UTS - The Self in The Wester and Eastern Thought
UTS - The Self in The Wester and Eastern Thought
WESTERN AND
EASTERN THOUGHT
MAICA PETILOS
PAULO DOMINO
FRANCIOUS IMPANZO
INTRODUCTION
Liberated
• not following traditional ways of behaving or old ideas.
• Being liberated is capable of showing freedom from social
conventions or tradition ideas.
Independency
• The state of being free from the control or power of
another.
EASTERN
• Elders and males automatically gain the highest position in the house.
• Eastern beliefs that the elders have the obligations to decide what is the
best for their children, children must obey whatever that decision maybe.
Interdependency
• A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or
individuals or groups).
• Tend to see themselves as connected to each others and embedded in a
broader social context, as such they tend to emphasize interdependence,
family relationship, and social comformity.
West and East
WEST SAYS
WEST SAYS
WEST SAYS
• Existence is linear it will one day come to an
end
EAST SAYS
• Search inside yourself for truth: meditation
and ethics
WEST SAYS
• Search outside yourself for truth: data and
analysis
THE SELF IN
WESTERN
THOUGHT
• The 17th century, Descartes emphasized the self through his
dictum “I think, therefore, I am”. Descartes view exists regardless
of his environment. In other words, for him the cognitive basis of
the person’s thoughts is proof for the existence of the self.
• On the other hand, Kant believed that the self is capable of
actions that entities it to have rights as an autonomous agent.
• The West introduced the ecological self which sees the self as a
process that is undergoing development. Human biological and
environmental characteristics like race, gender, status, education,
and culture are factors that influence self-development.
THE SELF IN
EASTERN
THOUGHT
CONFUCIANISM
• There is NO SELF
• This idea is called anatta=no self
• We have no fixed self, no fixed unchanging self
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