Human Person in SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE
HUMAN PERSON
HUMAN PERSON
IN SOCIETY
PREPARED BY: ROSTUM ORLEANS ANDRADA

REVIEW
Freedom of the Intersubjectivity

Human Person
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Demonstrate an identify the different types of

society and the effects of being a member of
digital society.
• Explain digital society and digital citizenship
• Differentiate their qualities

CONTENT
PRE-INDUSTRIAL
01 WHAT IS SOCIETY? 02 SOCIETIES
INDUSTRIAL POST INDUSTRIAL

03 SOCIETIES 04 SOCIETY
01
WHAT IS
SOCIETY?
What is Society?
• The human person by nature is a
“social being”
• Throughout a person’s life, he or she

experiences a variety of relationships
that helps 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 other, an alliance,
a community, or a union.
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
● 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.
Pre-Industrial
Societies
HUNTING AND GATHERING
• Recognized as the
earliest and simplest
form of society
• Nomadic
HUNTING AND GATHERING
• Members are
generally treated
equally and
decisions are based
on consensus
PASTORAL SOCIETIES
• Characterized by the
domestication of
animals for food, for
more a stable and
predictable food
supply.
PASTORAL SOCIETIES
• Pastoral societies
often produce
surplus food and
resources.
AGRARIAN OR AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY
• Involves the large-
scale and long-term
cultivation of crops
and domestication of
animals.
SOCIETY
• Characterized by
improved
technology and the
use of tools to aid in
farming.
SOCIETY
• Give rise to growing
population and
more structured
social system.
FEUDAL SOCIETY
• Based on the
ownership of land
• refers to the economic,
political, and social
system that prevailed
in Europe from about
the ninth to the
fifteenth century.
FEUDAL SOCIETY
Due to the lack of effective centralized
government during this period, kings and lords
granted land and provided protection to lesser
nobles known as vassals. In return, these vassals
swore oaths of loyalty and military service to their
lords.
FEUDAL SOCIETY
Peasants known
as serfs were bound to
the land and were
subject to the will of
their lords.
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
Industrial society is
the one which uses
advance technology to
drive a massive
production industry that
will support a large
population
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
The objective of an
industrial economy is
the fast and efficient
manufacturing of
standardized products.
POST
INDUSTRIAL
SOCIETY
POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
Post Industrial Society is marked by a
progress from a manufacturing-based to a
service-based economy. Post industrialization is
most evident in countries and regions that were
among the first to experience the Industrial
Revolution, such as the United States, western
Europe, and Japan.
Daniel Bell, an American
sociologist, first coined the term
‘post-industrial’ in 1973 in his book
“The Coming of Post-Industrial
Society: A Venture in Social
Forecasting,” which describes several
features of this kind of society. Post-
industrial societies are characterized
by:
-a shift from
the production
of goods to the
production of
services
-the replacement of manual
laborers with technical and
professional workers
(computer engineers, doctors,
and elsewhere; bankers) as the
direct production of goods is
moved
-the replacement of practical
knowledge with theoretical
knowledge;
-focusing to the theoretical
and ethical implications of new
technologies, which helps
society avoid some of the
negative features of
introducing new technologies,
concerning environment and
energy;
- . the development of recent scientific disciplines—
that involve new forms of information technology,
cybernetics, or artificial intelligence—to evaluate
the theoretical and ethical implications of new
technologies;
;
- . . an emphasis on the university and polytechnic
institutes which produce graduates who innovate
and lead the new technologies contributing to a
postindustrial society; and ;
;
- the changing values and norms which reflects the
influences on the society. In an instance, outsourcing of
manufactured goods changes how members of a
society see and treat foreigners and immigrants. Also,
those individuals previously occupied in the
manufacturing sector find themselves with no clearly
defined social role.
Digital technologies
In this modern world we rely with the
use of modern technology which has led to
considering the possible outcome for the
society, concerning how we would take part
in interaction, and how we can use these
digital tools and communication channels.
Having our heads of digital society in our
minds, we first have to think of the
information society; which are correlated
with the progress and development of
digital information and communication
technologies to the internet at least
Information society plays a vital role
with regards to the circulation and
control of made-up ideas which affects
political, economic, social and cultural
aspects.
These informative societies have paved many
opportunities reaching bigger audiences like
never before.
With a wider scale of the world’s
demography, primarily Westerners, have access
to sources and technologies which enables them
to connect with enough activities whether
economic, social, political, or educational.
We can manipulate the phasing of learning (e.g.
free sources) or businesses (e.g. online selling)
without a large sum of money used as a capital
and we can share our ideas and perspectives to
the international audiences as we connect
beyond.
What do we mean by digital citizenship?
A digital citizen is a person
who is knowledgeable and
responsible enough to
effectively use different
social platforms in the
internet.
However, we also need to consider and
understand that this citizenship can get
complicated, especially if we are going to criticize
and show interest in sensitive topics as we start to
become a digital citizen, using digital media to
actively participate in society and politics.
A citizen is defined as
an individual character who
is viewed as a member of a
society while citizenship
considers an individual’s
behavior in terms of rights,
obligations and functions of
said citizen.
Being a citizen of a state requires tons
of obligations and duties such as work,
taxation and obedience of laws. On the other
hand, citizens also have their rights, it includes
civil rights such as freedom of speech and
expression, to stand for what we believe
in, and rights to a private life; political rights,
or the right to vote and social rights to health
care and welfare.
What does this all mean then in the digital age?
We have said that being a digital citizen requires
active participation online, not just access and
use. In their book “Being Digital Citizens”
(2015) Isin and Ruppert suggest that if we
constitute ourselves as digital citizens, we have
become subjects of power in cyberspace.
The virtual society and the technological
devices today are starting to reshape the
human person and human interactions and
relationships. More and more interactions
are done in the virtual world than in the
actual world.
People are more thrilled to see their virtual
selves than their actual selves. They are more
themselves online than offline. And this leads
one to ask, “Who am I?” in a more complex
manner
People seem to start manipulating
personalities as they exhibit different behaviors
in different worlds. People fall in love in virtual
worlds. Someone breaks up with a partner
through a text message.
Human relations seem to start losing an
important element in living – commitment.
Virtual worlds and disembodied relations lack
commitment. We can always step back and
retreat in a virtual world.
We can always create a new self when our
avatars die or when it has become undesirable.
We can always ignore message
Virtual realities remove risks; and because

we do not want to risk, we patronize the virtual
world.
Commitment is hard. To commit is to risk.
In the virtual world, one’s anonymity lessens,
if not completely removes risks. When we are
confronted with real social problems like war and
famine, discrimination harassment and corruption;
we let the world know that we condemn these
evils and express participation in the abolition
of these problems.
THE DISEMBODIED SUBJECT
In a manner of speaking, people are
slowly putting aside their bodies in relating with
others because the technological society offers an
alternative which apparently resolves human of an
embodied subject. Face-to-face interaction is too
stressful and difficult while virtual interactions
are relatively easier.
Consequently, we find many cases where
people prefer communicating using virtual
world, even if the person involved is someone
seen on a regular basis. Moreover, the
disembodied interaction among people is
aggravated by modern technological devices.
The different gadgets that are produced today
support disembodied human relations. The scene
which the technological society creates is very
familiar to us: we see a family, or friends, gathered
around a table or in a room, but with very minimal
actual embodied human interaction. Everyone is
glued to their devices – cellphones, tablets,
laptops, or any device and they are all probably
interacting with their virtual societies.
Instructions: After reading the concept of digital society and digital
citizenship, learners must answer the following questions below:
1. What are the distinct features of digital society which make
it significantly different from the previous societies?
2. In your own understanding, how does digital society form?
3. Do you think, what are the things digital society can offer
compared to the previous type of society?
4. How post-industrial society and digital society connected to
each other?
5. What are the possible positive and negative effects of being
citizen of digital society?

Human Person in SOCIETY

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Human Person in SOCIETY

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Human Person in SOCIETY

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE

PREPARED BY: ROSTUM ORLEANS ANDRADA

Freedom of the Intersubjectivity

• Demonstrate an identify the different types of

• Explain digital society and digital citizenship

• Differentiate their qualities

INDUSTRIAL POST INDUSTRIAL

• Throughout a person’s life, he or she

• Society also refers to a companionship or

● Society also provides

Virtual realities remove risks; and because

You might also like

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.