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    This document summarizes key concepts about understanding the self from an ethical perspective. It discusses how philosophers from Plato to modern thinkers have studied the nature of the self. Important psychologists like Freud, Piaget, and Kohlberg contributed new understandings of the self, such as the unconscious mind, stages of cognitive and moral development. Mead and Honneth emphasized that the self develops through social interactions and recognition from others. Forming a healthy self requires recognition and respect within spheres of love, rights, and solidarity.

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    This document summarizes key concepts about understanding the self from an ethical perspective. It discusses how philosophers from Plato to modern thinkers have studied the nature of the self. Important psychologists like Freud, Piaget, and Kohlberg contributed new understandings of the self, such as the unconscious mind, stages of cognitive and moral development. Mead and Honneth emphasized that the self develops through social interactions and recognition from others. Forming a healthy self requires recognition and respect within spheres of love, rights, and solidarity.

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    MARO I BSMT-1D I THOU SHALT NOT STEAL I ETHICS

    Based on: The Fundamentals of Ethics By: Jovito V. Carino


    Disclaimer: This is just a summary paper. Feel free to check the book for more guidance. Special mention to Christian Asher Umerez for letting me use his
    template in the making of this summary paper and for the past chapters as well. #godofnotes

    Formation and Transformation of Self


    Chapter 3

    UNDERSTANDING THE SELF


     Plato
     introduced the maxim of “know thy self”
     Eastern Philosophical traditions (China & India) also place a high regard for understanding self

    Greek psuche

    SELF Medieval Thinkers anima or soul

    mind
    Modern Thinkers
    KEYWORDS: the study of self is a concern of all ethical traditions

     Psychology
     New discipline dedicated to the empirical and experimental study of self as embodied by the
    human mind
     From the Greek term psuche
     In the past, the job of explaining “self” was for the philosophers but although influential, it was
    vague and limited

    MODERN PSYCHOLOGISTS
    what people always thought of self might not be what it actually is
    the hidden and unknown dimension that underlines human personality is
    Sigmund Freud what he referred to as:
    unconscious “slip of the tongue”
    he focused on the human subject’s cognitive ability, which is the
    Jean Piaget development of his or her ability to know
    he theorized that the human ability to know evolves in stages & has distinct
    peculiarities for each particular stage
    Psychologist
    concentrated on a person’s moral development
    like Piaget, he believed that a person proceeds to moral maturity in
    Lawrence Kohlberg gradual stages
    crucial insight: moral reasoning can be shaped by education
    Kohlberg’s theory: one can find balance between nature and nurture,
    between reality and possibility
    studied:
    psychology sociology
    George Herbert Mead self does NOT mature on its own
    requires an environment where other selves are possible
     Interactions that allow shared meanings
    SELF AND PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS
    MARO I BSMT-1D I THOU SHALT NOT STEAL I ETHICS

    the formation of self is never the handiwork of only a single person much
    less the same person
    in all the three spheres, he underscored the indispensable role of social
    relations in any endeavor of formation and transformation
    recognition is an essential requirement of self-realization
    Axel Honneth 1st Sphere: 2nd Sphere: 3rd Sphere:
    Sphere of Love Sphere of Rights Sphere of Solidarity
     Self-  Self-respect  Self-esteem
    confidence  cultivated when  Recognition
     Physical a person happens when
    violence can experiences the skills and
    hinder self- recognition abilities of an
    confidence within the sphere individual are
    of rights acknowledged

    “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.”


    Psalms 120: 1

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