PH102 Syllabus | J.

Tolentino | Page 1 of 4

Ateneo de Manila University

School of Humanities
Department of Philosophy

PH102 PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON II (3 UNITS)

Syllabus | Second Semester, S.Y. 20162017
Teacher: Jacqueline Marie J. Tolentino (Instructor, Department of Philosophy)
Sections: AA TTh 8:009:30AM, SOM 302 GG MWF 8:009:00AM, CTC 202
BB TTh 9:3011:00AM, BEL 209 II MWF 9:0010:00AM, CTC 106
LL MWF 10:0011:00AM, SOM 205

IMPORTANT! Please complete the Student Info Sheet via http://goo.gl/forms/S7WNPuo1DL ASAP. I
will officially start checking attendance by the second week of classes. If you have not completed the
Student Info Sheet by then, I will consider you absent.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: As the second of a two-part course, PH102 is a continuation of the discussion from PH101.
We will discuss the meaning of identity and the relation with the other, and then re-examine what it means to be
human. We will also discuss the intersubjective, social, and political dimensions of the human person, and engage
these dimensions through the Junior Engagement Program (JEEP).
LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. rigorously read and clearly explain the key ideas of philosophical texts;
2. critically articulate various philosophical perspectives on identity and the intersubjective, social, and political
relations;
3. adapt their understanding of philosophical perspectives to their own experiences of being human,
particularly in the context of JEEP;
4. and confidently articulate these perspectives through speaking and writing.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. JEEP Paper (JP): 25%
a. Details: JEEP is part of the universitys Integrated Non-Academic Formation, and is handled by the
Office of Social Concern and Involvement. It requires, among other things, sixteen hours of work in a
specific sector of the labor force. To connect your JEEP experience with our lessons, you will write a
paper made up of two parts: a social analysisi.e., Whom did you meet in your area? What did you do?
What organizational structures, SOPs, strengths, and weaknesses did you observe?and a
philosophical reflectioni.e., What has your JEEP experience revealed to you about individual existence
and the relation with others? Did you observe responsibility and charity in your area? If so, through
what ways and in what forms?
b. Instructions: Format: Single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 points, 1,000 to 1,200 words. Your
complete name should appear only at the end of your JEEP paper. Keep your citations simple (e.g.,
According to Levinas, . . .). Submission: Save your JEEP paper in .doc or .docx format with JP, your
section, and your ID number, separated by hyphens, as its filename (e.g., JP-AA-012345), and then
send it to my email address (see Contact Details below) on or before the deadline (see Course
Outline and Timetable below) with its filename as the subject. I will not accept late submissions
unless you have a very grave reason for submitting late.
c. Targets: Learning outcomes 2, 3, and 4.
2. Long Test (LT): 25%
a. Details: The long test is a scheduled written exam (see Course Outline and Timetable below) that
will take place outside the classroom. The question to be answered will be given at noon on the day of
the long test. The long test itself will be due the next day at noon.
b. Instructions: Format: Single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 points, 1,000 to 1,200 words. Your
complete name should appear only at the end of your long test. Keep your citations simple (e.g.,
According to Ricoeur, . . .). Submission: Save your long test in .doc or .docx format with LT, your
section, and your ID number, separated by hyphens, as its filename (e.g., LT-AA-012345), and then
send it to my email address (see Contact Details below) on or before the deadline with its filename
as the subject. I will not accept late submissionsunless you have a very grave reason for submitting
late. Make-up long tests will be given only to those whove asked beforehand.
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c. Targets: Leaning outcomes 1, 2, and 4.

3. Midterm Exam (ME): 25%
a. Details: The midterm exam is a ten-minute oral exam that will require you to explain and defend a
thesis statement, which you will blindly choose from a set of thesis statements. Thesis statements
will be released through the Google Group (see Contact Details below) at least four days before the
midterms (see Course Outline and Timetable below).
b. Instructions: Sign-ups for midterm exam time slots will take place in class, around the time the
thesis statements are released. Show up on time for your midterm exam, because time extensions will
not be given to those who arrive late. No notes or texts allowed, but you may bring a blank sheet of
paper and a pen to write with during your midterm exam. A copy of the thesis statements will be
provided. Make-up midterm exams will be given only to those whove asked beforehand, and to those
who have a valid reason for missing them.
c. Targets: Learning outcomes 1, 2, and 4.
4. Final Exam (FE): 25%
a. Details: The final exam is a ten-minute oral exam that will require you to (1) select and explain a
pressing socio-political issue or problem, (2) identify, based on our lessons, the ways you are
responsible for that issue or problem, and (3) propose ways to respond to the issue or problem.
b. Instructions: Sign-ups for final exam time slots will take place in class, about a week before the
finals. Show up on time for your final exam, because time extensions will not be given to those who
arrive late. Notes and texts allowed. Make-up final exams will be given only to those whove asked
beforehand, and to those who have a valid reason for missing them.
c. Targets: All learning outcomes.
5. Other Requirements:
a. Participation: Though not graded, you will be required to participate in class. This means
participating in occasional group discussions, answering questions from the teacher or from your
classmates, and also asking your own questions. Participating will help clarify and deepen your
understanding of the concepts discussed in class (see learning outcomes 2 and 3).
b. Attendance: Studentsincluding those on the deans listcannot exceed nine hours of absence
from this course. If you exceed nine hours, you will get a W for your final grade (see your student
handbook). Tardiness counts as half an absence.
6. On Academic Dishonesty: Plagiarism and dishonest behavior during tests are, according to your student
handbook, major offenses. If I catch you committing an act of academic dishonesty, you will get a failing grade
for the requirement involved, and I will file a disciplinary case against you.
GRADING SYSTEM: The course requirements will be graded based on three criteria, namely, explanation, insight,
and structure.
Explanation Insight Structure
Covered relevant key concepts, and Flexible yet coherent grasp of
4 correctly and exhaustively discussed concepts. Used own words and Original, clear, and organized.
them. provided good examples.
Covered relevant concepts, and Coherent but inflexible grasp of
3 correctly and carefully discussed concepts. Used own words and Clear and organized.
them. provided adequate examples.
General grasp of concepts. Parroted
Covered relevant concepts, and
class discussions. Examples Organized but lacks clarity and/or
2 correctly but superficially discussed
provided, if any, were superficial or flow.
them.
unhelpful.
Weak grasp of concepts. Parroted
Covered a few relevant concepts, but
class discussions, sometimes
1 incorrectly and/or barely discussed Disorganized but intelligible.
incorrectly. Examples provided, if
them.
any, were bad.
Very weak to no grasp of concepts.
Covered very few to no relevant
Incorrectly parroted class
0 concepts, and/or misunderstood Disorganized and vague.
discussions. Examples provided, if
them.
any, were bad.

It is possible to get an in-between score (e.g., 3.5, 2.5) for each of the criteria. Your grade will be the average of the
scores you get.
Missing the long test, the midterm exam, or the JEEP paper deadline will get you a zero for that specific requirement.
Missing the final exam will get you an NE for your final grade (see the student handbook).
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The following are the ranges for the final letter grade:
A 3.80 to 4.00 C 2.00 to 2.49
B+ 3.50 to 3.79 D 1.00 to 1.99
B 3.00 to 3.49 F 0.00 to 0.99
C+ 2.50 to 2.99
COURSE OUTLINE AND TIMETABLE: The timetable may be subject to change (e.g., class suspensions).
Weeks (Mon to Sat) Topics and Requirements Materials
1: Jan 18 to 20 Course introduction Current syllabus
TBD: JEEP Classroom Orientation PH101 review Old notes
2: Jan 23 to 27
Gadamer, Man and Language
Jan 27 (Fri): Faculty Day Who am I?
Ricoeur, Hermeneutical Function of Distanciation
Jan 28 (Sat): Chinese New Year Self-interpretation
Sidebar: New media and remediation
3: Jan 30 to Feb 3
4: Feb 6 to 10 Pre-lecture film viewing: Stranger Than Fiction and Inside Out
Feb 6 (Mon): Presidents Day
Narrative identity
Ricoeur, Life in Quest of Narrative
Sameness and selfhood
5: Feb 13 to 17 Ricoeur, excerpts from Oneself as Another
6: Feb 20 to 24 Pre-lecture film viewing: Human, All Too Human: Thinking the
Feb 25 (Sat): People Power Anniversary
LONG TEST
Unthinkable
Who is the other? Levinas, Is Ontology Fundamental?
7: Feb 27 to Mar 3
Beyond being Sidebar: Narcissism and entitlement
Mar 1 (Wed): Ash Wednesday
Midterms on week of March 20! Levinas, The There is *
8: Mar 6 to 10 MIDTERM EXAM
Texts from weeks 1 to 7
9: Mar 13 to 17 WEEKS (Mar 610, 1317)
10: Mar 20 to 24
11: Mar 27 to 31 Levinas, The Solitude of Being *
12: Apr 3 to 7 Sidebar: Connection vs. relation
The relation with the
Apr 9 (Sun): Araw ng Kagitingan Pre-lecture film viewing: Interstellar
other
13: Apr 10 to 14 Levinas, Love and Filiation *
Holy Week Break Levinas, Secrecy and Freedom *
JEEP PAPER DEADLINE:
14: Apr 17 to 21 Levinas, The Face *
Apr 29 (Sat), 5PM
15: Apr 24 to 28 Levinas, Responsibility for the Other *
Apr 2425 (MonTue): Seniors Study Days Ricoeur, The Socius and the Neighbor
Apr 2628 (WedFri): Seniors Final Exams
16: May 1 to 5
May 1 (Mon): Labor Day Review/buffer days
17: May 8 to 12
All texts
May 1113 (ThuSat): Study Days FINAL EXAM WEEKS
18: May 15 to 20 (May 45, 810, 1519)
Final Exams
* From Ethics and Infinity (see Required Texts below).

REQUIRED TEXTS:
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. (1966) 1977. Man and Language. In . 1991. Life in Quest of Narrative. In On Paul Ricoeur:
Philosophical Hermeneutics, translated and edited by David E. Narrative and Interpretation, edited by David Wood, 2033.
Linge, 5968. Berkeley: University of California Press. London: Routledge.
Lvinas, Emmanuel. (1982) 1997. Ethics and Infinity: Conversations . (1990) 1992. Oneself as Another, 11525. Translated by
with Philippe Nemo, 45101. Translated by Richard A. Cohen. Kathleen Blamey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Quezon City, Philippines: Claretian Publications.
. (1955) 1965. The Socius and the Neighbor. In History
. (1951) 1996. Is Ontology Fundamental? Translated and Truth, translated by Charles A. Kelbley, 98109.
by Peter Atterton, Graham Noctor, and Simon Critchley. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
In Emmanuel Lvinas: Basic Philosophical Writings, edited by
Adriaan T. Peperzak, Simon Critchley, and Robert
Bernasconi, 110. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Ricoeur, Paul. (1973) 1991. Hermeneutical Function of
Distanciation. Translated by John B. Thompson. In From
Text to Action: Essays in Hermeneutics II, translated by
Kathleen Blamey and John B. Thompson, 7588. Evanston,
IL: Northwestern University Press.
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SUGGESTED TEXTS:
Baggini, Julian. 2012. Ethics: The Big Questions. London: Quercus. Twenge, Jean M., and W. Keith Campbell. 2009. The Narcissism
Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement. New York: Free
Russell, Bertrand. (1930) 2006. The Conquest of Happiness.
Press.
London: Routledge.
Turkle, Sherry. 2011. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from
Technology and Less from Each Other. New York: Basic Books.
CLASSROOM POLICIES:
1. Decorum: Behave and avoid making unnecessary noise in class. If you misbehave or make unnecessary noise, I
will send you out and consider you absent. You may eat and/or drink in class, just dont be bothersome or
disruptive. Pay attention; you are responsible for what you miss or misunderstand.
2. Electronic devices: You are not allowed to use mobile phones, laptop computers, tablets, and other
electronic devices in class. If I catch you using any of these devices, I will send you out and consider you
absent. Put mobile phones on silent or turn them off. If a phone makes a sound, I will send its owner out and
consider him/her absent; if nobody admits to owning the phone, I will consider all students absent and class
will continue.
3. Communication: Announcements, the long test question, midterm exam thesis statements, links to sign-ups,
and other class-related matters will be shared through our Google Group (see Contact Details below).
4. Beadle: The beadle is expected to do the following: (1) prep the classroom for the beginning and end of class
(e.g., turn on the LCD projector, erase the board), (2) serve as class representative and communication liaison
between the students and the teacher (see below), and (3) report the teachers absences to the ADAA.
CONSULTATION: Im available for consultation from Monday to Friday, 11:0011:30AM, but only by appointment.
So if you want to consult, make sure to set an appointment with me at least a day before you intend to consult. You
may do so via email or by calling the Department of Philosophy (see Contact Details below) within office hours. You
may also consult via emailbut, again, only within office hours.
CONTACT DETAILS:
1. Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/ph101-102_jtolentino
(To join the group, visit the URL above, sign into your Google account, and then apply for membership. Youll
have access to the group after I approve your application.)
2. Beadles name and contact details:

3. Teachers contact details:

a. Email address: jdjacinto@ateneo.edu
b. Department of Philosophy: 4265665; or 4266001, loc. 5360