Pman Fridom Dialog Bathala

Think and imagine “If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look similar to this: 57 Asians; 21 Europeans; 14 from the western Hemisphere; 8 Africans; 52 would be female; 48 would be male; 70 would be non white; 30 would be white; 70 would be non-Christian; 30 would be Christian; 89 would be heterosexual; 11 would be homosexual;

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States; 80 would live in substandard housing; 70 would be unable to read; 50 would suffer from malnutrition; 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth; 1 would have a college education; 1 would own a computer. When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.”

“Never take someone for granted. Hold every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you’ve lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones.”

“If peace inspires love and love is happiness, why are we destroying peace?”

“What we do today reflects on what we will do in the future.”

Assignment: Answer the following questions directly but substantially. 2. What makes a human being different from other created being? 3. When do we practice the Golden Meanmoderation? 4. What is the meaning of “Know Thyself”? 5. Is the study of Philosophy relevant to your life and to your course? How? 6. What are the roles of philosophy? 7. What is the philosophical meaning of death? 8. What is the philosophical meaning of love? 9. How is the philosophy of man related to your work?

Man and Freedom Man has “Free Will”. It is man’s natural legacy…you act according to the demands of your world. Robert Johann says...free will is identical with your “selfhood” and “you have it simply by being a person.”

Freedom of Choice It is the freedom to choose between alternatives. Fransen call it “the capacity to accept or refuse any activity and to do either this or that.”

Fundamental Option “The basic freely accepted and intended involvement of a person as such.” Fransen What kind of person you will be? Are you for God or against God? Are you for authentic or inauthentic? A free decision, a definitive commitment of your “wholeness toward the wholeness of life”.

Freedom and Situatedness Human freedom is “situated or conditioned” -human freedom does not start with a blank sheet; -freedom involves “the immediate concrete set of circumstances in which they exist before the use of freedom.

Freedom and determinism Determinism is the opposite of being free. Sources of determinism 1. biological influences, 2. social pressure, and 3. the unconscious.

Freedom and Responsibility “It is not right to do what you want to do; nor is it right to do what you must do; rather it is the right to do what you ought to do.” Fulton Sheen on Freedom.

Freedom is more than its corollary responsibility. Being responsible does not automatically make you do responsible actions. Knowing the rules of the school does not prevent you from throwing your trash anywhere.

What is genuine responsibility?

“The ability to give an account.” Johann Meaning: “I can actually justify my actions as truly responsible to the objective demands of the situation.” To respond is to answer, to commit myself. Our neighbors: love and justice: to our world: stewardship; and to the Absolute: worship.

Freedom = moral responsibility

To respond is to decide your course of action.. “At the core of human freedom lies the phenomenon of decision.” Existentialists “I am my liberty.” Sartre We are really the way we act, the way we choose to act.

Freedom always involves risk. People change. Human nature dynamic and evolutionary and open. The challenge is a never ending task. The call to put the other and the Absolute infront of self. Being lovers of freedom…involves “kagitingan”. This is the truth for us as a people. Example in Myanmar

That the misery of the people must be blamed on the rulers and not the people. Simply because they do not have freedom. Yes they are not responsible for their misfortunes… True…but in a way they have also a large part in the continuation of such disorder. They are partly to be blame for allowing the military junta to terrorize them, for their loss of freedom and not doing anything…

When is a human being responsible for his actions? When we really value our personal identity. When we really accept that it is our action and will as an agent. When we as doer are supposed to be intelligent. When we as doer must be a moral agent.

Man and Dialogue Dialogue is more than two persons talking each other. Dominic Dubarle: ....aims at intellectual agreement- true knowledge; ....involves philosophical, religious and political convictions- interpersonal relationship.

Martin Buber: Genuine dialogue: to listen, to be open to the world, to observe, to be aware of everything including flowers and animals, not just of persons.

Faith and understanding begins when we begin to put down the dictionary. In dialogue it is God who speaks- one identity, the One. If someone speaks to us, we should respond and this is the essence of responsibility. The life of dialogue is the turning towards the other- as person. This is relationship of the I and the Thou; it is an openness a movement of love.

The Human being as Lover Teilhard de Chardin True love desires the other’s good. All beings are attracted to what is good and is repelled by what is bad. Inwardness of things....interior organizationthe greatest brain. Erich Fromm Theory of love: the problem of human existence is separation, alienation. The answer is Love

Elements of love care, responsibility, respect and knowledge Practice of love: Requirements.....discipline, concentration, patience, supreme concern. Other qualities needed to love well are overcoming one’s narcissism, objectivity, humility and faith.

Gorospe, SJ Love is mutual or reciprocal Love must be expressed Love is better to share/give than to receive. Love is creative; participative. People in love must have something in common... This is God. Love is an eros-agape relationship. desire-friendship

Salamat Po!!!!

Man and the Absolute Limang Landas (Santo Tomas) 1. Unang landas ay nakabatay sa pagbabago...anumang na nagbabago ay pinagbabago ng iba. Titigil tayo sa Unang Sanhi ng pagbabago na walang kasunod na sanhi. Ang unang Sanhi ng pagbabago na hindi sumasailalim sa pagbabago...ito ay kinikilala ng lahat bilang Diyos. (The Unchanged-change)

2. Landas batay sa kalikasan ng pagsasanhi...sanhi ng bagay-bagay sa isang maayos na serye. Gayunpaman man, ang serye ng sanhi ay dapat tumigil sa isang unang sanhi. Ang pag iral ng isang Unang Sanhi na siyang binibigyan ng pangalang Diyos. (The UncausedCause)

3. Landas batay sa posibleng par-iral at sa nararapat na pag-iral. Walang anumang umiiral na, walang nagpa-iral nito; at kinakailangang may umiiral na nararapat ang pag-iral. Ngayon dapat aminin na mayroong umiiral ng buong karapatan at hindi at hindi dahil sa iba ang pag-iral niya kundi sa sarili Niya at sa katunayan Siya ang sanhi ng pag-iral ng lahat. (The unmoved-mover)

4. Landas batay sa pag- aantas-antas na mapapansin sa mga bagay sa daigdig...Higit na mabuti, higit na tutuo, higit na marangal. Ibat-ibang antas ng paglapit sa isang pinakamataas...Umiiral ang pinakamataas, pinakamabuti, pinakamarangal. At ito ay tinatawag nating Diyos. (The Absolute-Highest)

5. Batay sa pagkakagabay ng kalikasan. Kilos sa isang layunin sumusunod sa batas ng kalikasan...mabuting patutunguhan. Ang lahat ng bagay sa kalikasan ay pinapatnubayan patungo sa layunin nila ng isang Umiiral na may pangunawa, at kinikilala natin ito bilang Diyos. (The Most Intelligent)