Module 8: Human Persons as Oriented Towards Their Impending Death

(PP. 130 - 143)

Self-Learning Activity Sheet 8
Name:
Year and Section:
Date:
Brief Discussion:
Are we living on earth to die? Or we should die because we are living? Death is
commonly understood as the end of the bodily functions which signals the end of a person’s
life. It also refers to the separation of the body and the spirit. Remember that we are beings
who are moving towards our impending death. Therefore, before we die, we should live our life
to the fullest. This means that as we live we should have to make a good legacy for us to be
remembered by people around us.
Learning Competency:
1. Recognize how individuals form societies and how individuals are transformed by societies
2. Compare different forms of societies and individualities (eg. Agrarian, industrial and virtual)
3. Explain how human relations are transformed by social systems
4. Enumerate the objectives he/she really wants to achieve and to define the projects he/she really
wants to do in his/her life

Task:
Use a long bond paper. Draw your own “lapida”. In your lapida put there, BORN:
__________ and DIED: ______________. Your born and died should have complete date.
You just have to estimate what year, month and day you will die. At the back your bond paper.
Write a one paragraph: HOW AM I GOING TO BE REMEMBERED WHEN I DIE?

Reflection:
How do happiness, suffering, and death give meaning to your life? Write this in your
journal.

Reference:
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person
By: Abella, Roberto A.