INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

Second Periodical Exam

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the following statements and questions carefully. Choose the BEST answer
and write it on a CLEAN SHEET OF WHITE PAPER.

1. Which of the following is the existential meaning 10. It is the capacity to direct and discipline one’s
of human freedom? activities and the behavior using reason that is
A. an avenue for the possibilities of a cautious and, as much as possible, keeps away
person to be truly human from any risk.
B. a capacity to choose on a number of A. Prudence
options available at hand B. Frugality
C. a capacity to do something without C. Economic Efficiency
interference D. Environment Aesthetics
D. an extrinsic quality of the human person
11. Who said that men are born free, yet
2. It is meant to demotivate the actor from doing a everywhere they are in chains?
certain act. A. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A. punishment B. Jean-Paul Sartre
B. reward C. John Locke
C. reinforcement D. Thomas Hobbes
D. stimulus
12. Who asserted that living a good life entails living
3. How does the “self” treat the “other’ in an I-IT a life of moderation?
relationship? A. Aristotle
A. object B. Plato
B. subject C. Socrates
C. person D. Heraclitus
D. animal
13. The human person is not just being-in-the-world
4. When the awareness of the one who loves but being-with-others, or being-in-relation. One
another person is at the level of persons and not great example of this is?
of things, then relationship is categorized as A. Hatred to your enemy
what? B. Sincerity and concern to others
A. I-Thou C. Children exploitation
B. We-Thou D. Bullying weak persons
C. I-It
D. dialogue 14. Who among the following can best engage in an
authentic dialogue?
5. What is the battle cry of existentialism? A. John would only talk about the present
A. Existence precedes essence situation of the community.
B. Essence precedes existence B. Joanna who refuses to talk to anyone.
C. Cogito Ergo Sum C. Kim who only talked to her classmates.
D. Live life to the fullest D. Danny who can comfortably talk to
anyone.
6. A philosopher who coined the concept of
absolute freedom is – 15. The following are the changes brought by
A. Martin Buber industrial revolution except:
B. John Locke A. the invention of machines in lieu of
C. David Hume doing the work of hand tools
D. Jean-Paul Sartre B. the invention of gadgets and laptops
C. the use of steam, and other kinds of
7. It is a belief that God does not exist. power vis-a-vis the muscles of human
A. Monotheism beings and of animals
B. Polytheism D. the embracing of factory system
C. Atheism
D. Pantheism

8. What could be our basis for making choices? 16. The period is a sort of a new humanism where
A. Environment reflection is now more an inner study, an
B. Moral Values analysis of the mind, than an examination of the
C. Intuition business of physical science.
D. Imposed ideas A. Naturalism
B. Empiricism
C. Critical Idealism
9. All individuals are condemned to be- D. Feudalism
A. Dead
B. Happy 17. Over decades, this setup has become dominant
C. Free across the Philippines. In effect, it has left 9 out
D. Sad of 10 farmers landless today and has forced
peasants and families to sell their labor to
 landlords, in urban areas, and abroad. This is people to influence and coerce our desires, beliefs, and
actually referred to: decision.
A. Naturalism
B. Empiricism 22. From the statement above, it means that,
C. Critical Idealism _____________.
D. Feudalism A. To be human is to be conscious, is to
be free to imagine, free to choose,
18. He employed the term “boundless” to mean that and be responsible to one’s life.
Nature is indeterminate―in the sense that no B. To be human is to be the highest of all
boundaries between the warm and cold or the being.
moist and dry regions are originally present C. To be human is to be God like.
within it. D. To be human is to err.
A. Anaximander
B. Herbert Marcuse “Natural law is the human participation in eternal law and
C. Immanuel Kant is discovered by reason”.
D. Pythagoras
23. From the statement above, it can be concluded
19. He expressed that beauty is ultimately a symbol that, ____________________.
of morality. A. We should plant more trees.
A. Anaximander B. To be human is to follow crowd
B. Herbert Marcuse decision.
C. Immanuel Kant C. To be human is to be guided by
D. Pythagoras reason in the path of God existence.
D. To be human is to act like God.
20. For him, the purpose of a human being is to be
happy, same as Aristotle, but points to a higher 24. Which of the following terms is an important tool
form of happiness possible to humanity beyond towards freedom and truth?
this life, the perfect happiness that everyone A. Critical thinking
seeks but could be found only in God. B. Logical Reasoning
A. Aristotle C. Transcendence
B. St. Thomas Aquinas D. Religion
C. John Locke
D. Thomas Hobbes 25. One of its problems is that rural areas lost
population because more and more people were
21. It refers to the separation of the soul and body. engaged in factory work and had to move to the
A. happiness cities.
B. sadness A. Pre-historic Society
C. life B. Agrarian Society
D. death C. Industrial Society
D. Virtual Society
Jean-Paul Sartre emphasized the importance of free
individual choice, regardless of the power of other
II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Write T if the statement is accurate, otherwise, change the underlined
word and write the correct term/s being described in the statement. (2 points each)
1. The appreciation of intersubjectivity allows us to develop a greater sensitivity to other people who are worth our attention and
care.
2. In an “I-Thou” relationship, the “self” and the “other” must treat each as object because object possesses the capacity to make
moral choices.
3. Sartre asserts that man is responsible for what he is and does. Therefore, if he chooses to deviate from social norms and
break the law, he must face the corresponding consequences of being sanctioned, if necessary.
4. Biocentrism advocates ethical treatment of animals.
5. God is dead according to Martin Buber.
6. An unfair or unjust utilization of the environment results to ecological crisis.
7. Deep ecologists encourage humanity to shift away from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism.
8. Martin Buber and Karol Wojtyla believed in the notion of concrete experience/existence of the human person and that one
must not lose the sight of one’s self in concrete experience.
9. Martin Heidegger believes that authentic existence (existenz) is freedom and God.
10. For Socrates, for a person to be happy, he has to live a virtuous life.

III. ESSAY: Read the questions carefully. Choose and answer only ONE among the following questions.
1. What is intersubjectivity? How is it related with respect?
2. Do you think environment plays a vital role in a person’s development? Why or why not?
3. How do social systems transform human relations?
4. Is death absence of life? Why or why not?
5. In the concept of death, What did Martin Heidegger teach us?
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