BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Course Outline in Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

First Semester, SY 2021-2022

An initiation to the activity and the process of philosophical

SUBJECT DESCRIPTION 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 The learner shall be able to demonstrate a capacity for a

PERFORMANCE critical and analytical reflection from the perspective of a
STANDARD holistic and profound vision of life.

First Quarter

The learner demonstrates an understanding of the activity of

CONTENT STANDARD doing philosophy of the human person as an embodied in the
world and the environment.
The learner shall be able to understand the meaning and
PERFORMANCE process of doing philosophy of the human as an embodied
STANDARD 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

The learner shows understanding of philosophy within the

CONTENT STANDARD context of the human person as free, intersubjectivity in
society and oriented towards death.
The learner shall be able to understand that doing philosophy
PERFORMANCE within the context of the human person as free,
STANDARD 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