The document presents educational objectives focused on understanding life, death, happiness, and suffering. It encourages students to reflect on their lives, define personal goals, and explore the meaning of existence. Key concepts include self-determination, the significance of happiness and suffering, and the importance of living a meaningful life while considering mortality.

1. Human Persons as Oriented
Towards Their Impending Death

2. Specific Objectives
• At the end of the lesson, the students should be
able to:
1. Enumerate the projects or goals one wants to
accomplish in life.
2. Explain the meaning of one’s life.
3. Reflect on the meaning of one’s life.

3. Activity 1: Complete me!
• Directions: Complete the following then share
your thoughts to the class.
• I find life as
• When it rains,
• My goal is to
• If someone gives me candy, I
• Death is

4. How does the reality of death define our
lives?
• Death is commonly understood as the end of
bodily functions which signals the end of a
person’s life.
• It also refers to the separation of the body and
the spirit.
• We must embrace the fact that death is an
integral part of our life.

5. How I should live my life before it finally
ends?
• Self-determination is the capacity to choose
and act for oneself. A person can still exercise
freedom in choosing how to face the reality of
death in their lives.
• We can choose to spend our lives doing good
and reasonable things. The person is the author
and protagonist who determines the
development and conclusion of his/her story.

6. How I should live my life before it finally
ends?
• What is the end of this life?
1. Terminus which means the full stop or end of a line.
For them, life ends and nothing follows.
2. Telos which means “goal, purpose, or fulfillment”.
Death is not the goal of life.
• Man is put on this earth to live a meaningful life, to be
virtuous and achieve excellence.
• We can look at two experiences which make us reflect
on the meaning of life: happiness and suffering.

7. What makes you happy?
• Ancient Greek Philosophy considers happiness
as an achievement and must be gained by living
a productive and moral life.
• Happiness is a “whole life satisfaction” based
on our evaluation of our overall life experiences.
• Happiness is a state of being and not merely an
emotional experience or a chosen mental
attitude.

8. The goods or sources of happiness
• Noble good is one which is pursued for its own sake;
it is good in itself (Examples: love & friendship)
• Useful good is considered good so long as it serves
as a means to an end; its goodness is found only
from what it can provide (Example: money)
• Pleasurable good is good so long as it provides some
form of pleasure, thought it does not have to be
physical (Netflix subscription, Mobile legends)
• Real happiness can be found in more permanent and
meaningful things.

9. Why do we suffer?
• Suffering takes place when we patiently endure
unpleasantness, discomfort, and pain.
It may come from:
1. Physical suffering (discomfort, hunger, distress, and
pain)
2. Mental suffering (depression, anxiety, fear, loneliness
and grief)
• Sufferings are necessary, without it, we are unable to
grow and improve.
• Remember that difficulties are not without reason.

10. How do happiness, suffering, and death
give meaning to your life?
• The reality of death means that our existence is
unique and that we will not always get another
chance to do the things we want in this life.
Therefore, we should not easily give up on the
pursuit of good things.

11. How do happiness, suffering, and death
give meaning to your life?
• Reflecting on the reality of death enables us to
think of how we can best live a meaningful
life.
• We can strive to leave behind a legacy either
in the form of an inheritance, a reputation, or a
significant achievement.
• Because of our freedom, how we choose to
live our lives is entirely up to us.

12. Activity 2
• Directions: Create a self-reflection paper based
on the video presented.

13. Summary of the lesson
• Sharing of self-reflection.
• How do you value life?

14. Specific objectives
• At the end of the lesson, the students should be
able to:
1. Enumerate the projects or goals one wants to
accomplish in life.
2. Explain the meaning of one’s life.
3. Reflect on the meaning of one’s life.

15. Evaluation: Short Quiz
• Directions: Answer the following questions.
( on your answer sheet)