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ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Neatness 2

Jose Abad Santos Campus Completeness 3
Basic Education Department – Senior High School Creativity 2
3058 Taft Avenue Pasay City Output 8
Total 15

Name: Group 2: Pythagoras Grade/ Section/ Strand: 11 STEM 7

Teacher: Ms. Johnalen Sanchez Date: Nov 17, 2022

Subject: Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person Reference: MELC Guide/Textbook
Topic: The Human Person in their Environment Type of Activity: Concept Notes/ Exercises

Learning Target: The learners will be able to appreciate and knows the function of man in the world.
Activity Number: 4

Objectives
1. Probe into a distinct frame about gaining valuable insights regarding the human person in the
environment.
2. Demonstrate the virtues of prudence and frugality toward his/her environment.
3. Appreciate the beauty of nature.

Guide Questions
1. How does Philosophy define man’s relationship with the environment?
2. What is the role of the human person in the environment?
3. What is a moral approach in analyzing the relationship between humans and the environment?
4. How can human beings live harmoniously with their environment?

Concept Notes

Human Person as a Being-at-the-World

a. Man’s existence is not a passive existence in the world. He is a being at the world. He does not
live in the world. He has the ability to appreciate, to work over the world, to transcend it and to
break through it.
b. Man exist as a being at work in the world. And the world becomes the fruit of his labors
subconscious mind, his inmost thoughts and his inmost feelings.
c. Man’s brain reveals the workings of his inner self. This manifest the way man controls the
destruction of disorder.

Environmental Disorders: Global Warming and Climate Change

a. A human person is a creature in the world – a part of the cosmic environment. Man and all things
in the environment are equally significant in the world. They are coexistent and the paralysis is
any dimension of the cosmic environment might threaten or risk the whole system including man.
b. Pollution occurs in land, water and air. It affects all forms of life, including that of man.
c. Human exploitation of the environment leads to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide and other
pollutions that trap sun’s heat in the atmosphere that causes the Earth to warm up.

Global Warming – is an increase in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere.

Climate Change – is the build-up of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, significantly changing the
normal or expected weather patterns and conditions in specific regions of the Earth.

Exercise A ( Group Work)

1: Look around from where you are right now. Interview 2 persons of different generations
ahead of you and ask a common place to both of them and let them describe their environment from their
perspective if there were changes or any improvement and write them down inside the table.

Senior Citizen Middle Age You

1. “Reminiscing, of course there’s 1. “As for my observation, almost

1. Accoding to my lolo ang lola, the so many changes and everything has changed on my
environment in the generator was improvemets. Especially on our surroundings, but one thing’s for
great there's a lot of trees, clean house, I watched my children and sure that’ll never change, it is the
streets, not polluted because the of course my self grew. Our house people beside me which is my
people in their time are responsible improved, my eldest daughter family.
matured, and my husband Places are really evolving but the
2. As we grow older, we experience improved his attitude.” memories are still there, and it will
an increasing number of major life hunt us no matter what. So
changes, including career transitions whenever I reminisce about
and retirement, children leaving specific place, there’s always a
home, the loss of loved ones, story behind it.”
physical and health challenges—
and even a loss of independence.
How we handle and grow from
2. “Time and time again, our home
these changes is often the key to
has been facing changes to the
healthy aging. Coping with change
continues exploitation of our
is difficult at any age and it’s
environment. One of the biggest
natural to feel the losses you
environmental issues we have today
experience. However, by balancing
is air pollution. Air pollution can
your sense of loss with positive
destroy our atmosphere. These
factors, you can stay healthy and
changes also inflict irreversible
continue to reinvent yourself as you
damage to our ecosystem. Every
pass through landmark ages of 60,
human action has a direct impact on
70, 80, and beyond. As well as
the ecosystem. Many of our actions
learning to adapt to change, healthy
have caused major changes on this
aging also means finding new
planet, resulting in numerous
things you enjoy, staying physically
environmental issues. But it is not
and socially active, and feeling
too late to take the responsibility,
connected to your community and
every individual can make a
loved ones. Unfortunately, for many
contribution that can be a solution
of us aging also brings anxiety and
to this issue.”
fear. How will I take care of myself
late in life? What if I lose my
spouse? What is going to happen to
my mind? Many of these fears stem
from popular misconceptions about
aging. But the truth is that you are
stronger and more resilient than you
may realize. These tips can help you
maintain your physical and
emotional health and continue to
thrive, whatever your age or
circumstances. Myths about healthy
aging Myth: Aging means declining
health and/or disability. Fact: There
are some diseases that become more
common as we age. However,
getting older does not automatically
mean poor health or that you will be
confined to a walker or wheelchair.
Plenty of older adults enjoy
vigorous health, often better than
many younger people. Preventive
measures like healthy eating,
exercising, and managing stress can
help reduce the risk of chronic
disease or injuries later in life.
Myth: Memory loss is an inevitable
part of aging. Fact: As you age, you
may eventually notice you don't
remember things as easily as in the
past, or memories may start to take
a little longer to retrieve. However,
significant memory loss is not an
inevitable result of aging. Brain
training and learning new skills can
be done at any age and there are
many things you can do to keep
your memory sharp. The sooner you
start, the sooner you'll reap the
benefits.

2. If you have heard or wrote down problems occurred or negative environment impact from between times
and era what solutions or improvement would you suggest? Complete the table.

Environment problem My solutions

1. Learn the R's, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle or waste

management and plant any amount of trees. They
1.)Deforestation help absorb and sink carbon dioxide and are another
2.)Air pollution reason why we must not cut trees. We must choose to
3.)Global warming be sustainable and be efficient. Perhaps, changing
4.) Climate Change our main energy sources to clean and renewable
5.) Pollution energy. Solar, Wind, Geothermal could be the
6.) Biodiversity loss solution.
7.) Food waste
8.) Environmental Degradation 2. Moving away to burning coal or burning less coal
could help, because fossil fuels are harmful to the
atmosphere. Replacing them with alternatives like
solar, wind, etc. Producing clean is essential to
preventing air pollution. Grow as many trees as
possible and save energy. Waste management helps
reduce pollution emissions.

3. Plant some trees and prevent deforestation.

Reducing fuel consumption and learning waste
management. Control population growth. This may
be controversial, but the rate of population is
increasing at a tremendous rate. Population explosion
is a serious issue in developing countries. As a result,
a large number of forests are burnt down to provide
shelter.

5. Don't use any transportation when you don't

need
6. maintain cleanliness everywhere you go,
recycle all the things can be recycle.
7. share all your knowledge how to save our
planet to other people.

Exercise B

Direction: Give some things that you noticed out of the picture and give a reaction out of it.
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Exercise C
Direction: Do a slogan or poster that represents a good and healthy environment.

Participated/answered: Alega, Wynzshane, Centinaje, Krista, Superales, Ellen,

Misola, Emmanuel
Librea, Yasmine
Dagohoy, Kirsten
Aranco, Mae Ann