SHS Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person Quarter 2: Module 3 Core Subjects: Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person Grade 11: Quarter 2: Module 3 First Edition, 2020 Copyright © 2020 La Union Schools Division Region I All rights reserved. No part of this module may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the copyright owners. Development Team of the Module Author: Reina C. Boac, T-II Editor: SDO La Union, Learning Resource Quality Assurance Team Illustrator: Ernesto F. Ramos Jr., P II Management Team: Atty. Donato D. Balderas, Jr. Schools Division Superintendent Vivian Luz S. Pagatpatan, Ph.D Assistant Schools Division Superintendent German E. Flora, Ph.D, CID Chief Virgilio C. Boado, Ph.D, EPS in Charge of LRMS Lorna A. Gaspar, EPS in Charge of Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person Michael Jason D. Morales, PDO II Claire P. Toluyen, Librarian II ii Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person Quarter 2: Module 3 ii Target According to Collins dictionary society is people in general, though of as a large organized group. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society. Socialization is just as essential to us as individuals. Social interaction provides the means via which we gradually become able to see ourselves through the eyes of others, and how we learn who we are and how we fit into the world around us. At the end of this module, you will able to a. Recognized how individuals form societies and how individuals are transformed by societies. b. Compare different forms of societies and individualities (Agrarian, Industrial, and Virtual c. Explain how human relations are transform by social systems. Specifically, the objectives of this learning materials are the following 1. Define the meaning of Society 2. Identify the social influence to individuals 3. Identify the different form of society 4. Compare the different Forms of Society 5. Explain how human relations are transform by social systems. 1 Jumpstart Activity 1 Direction: Give a brief answer to the question. Write your answer on a separate paper. 1. Recall your last post in your blog, Facebook, or Instagram. 2. What are your reasons in posting in a social media? Rubrics Development of Ideas Elaboration 4 Ideas were clearly organized, on point and supported with valid reasons Well written and fully elaborated points with clear and accurate information 3 Ideas may be evident but the organization of thoughts need to be strengthened Well written and most points elaborated with clear and detailed information 2 2 Ideas were present but vague 1 Ideas were poorly developed and lack organization Awkward writing style and points are general. Errors are also present. Poor writing with little to no specific details Lesson Societies: How they are formed and how they transform 1 individuals. Discover In a science daily.com society, or a human society, is a group of people involved with each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Human societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In sociological terms, society refers to a group of people who live in a definable community and share the same culture. On a broader scale, society consists of the people and institutions around us, our shared beliefs, and our cultural ideas. Typically, more-advanced societies also share a political authority. Society can be understood, following the German sociologist Franz Oppenheirmer (1992, xiv) as referring to the totality of all natural relations and institutions between man and man. The size and scope of a society differs. A small group of academic scholars, for instance, can be called a society; while we also speak of society, classified according to geographical location, culture, ethnicity, belief system or religion, political ideology, and type of economy, among others. The basis of classification usually corresponds to the common features of the members in a society. Consequently, societies can overlap, such as when religious societies and ethnic societies exist in one geographical society, which explains why it is natural for a human individual to be a member of a different societies at the same time. in each kind of society that he/she is a part of, the human person plays a set of roles, the totality of which defines his//her social identity. In what follows, we shall examine the kinds of society based on the primary means of subsistence of resources of life’s necessities. 3 The information superhighway that we know today 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 everywhere. According to Soren Kierkegaard rather than being ourselves, we tend to conform to an image or idea associated with being a certain type of person. For example, if we create the people we want to be or the ideal versions of ourselves in our Facebook profiles, then we conform to pattern. To the extent that we do see others and ourselves with generalizations; not recognizing existing individuals. For him we are reduced to mediocrity. Our modern age remains an era of increasing dullness, conformity, and lack of genuine individuals. (Socio 2007) Life was much simpler before. One begins to comprehend how technology evolved. From medieval facts crafts to the Industrial Revolution that was dominated by factors such as revolutionary discoveries in natural sciences, 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 in technology and engineering. 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 that Carol encourage are akin with the outlooks of Karol Wojtyla’s We-You/I-You and Martin Bubers I-Thou relations. Social relationships tend to be less intimate, with lesser self-disclosure involved, but may still be exclusive, and may demand levels of loyalty. It is human nature to relate with people. It is our way of making connections that satisfy an important need: sense of belonging, acceptance, and affiliation. You will encounter many different groups as you expand your social network. Our social relationships, although dictated to a certain extent by our neutral reflexes, are also affected by other factors such as social influence. Forms of Social Influence 1. Conformity- is the act of adjusting your behavior, opinions, or beliefs to agree with the prevailing norm or standard. Why do people conform? 1. To be accepted 4 2. To avoid social disapproval, ridicule, or rejection 3. To satisfy the need for approval from others are likely anxious or have o low self-esteem. 4. By conforming you get a sense of security that you are one to the group. Conformity gives you a safety net. In a positive way conformity fosters group cohesiveness. It makes the members united in achieving goals. 2. Compliance - Occurs when individual gives in or agrees with the other person or group, even if one holds a different opinion about the person or situation. Unlike conformity wherein the person adjusts or changes attitudes and beliefs, the person who is complying adapts to the actions or rules of another but does not necessarily mean that the person agreed or has changed. 3. Identification- This takes place when a respectable, famous, or well-liked person exerts great influence on others. The people follow the ways of the popular figure. 5 Explore Activity 1 Directions: Give a brief answer of the following questions. Use separate paper for your answer. 1. How do you form a society? 2. How social influence does affects you in your daily lives? 3. How social influence shape you as a person? Rubrics Category Topic Content 5 4 3 Content is Content is Content is closely related to nearly related somewhat the topic. to the topic. related to the topic. The statement is The statement The statement very well is pretty well is hard to organized. organized. understand. 2 Content is slightly related to the topic. Statement slightly organized. is Deepen Activity 2: My Dream Society Directions: Draw your dream society. Use short coupon bond and give a brief explanation why it is your dream society. 6 Rubrics: Excellent 5points Content Creativity Visual Appeal Good 4 points All requirements present well written text and carefully chosen visuals work together to illustrate and inform about poster subject. Satisfactory 3 points All requirements present, descriptive text and appropriate visuals work together to inform viewers. Pleasing use of Good use of colors, shapes, color and eyesymbols and other catching graphic elements graphic captures attentions elements. and interest Most requirements presents, text contain some inaccuracies or lack organizations or impact, inappropriate or missing visuals. Incorporates unique and pertinent ideas design elements, visual or text that make the poster stand out Contains some good although not entirely original elements. 7 Contains some unique or imaginative elements Graphics have clustered appearance are spare ( too much empty space) Lesson 2 Different Forms of Societies and Individualities (Agrarian, Industrial, and Virtual) Discover Medieval Period had started at the end of the Western Roman Empire and ended at the fall of Constantinople in 1453 with the discovery of America in 1492; or with the beginning of the Reformation in 1517. German barbarians sacked and pillaged the declining Western Roman Empire. The invaders, however, lacked the knowledge and skills to carry on Roman achievements in arts, literature engineering. In effect, highly developed systems of 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 (Solomon & Higgins 1990), to the Romans, the State had been more important than the individual. From the barbarians' ideal of personal rights grew their respect for women, their "government by the people," and their crude but representative law courts where kings and chiefs were elected by tribal councils (which also served as court of laws). In the reign of Clovis, Christianity began to lift Europe from the Dark Ages. Many barbarians had become Christians. 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. 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. 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 8 learning. An interest in beauty and culture was reborn. In the 14th and 15th centuries, leadership in art and literature returned to Western Europe. An agrarian society is a society that depends on agriculture as its primary means for support and sustenance. Wealth comes from the land. This type of society acknowledges other means of livelihood and work habits, but stresses the importance of agriculture and farming. Agrarian values see rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and see farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values. The Agrarian model was the most common form of socio-economic organization for most of recorded human history. For Agrarian societies the primary means of subsistence is the cultivation of crops, including corn, wheat, and rice but this time using a mixture of human and nonhuman means specifically by using animals and the plow to cultivate fields. The use of the plow and the irrigation system increases the food supply, and people no longer need to move. The Catholic Church was the most important colonial institution to survive the Wars of Independence. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the church was the principal symbol of tradition and stability in the midst of political and social change. It touched the lives of everyone, but its influence was felt most deeply among the lower classes and the rural peasantry. Religion not only offered consolation, but Sunday morning Mass or the patron saint's feast day were natural occasions to socialize or sell wares in the village plaza. But this most traditional of all institutions, after undergoing a series of prolonged crises in the postIndependence period, experienced a profound transformation in the 1960s. Since that time the church has emerged as an advocate of human rights, democracy, and social change. Then came the Industrial Revolution. Industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labor. Industrial society is characterized by the use of external energy sources, such as fossil fuels, to increase the rate and scale of production. The production of food is shifted to large commercial farms where the products of industry, such as combine harvesters and fossil fuelbased fertilizers, are used to decrease required human labor while increasing production. No longer needed for the production of food, excess labor is moved into factories where mechanization is utilized to further increase efficiency. As populations grow, and mechanization is further refined, often to the level of automation, many workers shift to expanding service industries. Value shifts from 9 land to the ability to purchase goods. Industrial society gives rise to consumerism where specialization and urbanization are seen as desirable, in part so that workers are closer to centers of production. Industrial society provides labor to those that benefit financially from it. The ability to purchase goods defines one’s worth in Industrial society. Industrialism prescribes an economy not connected to land, and economy that is placeless and displacing. Meaning it does not distinguish one place from another. It applies its methods and technologies indiscriminately all over the globe. It thus continues the economy of colonialism. The shift of colonial power from European monarchy to global corporation is perhaps the dominant theme of modern history. All along, it has been the same story of the gathering of an exploitative economic power into the hands of a few people who are alien to the places and the people they exploit. Such an economy is bound to destroy locally adapted agrarian economies everywhere it goes. In contrast, everything that happens on an agrarian farm is determined or conditioned by the understanding that there is only so much land, so much water in the cistern, so much hay in the barn, so much firewood in the shed, so much food in the cellar or freezer, so much strength in the back and arms—and no more. This is the understanding that induces thrift, family coherence, neighborliness, and local economies. Within accepted limits, these become necessities. The agrarian sense of abundance comes from the experienced possibility of frugality and renewal within limits. This is exactly the opposite of the industrial idea that abundance comes from the violation of limits: by personal mobility, extractive machinery, long-distance transport, and scientific or technological breakthroughs. If we use up the good possibilities in this place, we will import goods from some other place, or we will go to some other place. If nature releases her wealth too slowly, we will take it by force. In the industrial society, if we make the world too toxic for honeybees, some specialized corporation will invent tiny robots that will fly about pollinating flowers and making honey. It conceives of farming and forestry as forms of mining; it cannot use the land without abusing it. Industrial mindset also has contempt for anything small, rural, or natural and that translates into contempt for centralized economic systems, any sort of local selfsufficiency in food or other necessities. The industrial “solution” for such systems is to increase the scale of work and trade. It brings Big Ideas, Big Money, and Big Technology into small rural communities, economies, and ecosystems—the brought in industry and the experts being invariably alien to and contemptuous of the places to which they are brought in. The result is that problems correctable on a 10 small scale are replaced by large-scale problems for which there are no large-scale corrections. Meanwhile, the large-scale enterprise has reduced or destroyed the possibility of small-scale corrections. Globalization means the speedup of movements and exchanges (of human beings, goods, and services, capital, technologies or cultural practices) all over the planet. One of the effects of globalization is that it promotes and increases interactions between different regions and populations around the globe. Globalization is not a one way process but compromises the multilateral interactions among global systems, local practices, transnational trends, and personal lifestyles. At various instances this interlocking of the global, the local and the personal can be smooth or rough for communities and individuals who respond favorably or adversely to it. Also, globalization makes local knowledge no longer purely local. The process of globalization however, had already begun, long before the twenty-first century. Globalization, in the sense of adoption and acceptance of some standards in the various aspects of life, had its embryonic beginning in the west in the 15th century as an accompaniment to the new ideas of the Renaissance and then the Enlightenment. The introduction of new inventions in science eventually led to the industrial revolution in the 18th century. Industrial revolution is a movement in which machines change people’s way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. Industry, before this period was a name for particular human attributes: skill, assiduity, perseverance, and diligence. Industrial revolution came gradually in a short span time. This relatively sudden change in humanity’s way of life deserves to be called a revolution. The industrial revolution grew more powerful each year due to the new inventions and manufacturing processes that added to the efficiency of the machines. In part, this is the acknowledgement of a series of methods of production. It is also, however an acknowledgment of the effect of these changes on society as a whole which is similarly transformed ( Germain 2000). According to Germain 2000 there are significant changes brought about Industrial Revolution first, the invention of machines in lieu of doing the work of hand tools, second the use of steam, and other kinds of power vis-à-vis the muscles of human beings and of animals and lastly the embracing of factory system. As technology advanced, more and more automatic machines were invented to handle the jobs with little supervision by human beings. The abstract thought of mathematician, coupled with the development of ingenious electronic technology, 11 created not only a new industry, but also a catalyst to help quicken the tempo and reshape the structure of industrial society. Explore Activity 1: Poster and Slogan Directions: Make a visual presentation of the different forms of society. Use short coupon bond and after which you may post it in your social media account. Rubrics: Content Creativity Visual Appeal Excellent 5points Good 4 points All requirements present well written text and carefully chosen visuals work together to illustrate and inform about poster subject. Pleasing use of colors, shapes, symbols and other graphic elements captures attentions and interest Incorporates unique and pertinent ideas design elements, visual or text that make the poster stand out All requirements present, descriptive text and appropriate visuals work together to inform viewers. Satisfactory 3 points Most requirements presents, text contain some inaccuracies or lack organizations or impact, inappropriate or missing visuals. Good use of color Graphics have and eye-catching clustered graphic elements. appearance are spare ( too much empty space) Contains unique imaginative elements 12 some Contains some or good although not entirely original elements. Deepen Activity 2 Direction: Give a brief answer of the following questions. Use separate paper for your answer. 1. How did individuals live during: A. Medieval Period B. Modern Period C. Globalizations and Innovations Period Rubrics Category Topic Content 5 4 Content is Content is closely related nearly to the topic. related to the topic. The statement The is very well statement is organized. pretty well organized. 13 3 Content is somewhat related to the topic. The statement is hard to understand. 2 Content is slightly related to the topic. Statement is slightly organized. Lesson Transformation of Human Relations by Social Systems. 3 Discover The group is the first shaper of the personality, and the group itself is shaped by society. The unity of man and society. ... He retains his unique and independent individuality and makes his contribution to the social whole: just as society itself shapes human beings, so human beings shape society. This section deals with how human relations transformed by social systems specifically, on knowledge, economics, and technology. 1. New knowledge “Know thyself” is the main idea of Socrates of good living. Socrates lived around 469 BC in Greece. His saying “Knowledge is Virtue; ignorance is a vice” 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. 2. 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, systems, of transportation, communication, business, and education have tended to become larger and more centralized. Most communication at the national level have become unified, and many ae now organized on a worldwide basis. Similarly, in the public realm, governments have increasingly tended accumulate functions formerly performed by the province, district, tribe or family. Even the most tyrannical of governments in earlier times did not have the degree of control over individuals that is now normally exercised by government in advanced societies. 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. 3. Economic Sphere The effects of new knowledge have been partially noticeable in economic sphere. Technical improvements have made possible a mechanization of labor that has resulted in mass production, the raped growth in per capita productivity, and an increasing division of labor. A entire quantity of goods 14 has been produce during the past century in the entire preceding period of human history. The contrast today between the level of living inrelatively modern centuries and that in traditional societies is very marked, indeed. Economic changes will be further discussed in its direct correlation to the social real.( Ramos 2003;Nye &Welch 2013) 4. 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 relatively isolated villages, poor, and illiterate, and having little contact with the central political authorities. The way of life of the 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. In a modern society twothirds or more of the population lives in cities, and literacy is virtually universal. Health has also greatly improved. Cosmopolitan criteria of personal association replace the restraints between peasants, townspeople, and aristocrats have given way to a more homogeneous society in which one’s position depends more on individual achievement than on inherited status ( Heidgger 1997). This complex and interrelated series of changes in humanity’s way of life is generally known as modernization. Modernization has changed the power relationships among societies by rapidly strengthening the position of some at the expense of others. The process within each of the individual societies has also been undertaken and by pressures exerted by the worldwide influence of the early modernizers. Although the world is becoming more and more unified, it is not becoming more and more integrated. While it is a single system, it is driven by conflict and there is by no means universal agreement on what shape the single system should take in the future; globalization follows the path of its own inexorable logic. We are immersed in a paradoxical situation. On the other hand, the weight of nationalisms or regionalism contribute to reinforce the type of individualism that excludes the other, be it the other human being of the other group. In other words events in any part of the world that have consequences for or be referenced against events in other distant parts may not always be positive that are far more intractable than the previous disputes between nations (Wills& Hathaway 2013) 5. 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 (German 2000). This will require the capability to consider and evaluate the standards employed in the choice and implementation of scientific research and technological development in relation to the aspirations of the people. The ability to evaluate the products of science and technology in relation to culture and value, as well as the aspiration of a 15 nation, is important needs to be nurtured and developed through social and cultural education, for science and technology is much too important to be left to engineers and economists alone. 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. At present science and technology is not a single phenomenon. On the other hand, they have become an ideology. In particular, technology cannot be taken to mean only products such as machinery, electronics, or other public consumer goods. It is also the knowledge and consciousness and our powers of abstraction. Technology is not taken as an object but as our whole attitude toward the human world. In modern era this attitude is manifested theoretically in scientific development and technological innovation. In other words, science and technology are, in fact in a broader sense, the culture itself. 16 Explore Activity 1 Direction: Give a brief answer of the following questions. Use separate paper for your answer. 1. How does technology transform the way we live? 2. How does computer assists or hinder learning? 3. Aside from computers, what are other latest technological inventions, and how can these contribute to humanity? Rubrics Development of Ideas Elaboration 4 Ideas were clearly organized, on point and supported with valid reasons Well written and fully elaborated points with clear and accurate information 3 Ideas may be evident but the organization of thoughts need to be strengthened Well written and most points elaborated with clear and detailed information 17 2 Ideas were present but vague 1 Ideas were poorly developed and lack organization Awkward writing style and points are general. Errors are also present. Poor writing with little to no specific details Deepen Activity 2 Directions: Give a brief answer of the following questions. Use separate paper for your answer. 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using social media? 2. How can you be responsible in using online activities? 3. How does social media transform our new generation today? Rubrics Development of Ideas Elaboration 4 Ideas were clearly organized, on point and supported with valid reasons Well written and fully elaborated points with clear and accurate information 3 Ideas may be evident but the organization of thoughts need to be strengthened Well written and most points elaborated with clear and detailed information 18 2 Ideas were present but vague 1 Ideas were poorly developed and lack organization Awkward writing style and points are general. Errors are also present. Poor writing with little to no specific details Gauge Assessment: Reflection Directions: Write an essay about this topic “How can I be effective in Dealing with other? Rubrics Category Topic Content 10 7 5 Content is closely Content is nearly Content is related to the related to the somewhat topic. topic. related to the topic. The statement is The statement is The statement is very well pretty well hard to organized. organized. understand. 19 References Books Christine Carmela R. 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