BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Course Outline in Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person First Semester, SY 2021-2022
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION An initiation to the activity and the process of philosophical reflection as a search for synoptic vision of life. Topics to be discussed include the human experience of embodiment, being in the world with others and the environment, freedom, intersubjectivity, sociality, being unto death.
CULMINATING PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
The learner shall be able to demonstrate a capacity for a critical and analytical reflection from the perspective of a holistic and profound vision of life.
First Quarter
CONTENT STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of the activity of doing philosophy of the human person as an embodied in the world and the environment.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learner shall be able to understand the meaning and process of doing philosophy of the human as an embodied being in the world and the environment as a means towards a holistic understanding of life.
I. What is Philosophy?
A. Having Philosophies B. Being Philosophical C. The Activity of Philosophy
II. What are some Methods of Philosophizing?
A. Philosophical Methods
B. Traditional Branches of Philosophy C. Philosophical Reflection
D. Primary and Secondary Reflection III. What is My Relationship to My Body?
A. Our Bodies B. Having Bodies C. Being Bodies
IV. What does it Mean to Dwell in Nature?
A. Our Ordinary Understanding of Our Relationship with Nature B. Dwellers within Nature: Beyond Utility, Toward Responsibility C. Toward a Shift in Thinking: Calculative versus Meditative Thinking
Second Quarter
CONTENT STANDARD The learner shows understanding of philosophy within the context of the human person as free, intersubjectivity in society and oriented towards death.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learner shall be able to understand that doing philosophy within the context of the human person as free, intersubjective, immersed in society, and oriented towards their impending death will lead to a deeper understanding of the human person.
V. What is Freedom?
A. Our Ordinary Sense of Freedom B. Freedom and Limitation
C. Autonomy, Accountability, and Responsibility VI. What is Intersubjectivity?
A. On Dialogue B. On Love
C. A Love Sooner Than Later
VII. What is the Relationship Between the Human Person and the Society?
A. The Human Person and the Society B. Philosophizing about the Social C. The Necessity of Discourse VIII. What is Death?
A. Our Ordinary Conception of Death B. Being Toward Death
C. Authenticity in the Face of Death
