The Human Person in the Society: Agustin Rodriguez on Discourse and Democracy

Question 1

• A professor in Ateneo de Manila University
• Contemporary Fil. Philosopher
• Specializes in: Social Philosophy, Development, Poverty, Philippine Literature and Social
  Theory

Answer 1

Agustin Rodriguez

Question 2

Because of various reasons or rationalities that are existing, we can say that there is _______ of ________.

Answer 2

Plurality of Reason

Question 3

What is our way of understanding the world, where it shapes the way we engage reality, the way we live our lives, and what we value and what we understand.

Answer 3

Rationality in the Plurality of Reason

Question 4

It is our system of opening to, understanding, valuing, and giving meaning to the world

Answer 4

Rationality

Question 5

What is the two parts of rationality?

Answer 5

Understanding and Will

Question 6

It is a part of rationality where it is Our way of comprehending the world and our experience using a system of
concepts.

Answer 6

Understanding (Examples: scientific, religious, and mythic conceptual systems)

Question 7

It is a part of rationality where it is our way way of opening to the world through values.

Answer 7

Will

Question 8

It is a part of rationality where it is our value system is very influential in shaping our way of being in the world
because it is intuitive, can be intense in its influence on us, and often we are not self-reflexive about it.

Answer 8

Will

Question 9

What is important govern everyone that must gather all for a collective action?

Answer 9

Dominant Rationality

Question 10

Dominant rationalities = ?

Answer 10

Leaders

Question 11

Marginalize people are imposed upon because dominant rationalities have different priorities, concerns , and desires.

Question 12

What must dominant rationalities do a just process?

Answer 12

Must serve the flourishing of the people

Question 13

What is the foundation where the processes that ensure that the multiverse of rationalities is reflected in the dominant rationalities?

Answer 13

Good governance.

Question 14

What is to be expected in engaging creative processes that ensure that they genuinely reflect the multiverse of rationalities that it governs?

Answer 14

to create a dominant reality

Question 15

What are the effects of systems of discourse?

Answer 15

o creative, allows a free play of rationalities
o not to confront but to discourse and dialogue
o forces one to open and listen to the positions and rationality of others
o hopefully in order to arrive at a position that is reasonable or acceptable to all
engaged rationalities

Question 16

Discourse allow us to:
Articulate - ?
See - ?
Imagine -?
Realize - ?

Answer 16

Articulate - our rationalities before others
See - own biases
Imagine - different rationalities of ther others, so different from ours.
Realize - own rationality is different, limited and can be broadened and enriched.

Question 17

For systems of discourse to be genuinely effective certain principles must be followed:

Answer 17

o Open to all who will be affected
o Allows various persons of various rationalities to express their understanding
of the good to each other
o Only the force of the better, more reasonable argument must be considered
o Processes are fair to all rationalities and allow for the free participation of the
various stakeholders