Open AccessHAKIKAT MANUSIA MENURUT PANDANGAN ISLAM DAN BARAT
Author(s) -
Siti Khasinah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jurnal ilmiah didaktika/jurnal ilmiah didaktika : media ilmiah pendidikan dan pengajaran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2355-6129
pISSN - 1411-612X
DOI - 10.22373/jid.v13i2.480
Subject(s) - islam , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , philosophy , human animal , sociology , environmental ethics , theology , biology , ecology , livestock , biochemistry
This article describes the nature of human beings, their characteristics, their potentials, and the development of the potentials. Some philosophers claim that a human being is considered animal for having some tendencies that are believed similar to an animal. However, this argument is contradictive to what is believed by Muslim. Humans have certain characteristics that naturally different from animals. They also posses potentials (innate potentials or innate tendencies) that can be develop naturally through life-experience or artificially through formal instruction such as schools and other educational institutions.