Personal Health 103

1. Personal Health 103 Health Philosophy Self-Examination

2. For the purposes of our class… • You belong to one of four philosophical stances: • A. Idealist • B. Humanist • C. Existentialist • D. Realist

3. 1. Health Care as a SystemThe Idealist • …believes it is up to the individual person to be primarily responsible for their own health care with the support of their families…be educated and informed

4. Health Care as a SystemHumanist • We should have a system of universal health care as they do in Canada and Sweden

5. Health Care as a SystemThe Existentialist • Health care is a system that exists for the rich and extends minimum benefits to the general populous

6. Health Care as a System The Realist • Each person need to take from the health marketplace whatever is available for personal health care…free clinics; health department immunizations; discounts and company benefits.

7. 2. Disease should be examined with the understanding:(The Idealist) • The being has the innate ability to cure himself through traditional medical practices

8. Disease ExaminationThe Humanist • The being can be cured by holistic and traditional practices

9. Disease ExaminationThe Existentialist • The being is a unique individual who must educate himself in order to achieve disease prevention

10. Disease ExaminedThe Realist • The Being can be disease free by ultimately using the tenants of rational science.

11. 3. Social LifeThe Idealist • The sympathetic concern for other is central in this life

12. Social LifeThe Humanist • Actively participate in social life (causes) to understand the best which man has achieved (Green Peace, PETA, Earth First, etc.)

13. Social LifeExistentialist • Individual man is the only foundation of his own existence and essence (Astrology, Eastern Practices and New Age Movement)

14. Social LifeThe Realist • People are something to be enjoyed with relish and abandonment

15. 4. StressThe Idealist • Aggressively focusing on our personal ideals and absolute powers will aid in stress management

16. StressThe Humanist • A lack of balance physically and socially leads to personal trauma

17. StressThe Existentialist • Man understands his own being and purpose of life in the shadow of death

18. StressThe Realist • Man is overly entangled in his dependence on things and people. • Must have the best things in life to be successful • He who dies with the most toys, WINS! • Nothing wrong with being rich as long as being rich does not overly control you

19. 5. Physical FitnessThe Idealist • Is beneficial, but the body’s primary excellence is to house a being of spirit

20. Physical FitnessThe Humanist • Is highly esteemed but not in a hectic or irrational way

21. Physical FitnessThe Existentialist • Is something to be experienced but only for a temporal moment

22. Physical FitnessThe Realist • Is a festival of personal control, to use the body for personal or social reasons

23. 6. Men and WomenThe Idealist • Are highly complex beings, different emotionally, physically and systematically

24. Men and WomenThe Humanist • Are evolving creatures with the ability of equal excellence

25. Men and WomenThe Existentialist • Are searching beings caught in a nonsensical world of conflict and unknowing

26. Men and WomenThe Realist • Are self-centered beings able to best co-exist when commitments are minimal

27. 7. Pre-marital SexThe Idealist • Should be avoided as it leads to separation from a more perfect future relationship

28. Pre-marital SexThe Humanist • Is the natural culmination of a friendly, predictable and mutually agreeable relationship

29. Pre-marital SexThe Existentialist • Is an experience that reflects the temporal existence in time and requires no relationship

30. Pre-marital SexThe Realist • Is be enjoyed but need deep examination before it can develop into a meaningful relationship

31. 8. ChildrenThe Idealist • Are a blessing of a marital process and necessary for social stability

32. ChildrenThe Humanist • Are the result of restraint and intelligent forethought and planning

33. ChildrenThe Existentialist • Are the continuation of man’s uncertainty in a world of social abyss

34. ChildrenThe Realist • Are the completion of a relationship but should not deter parental individual interests

35. 9. The Use of Prescribed DrugsThe Idealist • Is acceptable under a doctor’s care

36. Prescribed DrugsThe Humanist • Is acceptable if controlled by self moderation and examination

37. Prescribed DrugsThe Existentialist • Is another indication that personal use is both anxious and fearful

38. Prescribed DrugsThe Realist • Is acceptable as long as it helps in personal lifestyle and interest

39. 10. The Personal Contraction of the HIV VirusThe Idealist • Is controllable by abiding by traditionally moral standards You’re Worth Waiting For!

40. HIVThe Humanist • Is the result of poor judgment and lack of restraint in protection and education

41. HIVThe Existentialist • Demonstrates the desire to understand life best through personal suffering

42. HIVThe Realist • Is a predicament to be managed by lifestyle choices and scientific evidence

43. Vegans The Idealist • A fringe nutritional lifestyle reflecting a larger moral code of self interest

44. VegansThe Humanist • Social animals who are considerate of the equality of all living things

45. VegansThe Existentialist • Striving beings who live in the daily absurdity of choice and decision making

46. VegansThe Realist • Individuals who are reflective and aware of their being in a world of disciplines

47. ObesityThe Idealist • Hinders the ability to develop personal growth significance by lack of natural restraint

48. ObesityThe Humanist • Prevents an active lifestyle through irrational behavior and indulgence

49. ObesityThe Existentialist • Is further proof of the angst of human frailty and rationality

50. ObesityThe Realist • Is understandable if one is aware of what is happening and prepared to deal with it