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Towards Being A Human

Man can be summarized as a being that exists in relation to others and the world in various ways: 1) As a being-in-the-world, man's existence is attuned to and dependent on the world he lives in. 2) As a being-at-the-world, man acts upon and transforms the world through his labor while being shaped by it. 3) As a being-through-others, man relies on others from birth for his development and cannot exist or function fully without relationships. 4) Additional perspectives discussed include man as a being-with-others through his sociability, being-for-others through love and responsibility to others, and being-unto-God

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Towards Being A Human

Man can be summarized as a being that exists in relation to others and the world in various ways: 1) As a being-in-the-world, man's existence is attuned to and dependent on the world he lives in. 2) As a being-at-the-world, man acts upon and transforms the world through his labor while being shaped by it. 3) As a being-through-others, man relies on others from birth for his development and cannot exist or function fully without relationships. 4) Additional perspectives discussed include man as a being-with-others through his sociability, being-for-others through love and responsibility to others, and being-unto-God

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TOWARDS

BEING A
HUMAN
Reported by : Josie B.
“What does it mean to be a man?”
“What is really
the nature of
man?”
“What does it mean to be a person?”
As the saying goes, “ Madali ang maging
tao; mahirap magpakatao.”
In what sense does our being a man consist of?
How does man unfold himself into the world?
RAMON TAGLE , JR., MAN TO BE A :

Being in the world


Being at the world
Being through
others
Being with others
He describes man to be a:

Being for others


Self project
Being unto death
Being unto God
BY NATURE, MAN IS A WORLDLY BEING.
He cannot be conceived and be born, and cannot
live and die, except in the world he lives in.
His existence is attuned to the world.
His body has a purpose in the world, subject to the
laws of the world.
“MAN HAS TO RELATE HIMSELF TO HIS
BODY.”
“There is some distance between man and
his body, however there is also some kind of
intimacy.”
-Gabriel Marcel
(the relationship is somewhere “in between”)
“Man is not merely his body for he is spirit
as well.”
Man is not his body, he is somebody. Man is not a
thing, he is someone.
MAN AS A BEING-AT-THE-WORLD

Man’s existence is not a passive existence in the


world.
he does not only live, he also acts through labor
 he has the ability to: appreciate, work over the
world, transcend , and break through it
MAN AS A BEING-AT-THE-WORLD

Man exists as a being at work in the world.


World becomes fruit of his labors.
BASIC TOOL: inner self
(conscious mind, subconscious
mind, innermost thoughts, and
innermost feelings)
MAN AS A BEING-AT-THE-WORLD

Man’s brain reveals the working of his inner self


3 PARTS OF THE BRAIN:

*left brain –logical brain, controls right side


of body, seat of consciousness about
external environment
right brain –intuitive powers , controls left part
of body, responsible for insights, considers
external relative to inner self
forebrain –man’s conscious power decides which
brain to use, power of man to run his own life
MAN AS A BEING-THROUGH-OTHERS

It is “these others” that brought him into existence


and maintains his early existence as a being-in the-world.
It is a fact that man has to live 9 months in the
womb before he is “thrown” into the outside
world.
 Outside, he needs continuous loving, care ,
attention , and perfection of his mother &
father
 First few years of man’s life are very
important (period when he assimilates
many things summed up in what is called
(culture)
 Man cannot grow up, work completely and
efficiently except through others

 His sickness, recovery, work and even death


will become meaningful only when considered
in reference to others
MAN AS A BEING-WITH-OTHERS

 Sociability and gregariousness of man.

 “No man can ever be regarded as an island. He


has to live with others.”

 Various needs of man point to his social nature.


Gregariousness means opennes ,
friendliness and companionibility
 Psychologists emphasize man’s 3 A’s as major
needs:

-Attention
-Affection
-Acceptance
 Every individual has hierarchy of needs which should be
met through and with others if he is to develop humanly
HIERARCHY OF NEEDS (ABRAHAM MASLOW)

Hierarchy within you, within your day-to-day


experiences.

1. Physiological/ Physical Needs


-primary/ short-term basic needs
such as food, water, warmth
2. Safety Needs
-longer-term needs/ drive of an
individual to protect himself from variety
of dangers/ risks
•security, order, stability, freedom from
threat, protection from physical harm.
3. Social Needs
 -the way individuals act/ behave with
other members of their group.

 -need to love and belong, affiliation,


acceptance and relationships
4. Esteem Needs

people’s drive towards proving value, both to


themselves and the rest of the group
recognized & admired, prestige & power,
self-respect, respect for others, self-
confidence
ESTEEM IDENTIFIED INTO TWO:

1. Self –Esteem – a person’s feelings of his/ her own worth based


on knowing one’s importance, abilities, knowledge, and
achievements.

2. The esteem of others- being recognized and appreciated as


aperson, respected and considered important by others. Once a
position of satus or prestige is achieved, an individual is normally
motivated to work hard in order to remain there.
5.Self-actualization

need for self-fulfillment and self-realization

desire to experience even deeper fulfilment by


realizing/actualizing more and more of human
potential, abilities, and skills
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-HIMSELF
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS
Be Happy You are Loved (Robert H. Schuller)
1) Even if you have lost everything –
someone, somewhere needs your love.
2) Even if you have failed in love –
someone, somewhere, can give you
the courage to try again.
3) Even if you have failed in life –
someone, somewhere, cares.
BE HAPPY YOU ARE LOVED (ROBERT H. SCHULLER)

4) Even if you are ridiculed and rejected


–someone, somewhere, accepts you.
5) Even if life has been unfair to you –
someone, somewhere, needs you the
way you are.
6) Even if you are poor –someone,
somewhere will treasure you.
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS
Elements of Love:
1) Knowledge of the Person
t is impossible for anyone to love
-i

someone he does not know. -what is


needed is not so much the external
qualities, it is more of the other
qualities like the strengths and
weaknesses of the person and his
inner self.
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS

Elements of Love:
2) Faith or Trust in the Person -the “risk” in
the process of living -any person who is in love
is willing to take this “risk,” or what others
describe to be a “reasonable risk”
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS
Elements of Love:
3) Hope - element needed although one knows the
possibility of his love being betrayed or
disappointed, there must be hope that this would
never happen -while principal motive in loving should
be the good or welfare of person loved, genuine love
cannot be completely selfless.
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS

4) Care/ concern for the good of the other


-while it is true that man is not capable of completely
showing selfless love, he is, however, capable of
making the person of the beloved the motive for his
love .“I love you because you are you, not because
of what you can give me.” or “I need you because
I love you” or “I love you because I need you”.
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS

Elements of Love:
5) Respect -it is because of respect that a
person who loves is able to be truly
responsive to the person loved .
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS

6) Responsibility -should not be


equated with duties but should be more
correlated with maturity which requires
giving of proper responses to persons,
things, and situations
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS
Justice and Law:
Justice requires a man not to take away from another
what belongs to the latter. Love, on the other hand,
invites him to give to the other what belongs to the lover.
If a man cannot truly promote the welfare of another, he
must at least not hinder his growth. (justice is the
minimum requirement of love)
MAN AS A BEING-FOR-OTHERS

Although love is objectively speaking,


a greater virtue than justice, it must
be stressed that there can be no
genuine love and charity where
there is no justice.
“Love without justice is fake.”
MAN AS A BEING-UNTO -GOD

Man has different beliefs and


convictions about his existence.
FOUR FOLD RELATIONSHIPS
1) To the things in the world
2) To family, group and country and to structures of
these groups
3) To others, his fellowmen (kapwa)
4) To God which was made possible through Jesus
Christ
MAN AS A BEING-FOR OTHERS, AND A
BEING-FOR-GOD
Philosophers say that “ man was thrown” into
this world. Psychologists claim that man is born
in a state of insecurity. Sociologists argue that
people tend to bind together because of the
insecurity in their environment. Theologians say
that man lives in a fallen state, but has redeemed.
Thank you po!!!!!

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