Lesson 6

Intersubjectivity
This lesson aims to:

6.1. Realize that intersubjectivity requires accepting differences and

not to imposing on others PPT11/12-IIc-6.1

6.2. Appreciate the talents of persons with disabilities and those from
the underprivileged sectors of society and their contributions to society
PPT11/12-IId-6.1

6.3. Explain that authentic dialogue means accepting others even if

they are different from themselves PPT11/12-IId-6.3

6.4. Perform activities that demonstrate the talents of persons with

disabilities and those from the underprivileged sectors of society
PPT11/12-Iie-6.4
Define:

HUMAN BEING
Temperament and sensitivity
questionnaire (Kurcinka, 2006)

Answer the following as honestly as you can

and learn more about your temperament and
sensitivity in dealing with others. Answer
between 1 to 5. Your scores will be
interpreted later.
1. Intensity

How strong are your emotional

reactions? Do you find yourself
becoming easily upset or more low key?
Answer between 1 2 3 4 5
(1=mild reaction, 5= intense reaction)
2. Persistence

If you are involved in an activity and you are

asked to stop, can you do so easily? When a task
is frustrating, do you find yourself letting go
easily or pushing to continue? Answer between
12345
(1=easily let go, 5=“lock in”, don’t let go)
3. Sensitivity

How aware are you of slight noises, emotions,

differences in temperature, taste, and
textures? Do you react easily to certain foods,
tags in clothing, or irritating noises? Answer
between 12345
(1=usually not sensitive, 5=very sensitive)
4. Perceptiveness

How keenly aware are you of people, colors,

noises, and objects around you? Do you
frequently forget to do what you were going
to do because something else has caught your
attention? Answer between 12345
(1=hardly ever, 5=very perceptive)
5. Adaptability

Do you quickly adapt changes in your

schedule or routine? How do you
cope with surprises? Answer
between 12345
(1=adapt quickly, 5=slow to adapt)
6. Regularity

How regular are your eating times,

sleeping period, and other bodily
functions? Answer between 12345
(1=regular, 5=irregular)
7. Energy

Are you always on the move and busy

or quiet? Do you need to run and
exercise in order to feel good?
Answer between 12345
(1=quiet, 5=active)
8. First Reaction

How do you usually react to new

places, people or activity? Answer
between 12345
(1=jump right in, 5=reject at first)
9. Mood

Do you feel mostly happy compared

to being analytical and serious?
Answer between 12345 (1=usually
positive, 5=more serious and
analytical)
SCORE

9-8 Cool or Calm

19-28 Very lively or Spunky
29-45 Spirited
Intersubjectivity as Ontology: The
social dimension of the self
Martin Buber & Karol Wojtyla
– Both influenced by religious background
– Human person is total, not dual
Wojtyla: Social dimension is represented by “we
relation”
Buber: The interpersonal is signified by the “I-You
relation”
Intersubjectivity as Ontology:
The social dimension of the
self
Martin Buber

Conceives the human person in

his/her wholeness, totality,
concrete existence and
relatedness to the world
 Martin Buber

- Human person as a subject:

- a being different from things or from
objects
- have direct and mutual sharing of selves
- Not just being-in-the-world or being-with-
others or being-in-relation
 Martin Buber

- In contrast to I-You relationship, I-It

relationship is a person to thing, subject
to object that is merely experiencing and
using; lacking directedness and mutuality
(feeling, knowing, and acting)
Karol Wojtyla or Pope John Paul II

Criticized the traditional definition

of human as “rational animal” and
maintains that the human person
is the one who exists and acts
(with conscious acting, has a will
and self-determination)
Karol Wojtyla or Pope John Paul II

– Participation explains the essence of the

human person. Through participation, the
person is able to fulfill one’s self.
– We participate in the communal life (we)
– Our notion of “neighbor” is by participating
in the humanness of the other person (I-
You)
`SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

1. Describe the I-It relationship compared

to I-You. Cite examples
2. How do you define “existence”
3. Share your answers to your group.
What did you learn from each other?
Appreciate the talents of persons with disabilities
and those from the underprivileged sectors of
society and their contributions to society
On PWD (Mapp, 2004)

– Negative attitudes of the family and community toward

PWDs may add to their poor academic and vocational
outcomes
– Parents can decide to restructure certain aspects of their
lifestyle in order to accommodate the needs of their child
with disability
– Community sensitivity, through positive and supportive
attitudes towards PWDs, is also an important component
On underprivileged sectors of society

Dimensions of Poverty
- Income
- Health
- Education
- Empowerment
- Working condition
On the rights of women

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712)

- Women should be educated to please men
- Women should be useful to men, should take care,
advise, console men, and to render men’s lives easy
and agreeable
- Influenced the development of modern, political,
sociological, and educational thought
On the rights of women

Mary Wollstonecraft (Vindication on the Rights of

Women, 182)
- women must be united to men in wisdom and
rationality
- Society should allow women to attain equal rights
to philosophy and education given to men
- Women should not be valued until their beauty
fades
On the rights of women

Mary Wollstonecraft (Vindication on the Rights of

Women, 182)
- Women must learn to respect themselves. Men’s
worth should not be based on the vanity of
women and babies, for this degrade women by
making them mere dolls
- Women should not marry for a support. Instead,
they should earn their own “bread”
Women’s rights in the Philippines
Women’s rights in the Philippines

– The song demonstrates that Filipina

women are not simply oppressed but
have been actively participating in
movements that not only seek
empowerment for their sector but for
other marginalized groups as well
 Explain that authentic
dialogue means accepting
others even if they are
different from themselves
We (humankind) are a conversation
-Heidegger
– Conversation – more than an idle talk but a dialog
– Humanity is progressively attuned to
communication about Being (God)
– Language creates human world, and is a tool for
communication, information, and social
interaction
Buber

– Life of dialogue is a mutual sharing of our inner

selves in the realm of the interhuman
– Between two persons is a mutual awareness of
each other as persons, avoiding objectification
– Being is presenting what one really is, to present
to the other one’s real self
Explain:

“We are responsible for more than

what becomes of us; we are also
responsible for what becomes of
others” - Existentialists
Perform activities that demonstrate the talents of
persons with disabilities and those from the
underprivileged sectors of society
Executive Order 417

– Mandates all national government agencies and state-

run corporations to allot at least 1% of their annual
budget for programs that will benefit the sector
– Addresses the need for government to provide
capitalization for PWDs livelihood activities, which
include support for technical skills through labor
department
ASSIGNMENT (PERFORMANCE
TASK)

– Produce a documentary video that

would show the life of a person with
disability who is performing his/her
duties to be a productive part of the
society
RUBRICS

– 35% Content
– 35% Creativity
– 30% Cooperation