PHILIPPINE STATE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences “Generation Me instead of Generation We” -Psychologist Piccio Garden, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City Chapter 5: Challenges of Millennials and 2. ETHICAL OUTLOOK AND CULTURAL IDENTITY Ethical Outlook A way of perceiving things in an ethical consideration Fillennials Every generation considers itself to be the "Greatest Generation." Every generation considers itself to be unique and special. However, the truth is that despite the fact that our planet has undergone numerous changes, human nature has remained largely constant over the years. Cultural Identity 1. MILLINNIALS AND FILLENNIALS The Center for Generational Kinetics society Mention five generations that presently make up our and specifies birth years for each generation as follows. Traditionalist or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before Baby Boomers : Born 1946 to 1964 Generation X: Born 1965 to 1976 Milennials or Gen Y: Born 1977 to 1995 Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials: Born 1996 and later Millennials - Are generally the children of baby boomers and older Gen Xers. Filinnials - Is a term used to denote the Filipino Millennial. Characterize by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media and digital technologies. Increase in liberal approach to politics, economics, and morality Millennials “SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AND NARCISSISM” Open minded than their parents on controversial topics Very Upbeat More open to change the older generation. the most likely of any generation to self-identify as the liberals and are also more supportive of progressive domestic social agenda than older generation. Pragmatic Idealism To make a deep desire to make the world better place, combined with an understanding that doing so requires building new institutions while working inside and outside of existing institution. Millennial are also labelled as the "BOOMERANG GENERATION" and "PETER PAN GENERATION" Boomerang Generation Seven basic traits ascribe from Millennials: 1. Special – They are the most educated generation on record 2. Sheltered – since birth, they are known to be from many forms of protection. 3. Confident – they are known to be less religious, less serve the military yet as the most educated generation 4. Team oriented (disputed traits) – they like to band together to socialize in groups. In school, they prefer working with groups rather than individuals. 5. Conventional – they take pride in their improving behavior. Their taste to arts and music is less extreme than the previous generations 6. Pressured – they wish to be ahead of many things, successful and take advantage of opportunities but avoiding taking risks. 7. Achieving – they are known to be of many achievements as youngsters. These can be associated with their being proactive in life. The identity or belonging to a group Also the part of person's conception and selfperception. That relates to their nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality, or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture. A term applied in Western culture to young adults graduating high school and college in the 21st century. Ages 25-34 years old. Moved out of the family home then moved back again. Peter Pan Generation Millennials that are not wanting to grow up because they want to remain perpetual adolescent. 84% of generation Y members favored legalizing the use of marijuana. One-quarter of millennials say the marriage is old fashioned and not up to date while 71% disagree. 56% of people ages 18-35 years old say that in some situation, choosing to have an abortion "is the most responsible decision that a woman can make" Pro-choice - Advocating legalized abortion Pro-life - Thinks that a woman do not have a right to choose whether or not to give birth to a child they have conceived and that abortion is wrong in most or all circumstances 7% millenials identify either Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. 3. WORK ETHICS The belief in the moral benefit and importance of work and its inherent ability to strengthen character. Proactive training programs must be the hallmark of a strong ethical culture. 4. INDIVIDUALISM - Millennials are habitually painted as the entitled, selfsnapping generation. A class of self-absorbed 20spmethings. - Millennials’ individualism is qualified as the self-focused time in life. They have fewer social Boomers - Hardworking, idealistic, and committed to harmony. Generation X or Gen Xers - Entrepreneurial, - flexible, self-reliant, and comfortable with technology. Millenials - Tech-savvy, appreciative of diversity, and skilled in multitasking. - Percentages of Millenials who consider some behaviors in the workplace to be ethical, including: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Using social networking to find out about company's competitors - 37% "Friending" a client or customer on social network 36% Uploading personal photos on a company network 26% Keeping copies of confidential documents -22% Working less to compensate for cuts in benefits or pay - 18% Buying personal items using a company credit card 15% Blogging or tweeting negatively about a company 14% Taking a copy of work software home for personal use - 13% Millenials post questionable information on their personal social networking sites, including the following: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. Feelings about their jobs - 40% Bad joke told by the boss - 26% Work on a project - 26% Picture of a coworker drinking - 22% Annoying habit of a coworker - 20% Information about the company's competitors - 19% Opinion about the coworker's politics - 16% Types of misconduct observed: personal business on company time lying to employees abusive behavior company resource abuse discrimination stealing or theft falsifying expense reports goods/services fail to meet specifications falsifying time sheets or hours worked offering improper payments/bribes to public officials rules and obligations, and more freedom to be selfdirected. Have highly individualistic traits, such as being independent and relying on oneself. When it comes in their moral outlook, their generation view morality as personal and subjective. In other words, for them morality is a personal matter. They are said to be more individualistic and materialistically motivated. 5. CONFLICT WITH PARENTS No. reason. One of the causes of the alleged is different in mentality. Baby boomers’ principle; Attain a good education Get a well-paying job Full time job find a stable partner purchase a house and car have a children or child Millennials seen by the baby boomers as; greedy self-absorbed wasteful Differences between millennials and their parents (baby boomers) 1. Millennials are progressive on social issues, majority of millennials (68%) agree of the legalization of same sex marriage and marijuana but more baby boomers oppose this kind of issue. 2. Millennials are hesitant to identify themselves with a political party In U.S 50 % millennials said that they are independents 27 % confess to be democrats 17 % as republicans Another Example Their fully support in Barrack Obama when he was first elected in the highest position but after that the support has weakened to about 50%. 3. Millennials are less wealthy, the unemployed rate of millennials is higher than it was for their parents at the same age, and they have a higher student debt. 4. Millennials are reluctant to get married millennials are likely to marry someone of the different race. Based on the pew research center; they still find their someone before they get involve in marriage. Percentage of people married with different races Baby boomers (1960), less than 3% Millennials (2017), 15% a. b. c. More than quarter of Asians and Hispanics (>25%) One out of six Africans (≈17%) Americans (10%) 5. More millennials are live at home than their parents did at the same age in the U.S more than fifth (22 %) of households presently have two or more adult generations living under the same roof. 6. SECULARISM AND HUMANISM Millennials are less openly religious than the older generations. They are more likely to advocate secularism and humanism. Secularism o o basically a non-theistic belief system or a worldview which does not acknowledge supernatural or divine views of reality it includes atheism , agnosticism, naturalism, scientism, Darwinism, and other ideologies that reject all spiritual explanations of the world. Humanism o o o A system of thought which gives emphasis to the value of human beings and favors man’s thought over faith or religious doctrine. The word “humanist” is derived from the olden Italian term umanista which pertains to a teacher or scholar of classical Greek and Latin literature. Humanism refers to a belief in human- based morality. 6.1 Human Experience as Moral Basis Secular humanism explains that moral rules are derived from human experience. From experiential knowledge, a rule like this allegedly emerged: “let no one do these things that we can live in peace and realize the human good we need.” Secular humanist aver that there is every reason people have come up with these rules without having to be told by God that these are legitimate moral laws. 6.2 Human Needs Secular humanist admit that Ethics is conventional, but it has a natural basis. Natual basis is not so called natural law or in Scriptures instead, it is none less than human need and human reason. 6.3 An Analysis of Secularism and Humanism By removing God in the picture, secularism and humanism, in effect, affirm that the rules of morality were just fabricated by human nature as the basis of this fabrication. As their proponents inevitably admit, morality is conventional having human need, experience and reason as natural foundation. “We cannot praise, brotherhood, equality, or brotherhood as really morally good in secular humanism. At best, we can only regard them as practical or beneficial.” - Secularism -------------------------------- Evaluation: 1. 2. “If there is no God who made humans in His image, then what so especial about human being?” “How did we come to be morally responsible rights bearing?”
