Distinguish Opinion from Truth (A Learning Competency in Philosophy)

Let us distinguish opinion from truth. But why is it important to distinguish between fact and opinion? What is the difference between truth and opinion?

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Realize the Value of Doing Philosophy in Obtaining a Broad Perspective on Life

It is vital to realize the value of doing philosophy in obtaining a broad perspective on life, especially for students taking up Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person (MELC 1.2).

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Ang Iba’t Ibang Papel Ng Bawat Indibidwal Sa Lipunan At Kung Paano Nila Naiimpluwensiyahan Ang Mga Tao Batay Sa Kanilang Pamumuno o Pagsunod

Kasanayang Pampagkatuto:
Naitatangi ang iba’t ibang papel ng bawat indibidwal sa lipunan at kung paano nila naiimpluwensiyahan ang mga tao batay sa kanilang pamumuno o pagsunod.

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Paciano Mercado Rizal: The Katipunero General and Jose’s Hero

As a revolutionary commander in Laguna, he wittingly ordered that firecrackers be used to make the Spaniards believe that the Katipuneros were heavily armed. As a result, the enemies in hiding were flushed out and forced to surrender.

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Ang Lipunang Agraryo: Kasaysayan, mga Katangian, at Ikinaiiba

Ang isa sa ikinaiiba ng mga agraryong lipunan kumpara sa mga palipat-lipat at nangangasong lipunan ay ang sedentismo, ang permanenteng pananatili sa isang lugar. Ang mga unang sibilisasyon ay nangangaso at nagpapastol na gumagala sa malawak na lupain upang maghanap ng kanilang pangangailangan sa mga gubat at lupang pastulan.

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Relasyon ng Indibidwal at Lipunan: Ang Hindi Matatawarang Ugnayan

Tinatalakay nito kung ano ang relasyon ng indibidwal at lpunan, batay sa perspektibong Functionalist, Interactionist, at Culture and Personality.

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Kantian Ethics: A Critical Analysis of Immanuel Kant’s Philosophy

Many who have read and understood Kant’s ethical system find it sensible and plausible. In fact, when we try to prove that one’s particular action is unethical and ask him, “What if everybody behaved as you do?”, we are actually advocating Kant’s ‘universalizability’ formulation of the categorical imperative. (Read: Summary of Kant’s Ethics)

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Efren Peñaflorida: Huwaran mula sa sektor ng mahihirap

Tinatawag ding Kuya Ef, siya ay isang guro at social worker sa Pilipinas. Nang siya ay mag-aral, naranasan niya ang diskriminasyon. Naranasan niyang laitin at ma-bully dahil lamang sa pagiging mahirap, kung kaya ninais niya nuon na makaganti sa mga nam-bully sa kaniya. Gayunman, napagtanto niya na magagawa niyang baligtarin ang masamang karanasan para maging positibo.

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St. Augustine on The Fall of Man and God’s Grace

Augustine contends that the first evils in creation are evil acts of free will or the so-called sins. Made as rational beings with free choice by God, some angels and the first human beings, Adam and Eve, turned away from their very Creator. The first humans’ disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden results in what is called ‘the fall of man’. ‘The fall’ is thus the transition from being an innocent image of God to being a creature with corrupted or fallen human nature.

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Ang pagtanggap sa pagkakaiba at hindi pagpataw ng sarili

Habang natututunan natin ang tungkol sa iba at nirerespeto natin ang ating mga pagkakatulad at pagkakaiba, lalo tayong natututo tungkol sa mundo at tungkol sa ating sarili at ito’y nakatutulong sa ating pag-unlad.

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