Introduction

to the Philosophy of
the
Human Person
 Opening Prayer

MODULE 8: Human
persons as oriented
towards their
impending death
Life Performance Outcome:
• Conscientious, Adept
PERFORMERS & ACHIEVERS
Essential Performance Element:
• Cultivate specialized knowledge
and skills in at least one are of
their lives that they apply in a
variety of situations with facility
and ease.
Core Program Outcomes
• Continually set and re-set challenging
improvement goals for themselves that
require persistence, self-motivation and
selt-regulation which others can monitor
and validate (Critical Thinking,
Constructivism, Multidisciplinary)
Performance Standard
• The learner writes a philosophical
reflection on the meaning of his/her own
life.
Content Standard
• The learner understands human beings
as oriented towards their impending
death.
 (MELC)
Competencies
You are expected to
8.1 Recognize the meaning of his/her
own life
8.2 Enumerate the objectives he/she
really wants to achieve and to define
the projects he/she really wants to do in
his/her life
8.3 Explain the meaning of life (where
will all these lead to)
8.4 Reflect on the meaning of life
 Hook:
Things that you wish you had
done?

Things that you wish you had

done…but did not?
Guide questions:
• Have you found joy
in your life?

• How your life brought

joy to us?(Family)
REVIEW
Bucket list – it refers to a list of
things that one has not done before
but wants to do before dying.
 Guide Questions
1. What is death?
2. How do philosophers like
Socrates and Thomas Nagel
view death?
3. How does the inevitability of
death contribute meaning to the
experience of life?
Traditionally death defines as simply
equated to the stopping of heartbeat and
breathing.
What happens to the
human person after death?
 Significant Human
Experience

Share personal
experiences that made you
realize the importance of
life
Closing Prayer