Reflective Life

PHILO 1
 What must be done before the
action?

�Buying new clothes

�Choosing friends
�Eating food
�Going to school
 What must be done before the
action?

�Visiting a friend
� Playing computer games
� Joining an organization in school
� Helping a stranger
 What must be done before the
action?
�Asking permission if you would like to
go out with friends
� Going to mass or any religious
activities
� Posting your opinion or feelings in
the social media
 What must be done before
the action?
� Watching movies that are not allowed for
your age
� Confronting a person who verbally hurt
you
� Communicating to your siblings about a
conflict
The Value of Philosophical
Reflection
“Whenever you find yourself
on the side of the majority, it
is time to pause and reflect.”
- Mark Twain
Why should we bother to
engage in philosophical
question?
What is the value
of philosophy?
� Philosophy is the love of wisdom and so
it is the pursuit of truth.
� There is truth to be discovered in our
daily experiences.
� When we figure some things out, we
become less ignorant.
� We encounter various things or
phenomena.

� These phenomena sometimes stimulate

our sense of wonder and desire to make
sense of experience..
� Philosophical questions are rational inquiries
about phenomena/things that appear to us
through experience.

� When we engage in philosophy, our goal is

to become wise – either theoretically or
practically.
 “Where ignorance
is our master,
there is no real peace.”
- Dalai Lama
“Know thyself.”
- Socrates
“The unexamined life
is not worth living.”

- Socrates
“Virtue is knowledge
of good and bad.”

- Socrates
 The Value of Philosophy

� First, its natural to wonder, to be inquisitive.

� Second, philosophizing is pleasurable.
� Third, we appeal to philosophy’s usefulness.
� Fourth, we might argue that philosophical thinking
protects us against unsupported ideology, unjustified
authority, unfounded beliefs, baseless propaganda and
questionable cultural values.