LDR 601 The Catholic Understanding of the Human Person
This course will present the key elements of an adequate anthropology. This is requisite for all in leadership, since leaders must know who it is that they are leading. The human person will be studied from the perspective of philosophy and theology, that is, by the application of both human reason and revelation. Key topics will include: the material and spiritual composition of the human person, the final purpose of human existence, the significance of man created in the image of God, the correct notion of human freedom, the effects of original sin and redemption on the human person, the centrality of moral virtue in human flourishing. This course will also consider man as a social creature by considering pertinent key elements of Catholic social doctrine, such as the notion of the common good, solidarity, and subsidiarity, as well as the Catholic vision for human society from both a political and an economic perspective.
Offered
First Summer