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- 1. Lesson 7: The HumanPerson in Society
- 2. Society ✢ anorganizedgroupofpeople whose membersinteractfrequentlyandhave a commonterritoryandculture ✢ acompanionship orfriendly association withothers, analliance, acommunity, or aunion 2
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- 4. Thomas Hobbes ✢ Socialcontract- an agreement whereindividuals sacrificeanamount oftheir freedom and submittoa higher authority 4
- 5. John Locke ✢ Lockeconsideredpersonsin theirnatural stateas more cooperative andreasonable, andthat society is formed through the consent individuals thatorganized it,consent of the governed 5
- 6. Jean Jacques Rousseau ✢General will –evenifthe people arethe oneswho organized the society,in extremecases,the governmentisable to impose itswill onthe people 6
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- 9. Whenmore thanonepersondesiresand works toachieve the samegood thenit canbe said that the common good existsamongthem Refersto social conditions whichenable personsand groupsto fulfilltheir goals and achievewell-being. 9
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- 11. Hunting and GatheringSociety ✢ Earliest& simplestformof society ✢ Small sized and composed mainly offamilies ✢ Arenomadic ✢ Membersare treated equallyand decisions are usuallyarrived througha consensus,becauseof this, roles ofits members and division of labor isnot veryclearlydefined 11
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- 13. Pastoral Society ✢ Domesticationofanimalsfora more stable food supply ✢ Have largerpopulations thanhuntingand gatheringsocieties andremainlongerin one place ✢ Oftenproduce surplus food andresources, whichthey trade with other societies 13
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- 15. Horticultural Society ✢ Primarilyengagesinthesmall-scalecultivation of plants,fruits,andvegetables andthe domestication of animals ✢ Semi-nomadic ✢ Roles and responsibilities aremore clearly defined withmanytasks assignedaccording to gender 15
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- 17. Agrarian / AgriculturalSociety ✢ Afurtherevolution of the pastoral and horticultural societies ✢ Involveslarge-scaleandlong-termcultivation of cropsanddomestication ofanimals ✢ Improved technologyand theuseof tools to aid infarming ✢ Giving riseto a growingpopulation in agricultural societies 17
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- 19. Feudal Society ✢ Basedontheownership of land ✢ Rulers granttheir followers or vassalsthe right to manageparcelsof land ✢ Membersof society are organized based on status 19
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- 21. Industrial Society ✢ Useofspecialized machineryin theproduction of goods and services ✢ Resulted in theIndustrialRevolution, whichin turngavein riseto newproduction and industrial methods, aswellas innovations in transportation and communication 21
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- 23. Post-Industrial Society ✢ Markedbytheestablishment ofsocieties based onknowledge, information , andthe saleof services ✢ Membershave highereducation, better training andspecialized roles ✢ Virtual Society,where peopleorganized themselves through communication technology andthe Internet,is a productof a post-industrial society 23
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- 28. How does societyinfluence our development as persons? ✢ Society influencesour development aspersons invarious ways: 28 • Norms– setof traits that society considers acceptable • Laws– more formal normsthat establish and defineacceptable behavior of citizens • Folkways– lessformal normsthatarise form tradition and do notresultin punishment whenviolated
- 29. How does societyinfluence our development as persons? ✢ Norms, laws,and other rulesthat regulate human interactions give riseto a social system, whichis anorganized or patternedsetof relationshipsamongindividuals and groups that compose asociety 29
- 30. Social System 30 • Socialrole – actionsand behaviors expected ofa certain individual • Social groups/social classes – individuals who performsimilar roles aregroupedtogether • Social institutions – certain groupsthatperform vital functionsinsociety
- 31. Societyalsotransformshuman relations, which leadstothe transformationofitsmembers. 31
- 32. How does societyinfluence our development as persons? ✢ Society influencesour development aspersons invarious ways: 32 • Social values –actions orideals that are considered important by society -cooperation, obedience to the aa law, concernand respectfor others are aa aa considered vital to maintaininganorderly aa society
- 33. How doessocietyenable meto becomeabetterperson?
- 34. How does societyenable me to become a better person? ✢ Societyrecognizesthecapabilityof thepersontodevelop,andprovide itsmemberswithopportunitiesto betterthemselves 34
- 35. How does societyenable me to become a better person? ✢ Personscanalsoundertaketo contributetosocietythroughtheir decisionsandactions 35
- 36. How does societyenable me to become a better person? ✢ Social movement–a large-scale action done byvarious groupsand organizations inpursuit ofacommon goal tobringaboutchange 36