INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
IMPENDING
DEATH
November 21, 2023
OPENING PRAYER
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of
me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and
the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually
doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I
hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do
this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow
of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to
face my perils alone. AMEN.
OPENING PRAYER
I will continue, oh my God to do all my
actions for the love of you.
In all these, together and by association,
dedicate our lives and works to God, who
alone guarantees the fulfillment of our
Lasallian dreams.
Amen
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
IMPENDING
DEATH
November 21, 2023
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Explain the differences among the
existential features of death.
• Understand death as a possibility to
live a better and meaningful life.
• Reflect on the meaning of your own
life.
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
IMPENDING
DEATH
November 21, 2023
Approaches:
A. METAPHYSICAL APPROACH
• looks at what happens to a person
when he/she dies.
* When can we say that a person is
dead?
B. EXISTENTIAL APPROACH
• looks at the features of death that significantly
affect how a person conduct his/her life
* What are the features of death as a
human possibility?
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
IMPENDING
DEATH
November 21, 2023
What would you do if
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Sp ivityard you had only ONE
Act DAY left to live?
Brgy. Balud, Antique
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Impending Death
HOW WOULD YOU
KNOW THAT THE
PERSON IS DEAD?
PHILO | NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Death as an Event
THREE MAJOR APPROACHES:
1. CARDIO-PULMONARY
APPROACH
2. WHOLE-BRAIN APPROACH
3. HIGHER-BRAIN APPROACH
Two general views
on Death
A. MATERIALIST
• Human is just a material entity.
Everything in life ends in death.
B. SPIRITUAL
• Man compose of body and soul
Fear of Death
PLATO SOCRATES EPICURUS
Death is seen as a Fear of death is “Where I am, death is
LIBERATION from the IRRATIONAL not, and where death
body. is I am not”
Characteristics of Death
MARTIN HEIDEGGER (1889–1976
Characteristics of Death
A. ONE’S OWN
MOST
• a person cannot relegate
his/her own death to
anybody
Characteristics of Death
B. NON-
RELATIONAL
• a person cannot be with
somebody else
Characteristics of Death
C. CANNOT BE
OUTSTRIPPED
• it cannot be taken away from
the person
Characteristics of Death
D. CERTAIN
• death is a possibility that will
surely actualize
Characteristics of Death
E. INDEFINITE
• we don’t know when it will
come
Reflection
•If you w e re g i v e n t h e
opportunity to l i v e a n i m m o rt a l
life, would you t a k e i t ? W h y o r
wh y n o t ?
Reflection
•What do you th i n k w i l l h a p p e n
if human lif e ha s n o e n d ? A r e
there going to b e si gn i f i ca n t
changes the w a y w e l i v e o ur
lives?
REMEMBER:
“A life without end is a life without
meaning”
VIKTOR FRANKL
REMEMBER:
“He who has the WHY to live can
bear any HOW”
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Reflection
•What is the po i n t o f m a k i n g
life meaningfu l w h e n w e a r e
g oi ng t o d i e a n y w a y ?
Integration
Knowing this reality of our existence that
we are all going to die someday, how would
you want to be remembered? Why? Explain
your reason in 3-5 sentences.
Closing
“Now, brothers and sisters, about times and
dates we do not need to write to you, for you know
very well that the day of the Lord will come like a
thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace
and safety,” destruction will come on them
suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and
they will not escape.”
- 1 Thess. 5: 1-3
“Life is not just about
r
Spa mk of living longer, its about
W isd o living it WELL”
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
IMPENDING
DEATH
November 21, 2023
CLOSING PRAYER
In service, we beg You for strength and wisdom to do
all that needs to be done knowing that we can be
channels of Your healing grace when we do all our
actions for the love of You. Amen