaction of organisms with other organisms and to their collective co-existence, irrespective of whether they are aware of it or not, and irrespective of whether the interaction is voluntary or involuntary.
In the absence of agreement about its meaning, the term "social" is used in many different senses and regarded as a fuzzy concept, referring among other things to:
Attitudes, orientations, or behaviors which take the interests, intentions, or needs of other people into account (in contrast to anti-social behaviour) has played some role in defining the idea or the principle. For instance terms like social realism, social justice, social constructivism, social psychology and social capital imply that there is some social process involved or considered, a process that is not there in regular, "non-social" realism, justice, constructivism, psychology, or capital.
The adjective "social" is also used often in political discourse, although its meaning in a context depends heavily on who is using it. In left-wing circles it is often used to imply a positive characteristic, while in right-wing circles it is generally used to imply a negative characteristic. It should also be noted that, overall, this adjective is used much more often by those on the political left than by those on the political right. For these reasons, those seeking to avoid association with the left-right political debates often seek to label their work with phrases that do not include the word "social". An example is quasi-empiricism in mathematics which is sometimes labelled social constructivism by those who see it as an unwarranted intrusion of social considerations in mathematical practice.


Political Aspect - is the practice and theory of influencing other people on a civic or individual level. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance — organized control over a human community, particularly astate. A variety of methods is employed in politics, which include promoting its own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising force, including warfare against adversaries. Politics is exercised on a wide range of social levels, from clans and tribes of traditional societies, through modern local governments, companies and institutions up to sovereign states, to international level.
A political system is a framework which defines acceptable political methods within a given society. History of political thought can be traced back to early antiquity, with seminal works such as Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics and opus of Confucius.
Modern political discourse focuses on democracy and the relationship between people and politics. It is thought of as the way we "choose government officials and make decisions about public policy".


Economical Aspect – Is the way managing limited resources frugally. Introduces Sustainable prosperity, it also focus on Production, distribution and consumption and finance and the worth of a thing.
An economy or economic system consists of the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of limited goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service, commonly expressed in a certain currency.
Economics is management of the 'household', i.e. a set of limited resources within known boundaries.