Division of City Schools 

                                             COMMONWEALTH HIGH SCHOOL 

Ecols St. Brgy. Commonwealth, 
            Quezon City 
 
 
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 
First Semester – SY 2020 – 2021 
  INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON 

WEEK NO.  3  WORK SHEET #  3 QUARTER  First Quarter 

TOPIC  Philosophical Reflection on concrete situations from a Holistic
Perspective
CONTENT STANDARD  The learner understands the meaning and process of doing
philosophy 
PERFORMANCE The learner reflects on a concrete experience in a philosophical
STANDARD  way 
LEARNING The learners will able to: 
COMPETENCY  1. distinguish a holistic perspective from a partial point of
view; 
2. realize the value of doing philosophy in obtaining a broad
perspective on life; and 
3. do a philosophical reflection on a concrete situation from a
holistic perspective. 

Janna G. Matillano Grade 12- Mendeleev

Activity 1
ANALYSIS: Answer the following questions on the space provided. 
 
1. Among Raphaelle’s questions, what would you consider as personal
questions?
These questions, “Why does it have to be so difficult? Why can’t I
just wear anything I grab from my closet?” from Raphaelle are
considered as personal questions.
2. What would be examples of, in Raphaelle’s wonderings, philosophical
questions?
The examples of philosophical questions in Raphaelle’s
wonderings are “Why should my clothes or the way I look matter
to others anyway? If I think about what others would say, does
that mean I am not free to choose whatever I want? Does this
mean that I am not really free? So if living in society means that I
am not really free, does this mean that I will only be free when I
live alone? Like live in a desert in Mars? But what good would
that do? If I live alone, I may be free to do whatever I want, but
would that be a happy life? Is having the freedom to do what one
pleases the opposite of having a happy life? What is freedom,
really? What is a happy life?”.

3. How do personal questions differ from philosophical questions?

a personal question is a question related to the person himself, it
focuses on the individual person and the unique aspects or
attributes of that person. on the other hand, philosophical
questions as questions whose answers are principally open to
informed disagreement, rational and honest, ultimate but not
absolute, closed to further questions, may be limited by empirical
and logical-mathematical resources, but which require abstract
resources to be answered.
 4. Let’s follow Raphaelle’s questions. GROUP THE QUESTIONS IN THE
PROPER COLUMN.
a. What shall I wear?
b. Why should what I wear matter anyway?
c. Am I really free if I think of what others say?
d. If I don’t think of what they say, will I be happy?
e. What is freedom?
f. What is happiness?

PERSONAL QUESTIONS PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS

 A. What shall I wear?
 B. Why should what I wear
matter anyway?
 C. Am I really free if I think
of what others say?
 D. If I don’t think of what
they say, will I be happy?
 E. What is freedom?
 F. What is happiness?

Application  

1. List down 5 or more philosophical questions you have actually asked

yourself. Have you found answers to these questions? If not, how do you
feel with unanswered questions?
The philosophical questions I have asked myself are "why am I alive?", "what is
true happiness?", "does loving always ends up hurting?", "what happens when
we die?", "why there is rich and poor and not all equal?", "why do people have
to die?", "how can they say that money can't buy happiness if they're living and
working to earn money?", "how did famous philosophers came up with their
philosophies?", and the hardest question I pondered to myself is that "What
should I choose, to the right where nothing's left or to the left where nothing's
right". These are the questions that I haven’t found answers yet. I feel like an
empty can or an empty bottle who’s thirsty for answers and drowning of
curiosity.
2. Are the following questions dogmatic? Try to establish truth behind
each statement (or debunk them) by writing your philosophical questions
about them. _______________________________
a. Christianity is the only true religion.   
 Is Christianity the only true religion?
 What do we mean by true religion?
 Can only one religion be true?
 Why do we need to establish if a religion is true or not?
 How can you say that Christianity is the only true religion?

b. Women are inferior to men.

 If women are inferior to men, does it mean that all mothers are
worth belittling?
 Why does gender equality exist then?
 What do we mean by inferior?
 What is the use of Gender Identity if we put labels?
 How can you say that women are inferior to men?

c. The poor deserve their suffering because they are lazy & have no drive
to succeed.
 Does the poor deserve their suffering because they are lazy?
 How can you say generally that the poor are lazy?
 Why would they deserve to suffer?
 How do you think that the poor are lazy?
 Does success only apply to the rich?
 How do you define poor?

d. You will only be respected by others if you assert your power.

 Why does respect only comes after asserting power?
 What makes someone respected?
 How is it called respect if value is absent?
 Does being a human person not enough reason to be
respected?
 What do you mean by respect?
 Why do you only show respect to someone who asserted
power?
3. Comment on Bertrand Russell’s statement above (page 2):
Russell's view is that the good life is inspired by love and guided by
having knowledge on the values of Philosophy. He simply implies that
philosophy is important to people’s lives due to the fact that without it,
we will all be arrogant, prejudice and unknowledgeable of what things
should be.

  
4. How does this quote relate to the Topic? “Judge a wo/man by her/his
questions rather than by her/his answers.”----Freidrich Nietzsche
The relevance of the quote to the topic which is about philosophical
questions is that a man's logical thinking cannot be judged by the
answers he gives, there is a more complex process that includes
asking questions and asking them at the right time and in the right
way. Knowledge does not arise from answers, but from questions one
asks oneself and which consequently leads to the giving of correct
answers. Intelligence can best be detected this way.

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING: 

1. Distinguish between a personal and a philosophical question. Give
concrete examples. 
An example of a personal question is “who are my inspirations in
life?” while a philosophical questions goes “what is the meaning of a
happy life?”.

2. Which are philosophical questions in the following choices: Encircle

your answers.
a. What’s the square root of 100?
b. What happens after death?
c. When does the garbage collector come to pick up our trash?
d. Is it right to impose a dress code to students in Senior High School?
e. What makes an action moral?
f. Are you lying?
g. What is matter?
h. What is truth?
 i. What is metamorphosis?
j. What is the meaning of life?

3. Recall and identify a song, book, or movie that left you with a
disturbing question to think about. What is that disturbing question you
asked? Why do you find it disturbing? Do you think this question is
philosophical? Explain why? Does your disturbing question give birth to
more questions? What would be your questions that came from your
original disturbing question? How did you feel after? Explain.

The song “Who am I?” of the casting crowns left me hanging by the
title itself. It is the question I find disturbing considering that even
myself can’t answer it satisfyingly. I think the question is
philosophical. On the grounds that, the question “who am I?” is very
rational and brings my mind into further questioning. Disturbing
questions like this gives birth to more questions. It made me ask
myself more like “what is my purpose in life?” “how do I know
myself?” and many more. I feel so lacking and nearly empty, I’m
currently curious and I want some answers after thinking on these
philosophical questions.
JOURNAL ENTRY: 
Pick one (1) question that’s been bothering you lately. (Example
the new normal future of schooling/working, pandemic,
Philhealth corruption, etc.) What other questions come out from
this bothersome issue? Write them all down.
Do you have answers to all those? Are your answers certain? Is
it possible to doubt them?

The question that’s been bothering me lately is “Will my

learnings and knowledge be enough for my future from this
new normal way of schooling?” This question came out to
other questions like “Am I still learning?”, “How will I achieve
success in this new normal?”, “What is more important today,
the grades or the knowledge you’ve gained from the online
class?” These bothersome questions made me worry due to
the fact that the grades are the basis of most schools as an
entrance requirement.

I absolutely have answers to all the questions. Of course my

answers are certain although it is possible to doubt them.