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The article introduces the following definitions. (1) The human being in the sense of natural sciences is a rational animated being. (2) The human being in the sense of metaphysics is a being conscious of him/herself. (3) The human person is the human being in the sense of metaphysics united with his/her body which becomes at this juncture his/her corporality. Such an understanding of the human person is of fundamental importance for ethical dimension of our life.