East West Confucius April 25

task

Situation:

Within six weeks, you and three of your colleagues in your department will make an important project. After the project , you were given a Php 100,000 as prize.

How did you divide the money? Here is some information: 1. A has made 25% of the total project. 2. B has made 40% of the total project. 3. C has made 25% of the total project. 4. D has made 10% of the total project.

Write the amount of money that you think should be given to each: A: __________________________ B: __________________________ C: __________________________ D: __________________________

How and why did you come up with you decision?

•Put themselves first Dedicated to independent thinking and self reliance distant to the feelings of others

•Preserving and success of the group is more important Paying attention to the needs and feelings of each member of the group Sensitive with the feelings of the members of the group to each other

The western society is trying to find and prove the "truth."

They give Higher value with their personal rights.

Accepting the reality of life (fact) and interested in maintaining the balance of life.

Giving more value to social responsibility.

Confucian Philosophy: The Analects

Activity: Selfevaluation There are letters in the four corners of the room. A statement will be flashed on screen. Evaluate your self based on your previous experiences and go to the letter of your choice: A. Strongly agree

I establish my relationships with others in authentic love and care.

Concept of Jen as loving relationship. Jen is a proper relationship between two parties, a loving and caring relationship to reach humanity. Meditation strengthens spiritual development. It is considered a cornerstone to search for self, find truth, and achieve individual and collective goals.

I am serious in taking care of the environment because I consider it as an integral part of me.

Concept of harmony. A central feature of Confucianism is harmony between people and their environment, Nature, or Tao. The Tao Chi (Yin-Yang diagram) is an example of the value of harmony with the environment. It is also applied to the concept of health for energy (qi/chi), balance for disease prevention, healing, and the development of human potential.

Family problems are resolved through silence. Only time can heal.

Family conflict resolution. In the model, any systems' solutions to conflict resolutions and goals for development aim to integrate love ( Jen), justice, freedom, and fidelity (the image of Tao) in the dynamics. The approach aims to fulfill human needs (love). Justice is seen by the end of the cycle under perfectly equal treatment. Freedom is practiced by volunteer choice and participation in negotiation and compromise—the flexibility of mean line and possibility of forming new systems. Faithfulness is reached by the stability, repeatability, and accountability of leadership and/or revealed by the natural laws. Role equity

Homework 1.By knowing the different models of self, in your own perspective how possible it is that it is rooted from culture. 2. Discuss briefly the theory of Mead’s trilogy (Mind, self and society). Relate with “The drive to make sense out of experience, to give it form and order, is evidently as real and pressing as the more familiar biological needs...", --- Clifford Geertz