Man in the Crossroad

One of the characteristics of modern man is its indecision and indifference (not in the classical meaning) when it comes to the nature of truth of things and its principles. Man’s abandonment of its own capacity to wonder and to seek after the truth. True enough that finding the reasons of the realities has its rudiments of systematizing our own way of thinking, but it’s the only means or ways we can arise from ignorance and indifference when confronted by the most inescapable questions of our own existence. In our day and age, man has now relegated in making the decision on the nature of truth to the mainstream culture or “pop culture” and braces the mentality of relativism in aspects of social and personal norm and morality if not the denial of truth altogether.

Man tries and wants to find the easy way out in the complexities and perplexities of our existence; a characteristic of laziness in human nature. One manifestation of man’s indecision and indifference has to do on the outright rejection of the universality of truth which man must and ought to be guided. This universality especially express in the rich patrimony of the antiquity and from the succeeding generations in understanding man and the truth of existence. These truths became out-moded, out-dated, and irrelevant to the modern man and became just a point of view and suggestions and belong to the cold and dusty shelf. Man has only to realize the implications and being subjected from this rejection and relativism to the society and family. This knowledge and understanding of truth is framed in the context of the non-existent of universal truth or objective truth and that only the subjective truth exist; therefore, your truth cannot be my truth or it can only the truth if it only agrees with mine. Sound familiar? It is and that is how our society operates by manipulating the truth suit one’s like.

Man is subjected to the limit of discovering and assenting to the truth, yet this does not mean we are not cannot know the truth in the natural order notwithstanding the metaphysical, supernatural and transcendent truth. Man is caught in the crossroad he/she made and that is naturally being laid unto him. Man can recover from his/her indifference, contempt and denial of truth in its personal and universal understanding is to teach man to think for him/herself, to pursue where the truth leads and to elicit the virtue of integrity as one being confronted with the truth of things. Man also has to recover the true sense of wonder and to acknowledge man’s limited capacity of knowing and understanding reality or truth. Truth are paradoxical just the diamond has different facet that reflects light.

Truth is the foundation which everything is built upon. Foundation is not laid apart from the very structure but below it to stand. Is truth is in me or apart of me? It is both.

Human Sexuality

This essay is my final philosophical paper submitted in my class on PHILO 1. This is essay is short one and focuses on HUMAN SEXUALITY. Below is the essay:

INTRODUCTION

This Philosophical reflection or project tries to uncover or to discover the profound truth, beauty and goodness of human sexuality beyond what the human senses or perception can attain. This philosophical project tries to reflect on the question of “Can human reason attain with certainty about the truth on human sexuality.” This is to answer the prevalent mechanistic, animistic and physicalist understanding of human sexuality. In our time there is a real force playing in blurring the sexual role(male-female) in favor of gender role(homosexuality) ; eliminating the inherency of maleness and femaleness of the person.

Our human sexuality have been emptied by its full beauty and meaning such as a deliberate gift that man alone can receive and as a deliberate choice that man alone man can make.

The main thesis of this project is to restore the profound understanding of human sexuality not just in its pro-creative aspect but also as expressed through our own body as male and female and its transcendental reality. As I hope be able to achieve in this paper.

ARGUMENTS

Major Premises

Human Sexuality is much more different for other beings such as the animals and plants. Sexuality is ingrained in our nature as a human being capable of knowing in its natural beauty with a deeper insights. Thus, our sexuality is so natural as to being perverted in many ways and chasing after it by worshipping, mis-using it without a deeper reflection on the nature of human sexuality. The very natural expression of sexuality is in intimacy; a relationship that human beings have with his/her fellow human beings, a deeper sense of just mere presence. Sexuality seek committed bond or relationship that goes beyond physical connection. Through intimacy, human being are shown the transcendent value or purpose of sexuality and that is connectedness and forging bond. Intimacy manifest in different types of relationship between, parents-and-children, husband-and-wife, siblings-and-siblings, and in general terms towards his/her fellow human beings. Intimacy in relationship varies in degree in marriage, family, and friendship and between male and female. This intimacy is so unique to human being alone. It find a more realistic and fruitful purpose and meaning in transforming man.

In human sexuality; this unique unitive aspect bear fruit in the pro-creation of new life that can only be found in the embrace of a man and woman. This unique nature of human sexuality make more splendor than anything as to become co-creator of human life. Sexual intercourse is an act, expression, manifestation of this sublime truth on the nature of human sexuality and only possible between man and woman so as to continue human life and done in a committed, exclusive and faithful relationship. This act is a total self-giving that human expresses in the most profound way. Such exclusive and committed relationship between man and woman is essential in maintaining the well-being of the human family and society. Thus, sexual intercourse is proximate of intimacy and ultimately happiness.

Minor Premise

Part of human sexuality are personalities, values and its expressions so distinctively unique both for male and female. Human personalities and values of male and female are the same, but they varies greatly from each other and may develop in a lesser or greater degree. Expressions are the performance of that values and personalities or put into actuality in actions, thoughts and words. This aspect of the human sexuality are not trivial in the whole human affairs; it is through this we relate and communicate. The physical body does communicate and relate explicitly and implicitly in different modes and it will be detrimental to the whole being so as not to treat the physical body with respect and restraint and essential in accepting for what it is. The physical body is so essential for it is the house or temple; with out the body is like a ghost or without the spirit, the body becomes a corpse. Having a body is not an accident with out a purpose or meaning but rather a visible sign of existence worthy of respect.

CONCLUSION

Man’s capacity to know the truth brought him to reflect and perceive the very meaning of our human nature and existence. Understanding must not disregard on what have been known but must develop, outgrow and progress to a new height of the understanding and reflection of human sexuality. The knowledge and understanding of human sexuality not only in its biological aspect but in its transcendental reality will makes us act according to its nature. The expanding and deepening knowledge and understanding on the meaning and purpose of human sexuality lead to the new awareness of its full dignity; in that dignity lies in bringing forth of new life, the pleasures and happiness brings to man. This realization of the inherent dignity must be respected, safeguard and nurture. Being male and female is to realize what it is and who we are.