PHILOSOPHY

1. INTERSUBJECTIVIT
Y

2. How do you define a “human being”?.
INSTRUCTION: Answer the following as
honestly as you can and learn more about your
temperament and sensitivity in dealing with
others. Your scores will be interpreted.

3. 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
Answer __________

4. 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 1 2 3 4 5 (1=
easily let go, 5=“lock in”, don’t let go)
Answer _____________

5. 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 1
2 3 4 5 (1= usually not sensitive, 5= very
sensitive)
Answer __________________

6. 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 1 2 3 4 5 (1= hardly ever notice,
5= very perceptive)
Answer ______________

7. 5. ADAPTABILITY
Do you quickly adapt to changes in your
schedule or routine? How do you cope with
surprises? Answer between 1 2 3 4 5 (1=
adapt quickly, 5= slow to adapt)
Answer ______________

8. 6. REGULARITY
How regular are your eating times,
sleeping period, and other bodily
functions? Answer between 1 2 3 4 5 (1=
Regular, 5= Irregular)
Answer ____________

9. 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 1 2 3 4 5
(1= quiet, 5= active)
Answer ___________

10. 8. FIRST REACTION
How do you usually react to new places,
people or activity? Answer between 1 2 3 4
5 (1= jump right in, 5= reject at first)
Answer ___________

11. 9. MOOD
Do you feel mostly happy compared to the
analytical and serious? Answer between 1
2 3 4 5 (1= usually positive, 5= more
serious and analytical)
Answer ____________

12. INTERPRETATION OF SCORES
9 -18 Cool or Calm
19 – 28 Very lively or Spunky (full of spirit, courage, determination)
29 – 45 Spirited (full of energy)

13. REALIZE THAT INTERSUBJECTIITY REQUIRES ACCEPTING
DIFFERENCES AND NOT TO IMPOSE ON OTHERS
Perhaps, based on the results of the activity, some of you will fall
under the “Cool” category, while others will be under the
“Spunky” or “Spirited”. Truly, we are all unique individuals. Most
of the time, we look at our differences and may have “labels”
toward one another. You can be a “misfit” (a person who is
different from other people and who does not seem to belong in
a particular group or situation), a “loner”, a “partygoer”, or
“easy-go-lucky”. In our lives, somehow, we have collected and
given labels ourselves toward others.

14. INTERSUBJECTIVITY AS ONTOLOGY:
THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SELF
The human person is total, not dual. For
Wojtyla, the social dimension is represented
by “We relation” and for Buber, the
interpersonal is signified by the “I-YOU”
relation

15. Martin Buber is a Jewish existentialist
philosopher. He was born in Vienna
and was brought up in the Jewish
tradition. In his work I and Thou (Ich
and Du) (1923), he conceives the
human person in his/her wholeness,
totality, concrete existence and
relatedness to the world

16. Saint Pope John Paul II or Karol Wojtyla was born in
Wadowice, Poland. He was elected to the Papacy on
October 16, 1978 (264th Pope) and was considered a
great hope Pope (88%) during his lifetime. He was also
an architect of Communism’s demise in Poland. In his
encyclical letter, Fides et ratio, he criticized the
traditional definition of human as “rational animal.”
He maintains that the human person is the one who
exists and acts (conscious acting, has a will, has self-
determination).

17. We participate in the communal
(shared or used by members of a
group or community) life (WE). Our
notion of the “neighbor” and “fellow
member” is by participating in the
humanness of the other person (I-
You).

18. Buber cites the I-It
relationship. This I-It
relationship where the other
human being is perceived as
an object rather than as
human being.

19. APPRECIATE THE TALENTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWDs)
AND THOSE FROM THE UNDERPRIVILEGED SECTORS OF SOCIETY
AN THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
A.ON PWDs
Feeling of impotence (state of being) OR QUESTIONING “Why me?”
are some feelings of ambivalence regarding a child’s condition.
Some parents turn to religion, and consider “heaven sent blessing
in disguise.”
There are many categories of PWD or persons with disabilities. To
mention some, there are the hearing impaired, diabetic, asthmatic,
or cystic fibrotic persons.

20. A study in North America shows that
50% of deaf children read less than
the normal children. For the deaf,
total communication is
recommended, which includes the
traditional method with use of finger
spelling and sign language.

21. Children with ADHD (Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
are different. An ADHD child
will find it difficult to focus or
complete a task, despite her
best efforts.

22. B. ON UNDERPRIVILEDGED SECTORS OF SOCIETY
Dimensions of Poverty
The notion of poverty is not one-dimensional; rather it is
multidimensional. A number of different concepts and measures of
poverty relate to its various dimensions. Each of these dimensions
has the common characteristics of representing deprivation that
encompasses:
• Income
• Health
• Education
• Empowerment (official authority or legal power)
• Working condition

23. The World Bank categorizes
poverty in two levels: poor and
extremely poor. Those living below
US $2.00/ (104 pesos) day are
considered poor, while those living
below as US $1.25/ (65 pesos) day
are extremely poor.

24. Poor health is also an important
aspect of poverty. Globally,
millions die due to AIDS, Ebola
Virus, Tuberculosis AND Malaria as
well as number of infant deaths
from largely preventable causes
or diarrheal disease.

25. C. ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN
BABAE
Kayo ba ang mga Maria Clara
Mga Hule at mga Sisa
Na di marunong na lumaban?
Kaapiha’y bakit iniluluha?
Mga babae, kayo ba’y sadyang mahina?
Kayo ba ang mga Cinderella
Na lalake, ang tanging pag-asa?
Kayo nga ba ang mga Nena
Na katawan ay ibinebenta?
Mga babae, kayo ba’y sadyang pang-kama?
Ang ating isip ay buksan
At lipuna’y pag-aralan
Ang nahubog ninyong isipan
At tanggaping kayo’y mga libangan
Mga babae, ito nga ba’y kapalaran?
Bakit ba mayroong mga Gabriela
Mga Teresa at Tandang Sora
Na di umasa sa luha’t awa?
Sila’y nagsipaghawak ng sandata
Nakilaban, ang mithiin ay lumaya.
Bakit ba mayroong mga Lisa
Mga Liliosa at mga Lorena
Na di natakot makibaka
At ngayo’y marami nang kasama?
Mga babae, ang mithiin ay lumaya!