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AGRO – INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Ecoland, Matina, Davao City 8000
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PRE – ASSESSMENT
Name:_______________________________ Score:______________
Grade & Section:_______________________ Date:_______________

Activity 1

What is your impression about the picture and statement below? Write your
answer in your notebook.

1. What is intersubjectivity? How is it related with respect?

2. Do you know people who have disabilities and underprivileged? How do

you deal with them?

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Activity 2

Who are these people? Choose one person whose picture is shown below and
research about his life and works. Write a reflection paper about their significant
contributions.

“It is said that man experiences his world. What does that mean? Man travels over
the surface of things and experiences them. He extracts knowledge about their
constitution from them: he wins an experience from them. He experiences what
belongs to the things.” - Martin Buber

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LESSON 6: INTERSUBJECTIVITY

Objective:

1. Realize intersubjectivity requires accepting differences and not to imposing

others

2. Appreciate the talents of persons with disabilities and those from the
underprivileged sectors of society

3. Explain that authentic dialogue means accepting others even if they are
different
from themselves

4. Perform activities that demonstrate the talents of persons with disabilities and
those from the underprivileged sectors of society

Introduction: Activating Prior Knowledge

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

- sharing the subjective states by two or more inviduals (Scheff 2006)

The term subjective...
- based on feelings or opinions rather than facts
- relating to the way a person experiences something in his or her
own

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Intersubjectivity, or other-awareness

1. We want to know what it takes to experience the “other” as “the other”

2. How the experience of “the other” may be needed for the development
of self awareness.

Intersubjectivity, a term originally coined by

the philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), is most simply
stated as the interchange of thoughts and feelings, both conscious
and unconscious, between two persons or “subjects,” as facilitated
by empathy.

Three traditional kinds of intersubjectivity,

Consensual - all parties are in agreement that they approve of it.

Regimented - a military unit consisting usually of a number of
battalions
Explicit - is completely clear and includes details.

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Concept: Deepen Your Understanding

Intersubjectivity are differentiated from two alternative kinds, namely
argumentative and dialogical intersubjectivity.

1. Other = human being, an object outside of you;

2. The Other = human person, same being, subject

What kind of relationship are you in?

The “I-Thou”, and “I-It” Relations

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“I-It” Relationship

– “I” is the subject

– “It” is a person treated as an object -depicts separateness,
disconnectedness, and detachment

“I-Thou” Relationship

-“I” is the subject

-“Thou” is another subject
-it is a relationship of mutual and reciprocal connection

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 ACCEPTING ME, ACCEPTING YOU LEARNING OUTCOME:

At the end of this lesson, you are expected to realize that accepting
differences of others is vital in any human relation.

 Another aspect of being man is his relatedness with others. This in

philosophical terms is Intersubjectivity or being with others.

 One manifestation of this relation with others is accepting OTHERS AND

THEIR DIFFERENCES.

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This is the first critical component of intersubjectivity

 ACCEPTING OTHERS IS NOT TO IMPOSE ON OTHERS LEARNING

OUTCOME:

Explicitate J.S. Mill’s views on human liberty, freedom of thought and

expression, interference and the harm principle.

In this lesson, the importance of accepting the other’s thoughts and

ideas (though they might be opposed to yours) is another
manifestation of accepting others (and their differences).

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PRINCIPLE OF PATERNALISM 

"Paternalism" comes from the Latin pater, meaning to act like a

father, or to treat another person like a child. ("Parentalism" is a
gender-neutral anagram of "paternalism".)

 In modern philosophy and jurisprudence, it is to act for the good of

another person without that person's consent, as parents do for
children.

LEGAL MORALISM

- is the view that the law can legitimately be used to prohibit

behaviours that conflict with society's collective moral judgments
even when those behaviours do not result in physical or
psychological harm to others.

- According to this view, a person's freedom can legitimately be

restricted simply because it conflicts with society's collective morality;
thus, legal moralism implies that it is permissible for the state to use
its coercive power to enforce society's collective morality.

 ACCEPTING PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE IS LOVING THEM

LEARNING OUTCOME:

Realize that accepting people for what they are is a manifestation of

love.
In this lesson, the theme on accepting others (their differences) is
further developed by connecting it with the act of loving. Thus, we
turn to Erich Fromm’s classic The Art of Loving.

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We can use here the essay written by From, The Basic elements of
Love

These are care, responsibility, respect and knowledge.

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Practice: Application of Understanding

Activity 4

1. How can we be sensitive of others’ needs?

2. Recall your relationship with others. Is it a one-sided understanding or

mutual acceptance of one another? Cite examples.

3. For existential: “We are responsible for more than what becomes of us: we
are also responsible for what becomes of others.” Explain.

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Activity 5
Reflective Journals
Choose any topic and write your reflections.
a. How do you react when you see street children? Why?

b. From the song “how can women be oppressed?

c. Listen to Michael Jackson’s “ Main in the Mirror”.Based on the song, when

does our own image become that of our neighbors’?

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Activity 6
Small Group Discussion / Interactive Work
1. Describe the I-it relationship compared to I-You. Cite examples.

2. How do you define “existence”?

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Answer Sheet

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Taking Notes

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Teacher’s Note

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Feedback: Meaningful Closure

***This part is to be answered by the teacher.

Remarks:

Strength:

Needs to improve:

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