SANCTITY OF LIFE CE 10 Unit: Reverence for Life

AGENDA Horton Hears a Who Recap Concept of Personhood Sanctity of Life Examples of how our society devalues

life

DEFINING A PERSON Defining a person may seem easy but

history is full of examples where certain groups of people have been considered less than human by other people in power.

This has led to abuses such as slavery, the Holocaust, discrimination, genocide, and abortion

To truly know what something is, we must define it objectively, independent of feelings or beliefs.

How would you define a person? 1. appearance 2. powers 3. conditions 4. final goal

DEFINING A PERSON

HUMAN PERSONHOOD 1

Personhood depends on appearance

A person is defined as a physical, material being who is meant to enjoy pleasure and avoid pain.

If someone does not look a certain way, or lacks certain physical functions, we may think he or she is not a person.

Personhood depends on ability to achieve

In order to be fully human, a person has to have the potential to achieve all, or at least some of these subjective things.

What about the personhood of the unborn, the elderly, the disabled, the socially marginalized, the poor, and others invulnerable populations?

HUMAN PERSONHOOD 2

Personhood depends on the potential to give and receive love.

The unborn, the elderly, the disabled etc., are all people because they all have the potential to participate in love.

Without definition 3 we miss out on the unconditional worth and dignity of human persons.

HUMAN PERSONHOOD 3

Personhood is recognized in all humans because we are made in God’s image.

Level 4 understands the meaning of human life as union with the unconditional love of God. Therefore, any being who can ultimately recognize and receive the unconditional love of God is a person.

Since all human beings are made in the image and likeness of God, and created for His unconditional love, all human beings are human persons.

HUMAN PERSONHOOD 4

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27

This means people are reflections of God. In humans, something of God himself can be seen. We have a soul which lives on after the body has died. We are special and different from other species.

SANCTITY OF LIFE God makes and loves each person, so

everyone has value: unborn, elderly, healthy, ill, useful members of society or in need of care.

Life is a gift from God. Therefore life should be preserved at all

stages – from conception to natural end

LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD

This means we have a responsibility to take care of ourselves.

We should do something useful with our lives, not just waste it, and we should take care of our own health and other people’s.

How does society devalue life? How do advertisements and music

degrade the human image?

CONSUMER PRODUCTS…SEX SELLS

CONSUMER PRODUCTS…SEX SELLS

VIOLENCE, DRUG ABUSE SELLS FASHION

VIOLENCE, DRUG ABUSE SELLS FASHION

VIOLENCE, DRUG ABUSE SELLS FASHION

SUPERETTE.Be Caught Dead In It.

RESPECTING DIVERSITY: UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON

HOW DO OUR SONG LYRICS DEVALUE LIFE? PUMPED UP KICKS

Robert's got a quick handHe'll look around the roomHe won't tell you his planHe's got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth He's a cowboy kidYeah, he found a six-shooter gunIn his dad's closet hidden in a box of fun thingsAnd I don't even know whatBut he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for youAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bulletAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bulletDaddy works a long dayHe be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home lateAnd he's bringing me a surpriseBecause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in iceI've waited for a long timeYeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull triggerI reason with my cigaretteAnd say your hair's on fireYou must have lost your wits, yeah

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bulletAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bulletAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bulletAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gunAll the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ldsF65cLM

LYRICS THAT PROMOTE LIFE: WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER

One more depending on a prayer And we all look away People pretending everywhere It's just another day There's bullets flying through the air And they still carry on We watch it happen over there And then just turn it off Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah We must stand together Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah There's no giving in Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah Hand in hand forever Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah That's when we all win [Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah That's, that's, that's when we all win

The right thing to guide us Is right here inside us No one can divide us When the light is nearly gone But just like a heartbeat The drumbeat carries on

And the drumbeat carries on

Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah We must stand together Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah There's no giving in Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah Hand in hand forever Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah That's when we all win Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah That's, that's, that's when we all win That's, that's, that's when we all win

They tell us everything's alright And we just go along How can we fall asleep at night When something's clearly wrong When we could feed a starving world With what we throw away But all we serve are empty words That always taste the same

Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah We must stand together Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah There's no giving in Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah Hand in hand forever Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah That's when we all win Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah That's, that's, that's when we all win That's, that's, that's when we all win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RJsAkLqsgQ&ob=av2n

AD/SONG ANALYSIS

OPTION 1: Find 2 songs. One song with lyrics that value life One song with lyrics that devalue life

OPTION 2: Find two advertisements. One ad that values life One ad that devalues life

Make sure that inappropriate language is removed.