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Introduction to the Philosophy of the

Human Person
Quarter 2 - Module 6:
The Human Person in Society

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
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The human person exists to relate with others. The person is by nature a social
being because he or she has a tendency to go out of himself or herself to form bonds and
relationship with others. Society and its various aspects provide supports that ensures
the development of human person.

In this module we shall learn about The Human Person in Society, this module
will help you appreciate the human person in society since it contains activities that may
help you reflect the importance of Human Person in Society.

This learning material consist of the following topics namely;

 Change as a condition of Modern life
- New knowledge, Policy making, Economic Sphere, Social Realm, Technology
and On (Women’s) Friendship.
 Martin Heidegger’s philosophical reflection.

At the end of this module, you are expected to accomplish the following Most Essential
Learning Competencies (MELC) for you to:

7.3 Explain how human relations are transformed by social systems

(PPT11/12-IIg-7.3)

WHAT’S IN
From the previous module you have learned about Intersubjectivity. Being human
means we are in relation with other human beings who might be different from us.
Regardless of the differences, our humanness is enriched as we participate in our
community. This relationship can be fruitful if based on mutuality, sincerity, and
acceptance. Buber, Wojtyla and various philosophers dreamt of equality, actualization,
and participation.

INSTRUCTION: Write your answer in the space provided below.

What words come into your mind when you hear the word modernization?

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 WHAT’S NEW
Activity 1: True or False

True or False. Encircle the correct answer.

1. In the medieval era, faith and reason were separated. True/False

2. For Plato, soldiers ought to have political power. True/False

3. At present, modern success is measured by how one masters’ technology

and science.

True/False

4. Changes in society remained simple. True/False

5. Science and Technology have become an attitude in the present era.

True/False

WHAT IS IT
LET’S LEARN
Change as a Condition of Modern Life

As industry changed, social and political conditions transformed. European farmers and
artisans flocked to the manufacturing centers and became industrial workers. Cities
grew quickly as the percentage of farmers in the population declined. Change from
domestic industry to the factory system meant a loss of interdependence to the worker.

This section deals with how human relations are transformed by social systems
specifically, on knowledge, laws, economics, and technology.

A. 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 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.
B. Policy Making  Plato’s Dialogues in the Republic has
 overshadowed all his other Dialogues in
frame, for it undoubtedly brought out
many-sidedness of his genius no other
Dialogues of his can aspire to do.
 The Republic is a book on politics:
however, it was found difficult to define
justice in an individual without studying
the broader perspective of the State.
 The book also became important for
Eugenics and for Pedagogics because of
its refreshing discussion of poetics and
aesthetics.
 Due to his idea of Good, the Republic
became a great book on metaphysics as
well.
The nominal purpose of the Republic is to
define “justice.” Plato begins by deciding that
the citizens are to be divided into three
classes:
(1) the common people (artisan class)
(2) the soldiers (warriors)
(3) the guardians (rulers)
 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.

C. Economic Sphere  The effects of new knowledge have been

partially noticeable in the economic
sphere.
 Technical improvements have made
possible a mechanization of labour that
has resulted in mass production, the
rapid growth in per capita productivity,
and an increasing division of labour.
 The contrast today between the level of
living in relatively modern centuries and
that in traditional societies is very
marked, indeed.
D. 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.
This complex and interrelated series of
changes in humanity’s way of life is
generally known as “modernization.”
 The view that globalization proceeds
along a continuum of modernization
dominated social scientific thought on
global development in the thirty or so
years after the Second World War
(Germain 2000).
 Modernization
- Interrelated changes on humanity’s way
of living.
- Part of universal experience.
- It is one that holds great hope for the
welfare of humanity.
- Destroyed traditional patterns in life,
which had evolve through the centuries
many humane values.
E. Technology  The more society is influenced by
technology, the more we need the social,
ethical and technological, and scientific
aspects of each decision and choice
(Germain 2000).
 In the present era, humanity does not live
according to 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.
 The modern era is characterized by new
inventions that sometimes cannot
followed by most people, because
technology is not only the copy of the
“first nature” but a replacement of nature
itself.
 The advancement of technology, its
success in developing itself, is faced with
the inability and lack of humanistic
knowledge to answer the real problems of
masses such as poverty, ignorance, and
famine, which undermined the position of
humanistic science and efforts to develop.
 Modern people also cannot isolate
themselves and live without technology.
More and more cases show that
technology has encroached upon all
matters that in the past were considered
to be the right of God in His creation.
Science and Technology had functioned
as the “saviour” with the power to set us
free.
 They saved and liberated human beings
from ignorance, underdevelopment, and
poverty.
F. On (Women’s) Friendships  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.
 Perhaps, only another woman can really
feel in her guts what it meant to be a
woman, according to joy carol (2006) in
 her book, The Fabric of Friendship.
Women’s friendship are special. Girls,
and later woman, can discuss with each
other anything or everything-whether
dreams, fears, children, boyfriends, or
dying.

Evaluate the Transformation of Human Relationships by Social Systems and How

Societies Transform Individual Human Beings

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 should not be a fate one must choose for or against, but a challenge to
our creativity (e.g. Political and social). It would be then possible to create new science
and technology that would place us in harmony, rather than in conflict with nature.
Nature would be treated as another subject instead as mere raw material. Human beings
would learn to achieve their aims through realizing nature’s inherent potentialities
instead of laying it waste for the sake of power and profit.

WHAT’S MORE
Activity 1: Brain writing

Directions: Using the space provided below students are given time to come up with
their own ideas individually about this short poem “A Tribute to Our First Friend: Our
Mothers.”

The bravest battle that ever was fought;

Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you will find it not;
It was fought by the mothers of men.
- Joaquin Miller, The Bravest battle

Answer:
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WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

INSTRUCTION: Write your answer in the space provided below.

1. In three to five sentences, define modernization?
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2. What is globalization? How does this affect us?

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What I Can Do
Complete the table below.

INDIVIDUAL’S BEHAVIOR SOCIETAL NORMS

ASSESSMENT
Read each item carefully and write the correct letter of the answer on the space provided
before each number.

______1. Who is the proponent of “Know thyself”?

a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Albert Einstein
______2. This book became a great book on metaphysics.
a. The Revolution
b. The Republic
c. The Communist
d. The Idealist
_______3. Which of the following is NOT part of three classes?
a. The common people
b. The soldiers
c. The priest
d. The guardians
_______4. It is one that holds great hope for the welfare of humanity.
a. Industrialization
b. Revolution
c. Globalization
d. Modernization
_______5. The man who call for meditative thinking or philosophical reflection that has a
very important role in this connection.
a. Martin Buber
b. Marin Heidegger
c. Martin Luther
d. Immanuel Kant
_______6. It is the replacement of nature itself.
a. Science
b. Technology
c. Economics
d. Education
_______7. Complete the saying of Socrates “Knowledge is ______, ignorance is vice".
a. Values
b. Guidance
c. Important
d. Virtue
_______8. Who is the author of the book “The Republic”?
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Socrates
d. Newton
_______9. Who is the author of “The Fabric of Friendship”?
a. Immanuel Kant
b. Johannes Kepler
c. Joy Carol
d. Rene Descartes
_______10. Who cites that the strong female relationships lead to happiness and
healthier lives?
a. Martin Buber
b. Carol Wojtyla
c. Martin Heidegger
d. Joy Carol
_______11. What is the nominal purpose of the book Republic?
a. Justice
b. Education
c. Love
 d. Joy

_______12. The common people is composing of _______.

a. Warriors
b. Rulers
c. Artisan
d. Priest
_______13. The view that globalization proceeds along a continuum of modernization
dominated social scientific thought on global development in the thirty or so
years after the _________.
a. First World War
b. Second World War
c. Third World War
d. Fourth World War
_______14. The book also became important for ____________ because of its
refreshing discussion of poetics and aesthetics.
a. Chemistry and Physics
b. Eugenics and Pedagogics
c. Philosophy and Psychology
d. Astronomy and Physics
________15. Socrates lived around 469 BC in _________.
a. South America
b. North America
c. Greece
d. Italy
 KEY ANSWERS

15. C
14. B
13. B
12. C
11. A
10. D
9. C
8. B
7. D
6. B True 5.
5. C False 4.
True 3.
4. D
True 2.
3. C True 1.
2. B
1. A
Assessment What I Have Learned What’s New

GENERAL RUBRICS FOR WRITTEN COMPOSITION

Correct Correct Correct Correct answer

answer but answer written answer written in a
not in a in a sentence written in a sentence with 2
sentence but no sentence with supporting
supporting 1 supporting details from the
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1 2 3 4

References

Christine Carmela R. Ramos,Ph.D Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human

Person, REX Book Store, Manila Philippines, 2016. 131-160
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