Understanding the self / Alden Rueben B. Luna

By:

Luna, Alden Rueben B [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Intramuros, Manila : Unlimited Books Library Services & Publishing Inc., c2022Description: x, 130 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9786214271023

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LOC classification:

BF 199 .L86 2022

Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgment -- 1. Man as a Rational Being -- 2. The Dilemma: Are We Really Capable of Knowing -- 3. Are We Truly Free? -- 4. Humans as Moral Agents -- 5. Accepting Moral Standards -- 6. Human vs. Machines -- 7. The Individual and the State -- 8. Man nd the Supernatural -- References.

Summary: "One of the best fundamental, but commonly overlooked, dilemma in the history of humankind is the quandary of self-identity. It is normally taken for granted because to face the mirror and ask yourself who you are would seem weird, even outlandish. For isn't it an all-too apparent fact the best person who should know who you are and what you want is you yourself? Or is it really that obvious? Can reality be singing a different tune, i.e., that precisely because you hardly objectify and scrutinize yourself outside of you subjective and very personal understanding of yourself, that you might actually be the person to have the least access to who you really are?." -- Preface

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Filipiniana	Non-fiction	FIL BF 199 .L86 2022 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		c.1	Available		NUCLA000003743
Books	NU Clark Filipiniana	Non-fiction	FIL BF 199 .L86 2022 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		c.2	Available		NUCLA000003744

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"One of the best fundamental, but commonly overlooked, dilemma in the history of humankind is the quandary of self-identity. It is normally taken for granted because to face the mirror and ask yourself who you are would seem weird, even outlandish. For isn't it an all-too apparent fact the best person who should know who you are and what you want is you yourself? Or is it really that obvious? Can reality be singing a different tune, i.e., that precisely because you hardly objectify and scrutinize yourself outside of you subjective and very personal understanding of yourself, that you might actually be the person to have the least access to who you really are?." -- Preface

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