14 Ucsp Human Rights, Dignity and The Common Good

Human Dignity,
Rights, and the

Common Good
OBJECTIVES:
1. recognize the value of human
dignity, human rights and
promote the common good
“ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE
BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN
DIGNITY AND RIGHTS”
QUALITIES
NEEDS
WANTS
HUMA
N
HUMAN
DIGNITY
respect and acknowledgement
of an individual person, a
human being.
HUMAN
DIGNITY
An idea that a person has an
valued,
innate right to be
respected and treated
well.
HUMAN
DIGNITY
It is something that can’t be
taken away , each person
must be free from slavery,
manipulation and exploitation.
When a person is meted out
a death sentence, it is the
State that ends the life of
that man.
Killing someone is a capital crime.
Killing many people is a
massacre.
Killing an entire race is genocide
VIOLATIONS
AGAINTS HUMAN
DIGNITY
1.
HUMILIATION
refer to acts that humiliate or diminish
the self-worth of a person or a

group.
injuries to people's self-worth or their
self-esteem
2.
DEGREDATION
acts that degrade the value of
human beings
diminishes the importance or value of
all human beings.
selling oneself to slavery,
3.
DEHUMANIZATIO
N or a group of their
acts that strip a person
human characteristics
describing or treating people as
animals or as a lower type of
human beings
3.
DEHUMANIZATIO
N
occurred in genocides such
as
the Holocaust and in Rwanda
where the minority were
compared to insects.
4.
OBJECTIFICATION
This aspect refers to treating a
person as an instrument or as
means to achieve some other
goal.
torture, rape, social
exclusion, labor
exploitation, bonded labor,
HOW DO WE BECAME
KAPWA TO OTHERS?
We must respect and honor dignity . All

religions teach the value of life. Our
cultures make us human and humane and
most societies reserve and uphold the
principles of dignity, equality and
liberty.
HUMAN
RIGHTS
RIGHTS
Are legal, social, or ethical principles of
freedom or entitlement; are the
fundamental normative rules about what is
allowed of people or owed to people, according
to some legal system.
HUMAN
RIGHTS
Human Rights are natural
rights of all human beings
whatever their nationality,
religion, ethnicity, sex,
language and color.
BILL OF
RIGHTS
Sometimes called a declaration of
rights or a charter of rights, is a
list of the most important rights to
the citizens of a country.
BILL OF
RIGHTS
The Bill of Rights in the
Philippine Constitution lays
down the basic human rights of
Filipinos guaranteed and protected
by the State.
CLASSES OF
HUMAN
RIGHTS
1. Natural
Rights-
Rights inherent to man
and given to him by God
as human being.
1. Natural
Rights-
EXAMPLE:
Right to live, love and be
happy
2. Statutory
Rights-
Rights provided by the
law making body of a
country or by law.
2. Statutory
Rights-
EXAMPLE:
such as the right to receive
a minimum wage and right
to preliminary investigation.
3. Constitutional
Rights-
Rights guaranteed
under the
fundamental
charter of the
3. Constitutional
Rights-
EXAMPLE:
rights against unreasonable
searches and confiscation, rights
safeguarding the accused.
CLASSIFICATION OF
CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS
1. Civil Rights-
These are rights
specified under the
Bill of rights.
1. Civil Rights-
Secures private
individuals for the
purpose of securing
enjoyment of their means
1. Civil
Rights-
Rights enjoyed by an
individual by virtue of his
citizenship in a state or
community.
EXAMPLE:
freedom of speech,
right to information
2. Social &
Economic
Intended to ensure
the well-being &
economic security of
an individual
2. Social &
Economic
Rights to property,
whether personal, real
or intellectual.
2. Social &
Economic
Right to use and dispose his
property, right to practice
one’s profession, right to
make a living.
3. Political
Rights-
rights an individual
enjoys as a consequence
of being a member of
body politics.
3. Political
Rights-
Right to vote and right
to be voted into public
office.
4. Rights of the
Accused
Intended for the
protection of a person
accused of any
crime.
BILL OF
RIGHTS
The Bill of Rights in the
Philippine Constitution lays
down the basic human rights
of Filipinos guaranteed and
protected by the State.
SOME IMPORTANT
RIGHTS:
1. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
2. RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY & TO
JOIN PROTEST
SOME IMPORTANT
RIGHTS:
3. THE RIGHTS OF THE
ACCUSED TO A FAIR TRIAL
4. RIGHTS AGAINTS SLAVERY
& INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
COMMON
GOOD
The sum of those conditions of social
life which allow social groups and
their individual members, relatively
thorough and ready access to their
own fulfilment.
ESSENTIAL
COMPONENTS:
KEY ELEMENTS:
1. PUBLIC ORDER
2. PROSPERITY
3. INTELLECTUAL,SPIRITUAL &
MORAL VALUES
MATERIAL PROSPERITY
ASPECTS SEEKS TO DO THE
FOLLOWING:
1.To provide employment for as
many workers as possible;
2.To take care of the least
privileged groups;
MATERIAL PROSPERITY
ASPECTS SEEKS TO DO THE
FOLLOWING:
3. To maintain a balance between
wages and prices
4. To make accessible the goods &
services for a better life to as many
person as possible.
INTELLECTAUL &
MORAL
1. General education;
2.The development of intellectual,
humanistic & technical aspect of
individual
3.Development of soul, conscience &
will
Access & affordable public
health care system
Effectivesystem of public
safety & security
Peace among nations
Just political system
Unpollutednatural
environment
Flourishingeconomic
system

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