2. Learning Outcomes
The students should
be able to define
human person as part
of society.
The students should
be able to use
appropriate
philosophical views in
understanding human
person in society.
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The students should
be able to identify the
different social forms.
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3. The Human Person in the
Society plays a vital role in
promoting the universal idea
that humans have roles and
responsibilities in their
respective community and in
the
society as a whole.
4. ?
• What is society?
• What drives human
beings to establish
societies?
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5. The human person by nature is a “social being”.
Throughout a person’s life, he or she experiences a variety of
relationships that help shape him or her as a person.
SOCIETY- an organized group of people whose members
interact frequently and have a common territory and culture.
Society also refers to a companionship or friendly association
with others, an alliance, a community, or a union.
6. Philosophers consider society as the product of deliberate
actions by individuals who come together in pursuit of a common
goal.
As individual persons, members of society are able to transform
themselves and attain development through their interactions
within society. In turn, humans are also able to influence society
through their actions.
7. Society and its various aspects provide
support that ensures the
development of the human person.
Society also provides opportunities to
further growth in the
coming years.
8. The Social Contract Theory
During the Age of Enlightenment, social philosophers studied
the
natural laws that govern human societies.
Enlightenment philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John
Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau were among the most
prominent social theorist who tackled the origins of human
society.
9. The Social Contract Theory
Persons in their natural states are governed by their desires
and those often lead to conflict with their fellowmen.
Society is a means by which people seek to control their
natural tendencies and impose order.
Individuals who establish societies enter into a
“social contract”- an agreement where individuals
sacrifice an amount of their freedom and submit
to a higher authority.
Thomas
10. The Social Contract Theory
Persons in their natural states are
more
cooperative and reasonable, and
that society is formed through the
consent of the individuals that
organized it (consent of the
governed)
Locke’s social contract is a covenant
among individuals to cooperate and
share the burden of upholding the
welfare of the society.
John Locke
12. The Social Contract Theory
Advocate the concept of “general will”.
Based on the assumption that the people have
empowered the government to act on their behalf,
and that it is considered to be the best judge of
what is most beneficial
for society.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
13. The Social Contract Theory
Human beings approach social cooperation in a
rational manner in order to meet their individual
self-interests.
Introduced the concept of original position in
which he imagined humans as having a “veil of
ignorance” –no knowledge of one’s own
characteristics such as gender, race or social status.
In this state, humans would naturally seek a just and
fair society to look out for their own interests.
John Rawls
14. Although there are variations on the social contract theory, one
common feature they all have is that different individuals enter
into a kind of agreement with one another to form a society.
Individual members put aside their self-interest in order to create
a community where they may live in harmony with others.
It is important to note that society is founded on the concept of
the common good.
The common good refers to the social conditions which enable
persons and groups to fulfill their goals and achieve well-being.
Example: peace within community, clean and safe public spaces,
efficient transport system, and efficient public service.
15. What are the different forms of
societies?
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