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Human Person and Death

The document discusses the phenomenological notion of death according to Martin Heidegger, including that death is certain, indefinite, one's own, non-relational, and cannot be outstripped. It also examines the concept of authenticity and how embracing our mortality can encourage us to live more genuinely according to our own values rather than what others expect. Reflecting on death is meant to inspire us to make the most of our lives while we have time.

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Human Person and Death

The document discusses the phenomenological notion of death according to Martin Heidegger, including that death is certain, indefinite, one's own, non-relational, and cannot be outstripped. It also examines the concept of authenticity and how embracing our mortality can encourage us to live more genuinely according to our own values rather than what others expect. Reflecting on death is meant to inspire us to make the most of our lives while we have time.

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HUMAN PERSON AND DEATH

Quarter 2 – Module 4
OBJECTIVES:
• 1. explain the phenomenological notion of death
• 2. give the characteristics of death
• 3. relate death with the concept of a good life based
on authenticity
• 4. reflect on one’s own death
• 5. embrace death as a natural phenomenon
LIFE
-is the aspect of existence that processes,
acts, reacts, evaluates, and evolves through
growth (reproduction and metabolism). The
crucial difference between life and non-life (or
non-living things) is that life uses energy for
physical and conscious development.
ALL PHILOSOPHIES ON THE MEANING
OF LIFE SEEM TO FALL INTO ONE OF
THE FOUR GROUPS:
•life has an objective meaning;
•life has a subjective meaning;
•life has no meaning;
•life has supernatural/unexplainable
meaning.
MEANING OF LIFE
QUESTION?
TRUE OR FALSE
•1. Immortality can be achieved
by man.
•2. Death is impending.
•3. We can always design how we
will die.
TRUE OR FALSE

•4. Two persons can totally share


same experience of death.
•5. Death is one of the surest
thing in the world.
TRUE OR FALSE

•6. We can always say that there


is still time.
•7. We waste our lives by living
the life we don’t want.
TRUE OR FALSE
•8. Following the society would
mean a good existence.
•9. Death comes at the time we
expect it will come.
•10. Though we don’t know when
we will die, we can prepare for it.
DEATH
WHAT’S IN:
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: imagine the scenario below. Answer the questions using 3-5 sentences only.
BUCKET
BUCKET LIST
•It refers to a list of thing that one has not
done before but wants to do before dying.
(www.merriam-webster.com)
Things that you wish you had
done. . . but did not.
PHENOMENOLOGICAL NOTION OF DEATH
According to Martin Heidegger (1889-
1976) in his book Being and Time:

D • (a) certain,
E • (b) indefinite,
A • (c) one’s property,
• (d) non-relational, and
T
• (e) not to be outstripped.
H
DEATH IS CERTAIN.
Life is full of uncertainties. The only aspect
of life that we can be truly certain about is
death. Everything must, eventually, come to
an end.
Birth and death are two things we cannot
remove from our existence. Whether we
like it or not, we will die.
DEATH IS INDEFINITE.
• While death is sure to come, it is however
indefinite as to when it will come.
• Death is impending, meaning to say, it can
happen anytime.
• We do not know exactly when.
• That is why, we should try to live the best life that
we can for we never know the day of our end.
DEATH IS ONE’S
PROPERTY
•The death of the person belongs to him.
•Nobody can experience his death except
himself.
•There can be no proxies or substitutes for a
person in experiencing death.
DEATH IS NON-
RELATIONAL
• This means that when we die, we die alone.
• We have no choice but to face it on our own.
•DEATH CANNOT BE SHARED
BY ANYONE
DEATH IS NOT TO BE
OUTSTRIPPED
• Death cannot be taken away from a person.
• Even the person himself cannot remove the
possibility of death in his life.
•REFERS TO THE
INEVITABLE POSSIBILITY
OF DEATH
DEATH AND AUTHENTICITY
What does death really
mean?
Is it just a reminder that
human existence has
a limitation?
•Since we cannot control it, things that
remain within our control are those
which belong to life. While still alive,
we have choices to take. The question
now is not focused on death but on how
we live in the world. Let us ask
ourselves before we die.
• Did we ever truly live?
AUTHENTICITY
- is an idea mostly used in
existentialism which means having
true and meaningful existence.

YOU'RE TRUE TO YOUR OWN


PERSONALITY, VALUES, AND SPIRIT,
REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE THAT
YOU'RE UNDER TO ACT OTHERWISE.
AUTHENTICITY
According to Soren Kierkegaard:
We have to avoid the
crowd – the majority
of the society which
we think that should
be the pattern of our
lives.
• Another reason why we fail to lead an authentic life
is fear.
• Just because we are afraid of the possible
consequences and what others might say, we fail to
pursue what we truly want in life.
• This challenge of authenticity is one of the important
messages of death.
• As we accept death, we realize the value of
having a true life – an authentic life!
AUTHENTICITY PROJECT:
List down the 3 things you truly want in life, the challenges you see in
pursuing your goals and the possible solutions to these challenges.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
• BEFORE AND AFTER: Write your previous knowledge (before reading this module) and
your new understanding on death. Determine what makes more sense and tell why.
WHAT I CAN DO
• REFLECTIONS. After realizing that death is certain and impending, we should at all times
be ready for death. It is just like a thief in the night so we have to prepare for it. Write an
essay about your realizations and your insights about death.

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