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Health Perspectives: Philosophies of Wellness

Explore the four philosophical stances on personal health care and disease examination. Understand how social life, stress management, physical fitness, and relationships are viewed through different philosophical lenses. Delve into diverse views on pre-marital sex, children, prescribed drugs, and the HIV virus contraction. Gain insight into idealism, humanism, existentialism, and realism in the context of personal health choices.

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Health Perspectives: Philosophies of Wellness

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  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

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