Arts , Humanities & Social Science

Abstract

The concept of human nature has over the years been problematic. From the Aristotelian-Thomistic view, the human person is distinguished from any other being because of his rational nature. This view has been challenged today from different angles. The reasons for the challenge vary but the central question remains: who is the human person? What is human nature? The answer to this fundamental question provokes other areas or fields of enquiry. Today more than ever before the scientific explanation of the distinctive characteristic of the human person is interesting. Graeme Finlay in his article “The Emergence of Human Distinctiveness; The Genetic Story,” clearly demonstrates that the DNA can scientifically tell us more about human nature. We are firmly rooted in the biological world. Our gene can provide the substrate for all that we are. This article attempts to affirm this view but states that this perspective in insufficient in establishing the reality about the human person.