PL_LESSON 4: THE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS CHRIST IS A CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

We want to know what it takes to experience the “other” as “the other”

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

How the experience of “the other” may be needed for the development of self-awareness.

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

The idea of intersubjectivity presupposes human subjectivity.

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

Refers to the condition of man as a subject alongside other men.

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

It pertains to human relations.

MARTIN BUBER’S PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Begins from lived experience.

MARTIN BUBER’S PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The “I” cannot exist in isolation, and always exists alongside other “I’s.

MARTIN BUBER’S PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The self always finds its fullness in the existence of other selves.

MARTIN BUBER’S PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

We must withstand the temptation to reduce other people to a means for us to use.

I-IT (ICH-ES) RELATIONSHIP

“Monological” relationship

I-IT (ICH-ES) RELATIONSHIP

Considers the other as a mere instrument to achieve a need

I-IT (ICH-ES) RELATIONSHIP

Reduces the other to an object that is measurable and manipulatable

I-IT (ICH-ES) RELATIONSHIP

We cannot reduce others to mere objects to be used

I-IT (ICH-ES) RELATIONSHIP

Others as objects, tools, or means

I-IT (ICH-ES) RELATIONSHIP

Reduces persons to “things”

I-THOU RELATIONSHIP

“Dialogical” relationship

I-THOU RELATIONSHIP

The “Thou” is not reducible to certain characteristics

I-THOU RELATIONSHIP

Views the other as a genuine person capable of feeling the same way as the self

I-THOU RELATIONSHIP

See them as persons to be encountered in love and respect

I-THOU RELATIONSHIP

Encounters of respect, love, mutual growth. Every genuine encounter becomes an opportunity to love as Christ loves

OTHER

Sometimes capitalized, sometimes not) usually translates the French word autrui, which means “the other person,” “someone else” (i.e., other than oneself)

OTHER

More often uses the singular “other” to emphasize that we encounter others one at a time, face to face

OTHER

By “face” Levinas means the human face (or in French, visage), but not thought of or experienced as a physical or aesthetic object.

OTHER

Rather, the first, usual, unreflective encounter with the face is as the living presence of another person and, therefore, as something experienced socially and ethically

Ethics

for Levinas, is the radical interpretation of the formula of etiquette: apres vous (after you, please!). — It is the choice to put the other first before myself. To live this way is countercultural, in a world that says “me first” But for the disciple of Chirst, it is always “you first.” Every time we practice patience, yield our comfort, or sacrifice for love, we embody Christ’s self-giving way. Put others before yourself.

me voici (Here I am!)

It means placing the needs of others before our own ego, and realizing that discipleship is measured not by self-preservation, but by self-giving. Be ready to serve God and others.

ALTERITY

The Other stands at the top of my hierarchy of values, I am beholden to it before anything else as “the otheris characterized by height or highness.”

ALTERITY

The absoluteness with which the Other’s existence transcends the claims of my self-centered universe by more radical demands, is what Levinas calls infinity...we must be the servant of our neighbor.

ALTERITY

Our existence is affirmed or validated not by the mere fact of persevering in being but by our liberation from our own constricting egotism. In other words, we are liberated by our ethical response when we encounter the Other who reveals its face to us.

EGOCENTRISM

The struggle for life or the desire to persevere in being, heightens egoism, which is characterized by the desire for enjoyment or happiness.

EGOCENTRISM

The primordial tendency of the ego is to live for itself and secure any means available and attainable in order to maintain a happy existence.

EGOCENTRISM

The “I” in its inwardness becomes the origin of meaning and determines whether or not something is valuable, i.e., usable or consumable.

Beatitudes

set of precepts that utterly demonstrate

the moral standards of our Lord and at the same time resonate His call to follow Him as His disciples

Beatitudes

present the moral vision of discipleship, showing that true happiness lies not in wealth, pleasure, power, or honor, but in humility, mercy, righteousness, and peace, all of which Christ embodied on the cross

DISCIPLE

omes from the Latin discipulus, meaning learner or student, but in the Christian sense it goes beyond mere intellectual learning.

DISCIPLE

One who listens to Jesus, imitates His way of life, and conforms his whole being to the will of the Father.

A disciple imitates Jesus who gives primacy to the will of the Father.

What makes one a disciple?

A disciple lives in loving service of others

What is expected of a disciple?