THE HUMAN PERSON IN SOCIETY
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RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
The information superhighway that we know todays
gives more focus on computer hardware, software,
and systems in terms of contribution to society as the
basic tools enabling fast and efficient transfer of
information. Before, personal computers were mainly
used for word processing. Nowadays, the emergence
of portable computers enables many people to
transact business anywhere.
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
Researchers suggested, however, that Facebook and
other social media might lead to depression. Most of
the time, we post smiling faces, favorite foods, and
perfect vacation. We look at idealized versions of our
online friends leaving us feeling less attractive and lss
secure about our own status. We tend to compare how
many “likes” our posts generated. Due to the
comparisons, we become more dissatisfied.
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
Due to the comparisons, we become more
dissatisfied. Therefore, studies indicate that our social
networking sites may disconnect users rather than
connect people.
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
If Soren Keikegaard is correct, rather than being
ourselves, we tend to conform to an image or idea
associated with being a certain type of person. E.g. if
we create the people we want to be or the ideal version
of ourselves in our Facebook profiles, then we conform
to a pattern.
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
Our modern age remains an era of increasing dullness,
conformity, and lack of genuine. -Soren Keikegaard
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
Life was much simpler before. One begins to comprehend
howtechnology evolved. From medieval crafts to
industrial Revolution that was dominated by factors such
as revolutionary discoveries in natural resources,
detection, and extraction of energy resources, invention of
mechanical devices, availability of investment capital,
improved means of transportation, communication, and
growing interest taken by scientific and commercial circles
of technology and engineering.
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
Philosophically, our totality, wholeness, or “complete
life,” relies on our social relations. Aristotle said that
friends are two bodies with one soul. Mutual sharing,
acceptance, and sincerity.
RECOGNIZE HOW INDIVIDUALS FORM SOCIETIES AND HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE TRANSFORMED BY SOCIETIES
For Buber, the human person attains fulfillment in the
realm of the interpersonal, in meeting the other,
through a genuine dialog. For Wojtyla, through
participation, we share in the humanness of others.
Aristotle,
Buber,
and
Wojtyla
stress
that
the
concreteness of our experiences and existence is
directly linked to our experience with others.
COMPARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF SOCIETIES AND
INDIVIDUALITIES
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
Some historians say that the middle ages began in AD
476 when the barbarian Odoacer overthrew Emperor
Romulus Augustulus, ending the Western Roman
Empire; still others say about AD 500 or even later.
Historian s say that the middle ages ended with the fall
of Constantinople.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
The invaders, however, lacked the knowledge and skills
to carry on Roman achievements in art, literature, and
engineering. In effect, highly developed systems of
Roman law and government gave way to the rude
forms of the barbarians. Thus, the early Medieval
Period is sometimes referred to as the Dark Ages.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
In the reign of Clovis, Christianity began to life Europe
from the Dark Ages. Many barbarians had become
Christians earlier though mostly hold the Arian belief,
a doctrine that holds the conviction that the Son of
God is finite and created b God the Father and, thus,
condemned as heresy by the church.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
Arian – of or relating to Arius or his doctrines
especiallythattheSonisnotofthesamesubstance
astheFatherbutwascreatedasanagentforcreating
theworld.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
Christianity`s influence widened when the great
Charlemagne became king of the Franks who founded
schools in monasteries and churches for both the poor
and
nobility
(thegroupofpeoplewho
aremembersofthehighestsocialclassinsome countries)
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
The way of life in the Middle Ages is called feudalism,
which comes from medieval Latin feudum, meaning
property or possession. Peasants, about nine-tenths of
them, are farmers or village laborers. All peasants –
men, women and children worked to support their
lord. Many peasants built their villages of huts near the
castles of their lords for protection in exchange of their
services.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
Besides labor, peasants had to pay taxes to their lord,
in money or produce. In addition, they had to give the
tithe to the church for instance, every tenth egg,
wheat. Etc. famines were frequent. Plagues cut down
the livestock. Floods, frosts and droughts destroyed
the crops.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
However, with the growth of commerce and towns,
feudalism as a system of government began to pass.
As changes in business, government, and social
customs steadily shaped a new life in Europe, rising
interest in artistic and intellectual achievements
reached a peak in the Renaissance – a revival of
classical learning.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1500 CE)
The Middle Ages employed pedagogical methods that
caused the intercommunication between the various
intellectual centers and the unity of scientific language.
In all schools, philosophy was taught in the Latin
language. Philosophical works were written in
Latin.
MODERN PERIOD (1500-1800)
The modern period is generally said to begin around
1500. less than a decade the arbitrary date Christopher
Columbus had landed his ships in the new world,
altering not only the geography but the politics of the
world forever.
MODERN PERIOD (1500-1800)
Only a decade after, Martin Luther would tack 95
theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg and
initiate the reformation, which would case several
centuries of upheaval in Europe, change the nature of
Christian religion, and eventually change conceptions
of human nature.
HUMAN BEING IS THE MOST INTERESTING IN
NATURE DURING THE MODERN PERIOD
Leadership in art and literature reached peak in the
Renaissance period. The result is the revival of ancient
philosophy and European philosophers turning from
supernatural to natural or rational explanations of the
world.
Experimentation, observation and application of
mathematics in the natural sciences set standards for
philosophic inquiry. Discoveries of Copernicus, Galileo,
Kepler and Newton influenced the thinking of
philosophers.
Nonetheless, we should not overemphasize the
triumphs of modern science in the history of modern
philosophy.
GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS
Globalization is not a one-way process, but comprises
the multilateral interactions among global systems,
local practices, transnational trends, and personal
lifestyles.
The process of globalization however, had already
begun long before the 21st century. Globalization, in
the sense of adoption and acceptance of some
standards in the various aspects of life.
The introduction of new inventions in science
eventually led to the industrial revolution in the
eighteenth century, and since then western society has
taken off on a journey through the endless world of
science to bring society into the developed conditions
that can be today.
The industrial revolution is a movement in which
machines changed people`s way of life as well as their
methods of manufacture.
Significant changes that brought about the industrial
revolution were (Germain 2000)

The invention of machines in lieu of doing the work
of hand tools;

The use of steam and other kinds of power, the
muscles of human and animals;

The embracing of factory system.
As technology advanced, more and more automatic
machines were invented to handle the jobs with
supervision by human beings.
Everywhere, the computer is assuming an increasingly
central place in scientific research and data processing
is becoming all important. The Google`s current
mission is to fulfill a search engine that is Artificial
intelligence complete or one that is smarter than
people.
AI – is a branch of computer science or the study and
design of intelligent agents where an intelligent agent
is a system that perceives its environment and takes
acions that maximize its chances of success.
Messages and data can travel in a big office through
the use of local and wide area network. The emergence
of notebooks or portable computers enables business
and learning to occur in an airplane or anywhere.
Nonetheless, we should not overemphasize the
triumphs of modern science in the history of modern
philosophy.
As technology is exploited, it becomes easier for those
already wealthy to maintain their advantage.
EXPLAIN HOW HUMAN RELATIONS ARE
TRANSFORMED BY SOCIAL SYSTEMS
As industry changed social and political conditions
transformed. European farmers and artisans flocked to
the manufacturing centers and become industrial
workers. Cities grew quickly as the percentage of
farmers in the population declined.
NEW KNOWLEDGE
“know thyself” is the main idea of Socrates of good
living. Socrates lived around 469 BC in Greece. His
saying
“knowledgeisvirtue;ignoranceisvice”
is
a
summation of what he wants to teach about how
human beings should live a good life. Ignorance, as
opposite of knowledge, is the source of evil. Humanity
commits evil because people do not know any better.
NEW KNOWLEDGE
Humanity has met with increasing success in
understanding the secrets of nature and applying this
new knowledge to human affairs.
POLICY MAKING
At present one of the most important consequences
of the application of this new knowledge to human
affairs has been increased integration of policy
making. In the private realm, system of
transportation, communication, business,and
education have tended to become larger and more
centralized.
POLICY MAKING
Most communication at the national level have
become unified, and many are now organized on a
worldwide basis. In the public realm, governments
have increasingly tended to accumulate functions
formerly performed by the province, district, tribe or
family.
POLICY MAKING
As life has become more complex, the legal system has
also grown to the point where almost all human
activities come in contact with the law in one form or
another. This integration of policy making has brought
people within states into an unprecedentedly closer
relationship and has resulted in a greater complexity
of social organization.
ECONOMIC SPHERE
The effects of new knowledge have been partially
noticeable
in
the
economic
sphere.
Technical
improvements have made possible a mechanization of
labor that has resulted in mass production,
ECONOMIC SPHERE
A greater quantity of goods has been produced
during the past century in the entire preceding
period of human history.
SOCIAL REALM
Equally important are the changes that have taken
place in the social realm. Traditional societies are
typically closed and rigid in their structure. The
members of such societies are primarily peasants living
in relatively isolated villages, poor and illiterate and
having little contact with the central political
authorities.
SOCIAL REALM
The way of life of peasants may remain virtually
unchanged for centuries. Modern knowledge and the
technology it has created have had an immense
impact on this traditional way of life.
SOCIAL REALM
In a modern society, 2/3 or more of the population
lives in cities, and literacy is virtually universal. Health
has also greatly improved.
SOCIAL REALM
This complex and interrelated series of changes in
humanity`s way of life is generally known as
Modernization.
SOCIAL REALM
Modernization has changed the power relationships
among societies by rapidly strengthening the position
of some at the expense of others.
SOCIAL REALM
At the same time, societies has become more
interdependent, and the conduct of their relations has
been transformed. While many of the traditional forms
of international relations have survived – alliances and
war, conquest and colonization, cultural diffusion and
propaganda.
SOCIAL REALM
Modernization is seen as part of the universal
experience, and in many respects, it is one that holds
great hope for the welfare of humanity. Yet, it has also
been in many respects a destructive process. It has
destroyed traditional patterns of life, which had
evolved through the centuries many humane values.
TECHNOLOGY
The more society is influenced by technology, the
more we need to consider the social, ethical, and
technological, and scientific aspects of each decision
and choice.
TECHNOLOGY
Science has greatly influenced the picture we have of
human existence and what is essential to humanity.
Therefore, the difficulty to the period of rapid change
challenges us to discover more about what is
fundamental to our existence.
TECHNOLOGY
In the present era, humanity does not live according to
the natural cycles regulated by natural rhythms
anymore (Germain 2000). Instead, it is governed by a
second nature that is an artificial environment
characterized by the results of technology.
TECHNOLOGY
Modern era is characterized by new inventions that
sometimes cannot be followed by most people,
because technology is not only the copy of the 1
nature but a replacement of nature itself.
TECHNOLOGY
st
It has to be admitted, that in this century, human
success – whether personal or as species – is measured
by success in mastering science and technology.
Modern people also cannot isolate themselves and live
without technology.
ON (WOMEN`S) FRIENDSHIP
Women`s friendship has a unique quality that may only
exist between women. There`s sexual attraction
between a man and a woman (eros), which is another
completely different thing.
ON (WOMEN`S) FRIENDSHIP
According to Joy Carolin her book, The Fabric of
Friendship. Women`s friendships are special. girls` and
later women, can discuss with each other anything or
everything
–
whether
dreams,
fears,
children,
boyfriends, or dying. There is a quality of friendship
between
women
offering
validations, and advices.
TRUE FRIENDS
sympathy,
learning,
True friendships allow each other to be completely
themselves. Acceptance and love give women the
courage to try new experience and stretch their wings.
ON (WOMEN`S) FRIENDSHIP
Our female friends are extremely important to our
emotional and physical health. Carol cities that strong
female relationships lead to happiness and healthier
lives. People with less or no friends at all tend to
smoke, become overweight, and not exercise.
SUMMARY
Some commentators extol globalization as a beneficial
process, leading wealth. Others view it is regretful,
eroding national sovereignty, destroying local culture,
and marginalizing much of the world`s population.
(Golding & Reinert 2012)