Bernard J Fleury

Lived Experience and Comparison of Five Views of the Human Bernard J Fleury

Article 1: Know that evolution is a purpose driven process with the human phenomenon with its unique reflective human consciousness, is at its very core. What if evolution is the ascent to consciousness, with man, the human, with the most highly developed consciousness as the leading shoot of evolution? Article 2: Know that man, an existent who is most human when engaging in the I-Thou relationship with his creator and fellow persons. What if for married persons, the principle I-Thou relationship should be with each other? What if the principle I-Thou relationship for each person is with God-a relationship mirrored in the I-Thou relationship of married persons? Article 3: Know that man, is simply a collection of innate impulses to act. What if "learn to do by doing" is the way to develop our children's "innate impulses to act" from being random and inchoate, to having a definite structure through interaction with a carefully planned classroom environment? Article 4: Know that man is immediately the primary existent, who determineshis own essence by the choices he makes. He is a god unto himself. What if I, a unique individual self, am the basic reality, the "prime existent"? What if I possess internal freedom-am not determined (programmed) but can be influenced by my environment if I choose to be? What if there is no predefined human nature, no single concept of man because there is no God to define man and "nothing," my origin, doesn't define me? What if the basis of choose is my own freedom? What if I, a man, am "condemned to be free"-even though I did not create myself, I am responsible for all that follows once I exist? What if whether or not God exists is irrelevant because even if He does exist He would play a part in my life only if I choose to believe in Him, and choose to let Him play a part in my life? What if life is absurd because there is no empirical justification for man's existence, no "reason" for living, except the reasons each man chooses for his own life? See Comparison of the Five Views, Articles 5-9 on pages 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27, respectively. I wrote this book to describe my actual lived experience of the five philosophers'views in my own life and career as a teacher, principal, and college professor. How much these views affect each person who reads this book will differ according to the person's personality and career.