Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XIII-CARAGA REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR
LANUZA DISTRICT

Grade Level: 12 Subject: Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Topic: Human Person and Society

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
2nd Quarter Week 3

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Recognize how individuals form societies and how individuals are transformed by societies
PPT11/12-IIf-7.1
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the week, students are expected to:
1. Explain how human relations are transformed by societies.
2. Compare and contrast different types of society.
3. Appreciate individual society qualities.
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 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS
In
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
2nd Quarter Week 3

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Recognize how individuals form societies and how individuals are transformed by societies
PPT11/12-IIf-7.1
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the week, students are expected to:
1. Explain how human relations are transformed by societies.
2. Compare and contrast different types of society.
3. Appreciate individual society qualities.

Pre- Assessment:
Before delving into the discussion, learners must fill out the table below about the things
they have learned from society and their contributions to it:
Table 1
Things you learned from How did you learn them? Impact on you
society
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Table 2
Things you have How did you share them to Impact on Society
contributed to society the community?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
 DISCUSSION
A. Pre-Industrial Societies

a. Tribal Society - the term “tribe” denotes a group of peoples living in a primitive setting under a
leader or chief. The term ‘tribal society’ associates it to other meaning such as “primitive society” or
“preliterate society.” The word ‘tribe’ has become an important technical term which pertains to a
political unit in a certain territory. The term’s use is rooted from Latin which is associated to the political
divisions or orders of the Roman empire. Tribal societies are small in scale; bound to their spatial and
temporal range of relations in terms of society, law, and politics; and possess a moral code, cult, and
wide range of belief system. The language systems of tribes are unwritten which provides a narrow
extent of communication. At the same time, tribal societies show a self-sustaining structure which is
absent in the modern society. This is achieved by the close connections that exist between tribal
organizations, and by the focusing of a leader or person to multiple roles. Unity and coherence exist in
tribal values that are closely related to social groups and are provided with an intensity characteristic of
all “closed” systems of thought.

b. Feudal Society - Feudalism refers to the economic, political, and social system that prevailed in
Europe from about the ninth to the fifteenth century. 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 ii and military service to their lords. Peasants
known as serfs were bound to the land and were subject to the will of their lords. One social class system
or economic form was not realized for Europe over the whole Middle Ages. A new economy after
medieval period known as capitalism is still in progress. Medieval world is known for its traditional land
economy and military service, and an urban society. These led to a feudal-based social-class system and
trade & commerce based on money or capital. For the urban or town environment, merchants, artisans,
and customers formed the core of the society. They saw manufacture as the most important business to
produce goods for sale and buy in the local market economy. Local products was to have an impact in
other areas, such as regional fairs, port cities, and far trade destinations.

B. Industrial Society is the one which uses advance technology to drive a masssive
production industry that will support a large population. For example, the United States is an industrial
society because a huge portion of its economy is tied to jobs that involve machine work, like factory
farming or auto-assembly plants, that has a combination of machine and human employees to produce
goods. The objective of an industrial economy is the fast and efficient manufacturing of standardized
products. The same goes if one avails a car, there is a chance that the car was mass produced because it
operates similarly to other models, and its parts can be replaced with other parts because they are
identical.
C. 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. a shift from the production of goods to the production of services;
b. the replacement of manual laborers with technical and professional workers (computer
engineers, doctors, and bankers) as the direct production of goods is moved elsewhere;

c. the replacement of practical knowledge with theoretical knowledge;

d. focusing to the theoretical and ethical implications of new technologies, which helps
society avoid some of the negative ii features of introducing new technologies, concerning
environment and energy;
 e. 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.
f. an emphasis on the university and polytechnic institutes which produce graduates who
innovate and lead the new technologies contributing to a postindustrial society; and
g. 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 SOCIETY AND THE INFORMATION AGE

Digital technologies have wildly affected our interactions and activity in the 21st century. They
have significantly changed our way of learning, working and socializing. 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. So, what does this mean for the everyday citizen? 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?

Now, one of the main terms in the modern world is the ‘digital citizen’. What does this actually
mean? A digital citizen is a person who is knowledgeable and responsible enough to effectively use
different social platforms in the internet. They often engage in useful topics and issues that will help
build a better society, politics and government. If we will dig deeper, digital citizenship might look
simple. We might think that it is just about using the internet safely. However, we also need to consider
and understand that ii 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. If we look a little closer at the field of ‘citizenship studies’ this will
lead us to a better understanding of what digital society really means. 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. In this course we will tackle these rights as we look at real definition of what it means
to be a citizen in the modern society and how legislation and the government shape our ability to be
democratic citizens who can stand for the truth.

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. We are enacting ourselves
on the internet, considering and understanding the opportunities presented by this medium, such as
anonymity, communication, and influence. In short, we can use digital technologies to engage and
participate on many levels in society and political life. 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. How? By a
futile click to like. People in the modern technological society ultimately make no real commitments.

Picture Analysis
ACTIVITY 1
Instruction: Analyze the pictures below and presume the prevailing thinking and even priorities during
those times as depicted and guess what makes them transformed. Answer the following questions.

Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person. 2016. C & E Publishing, Inc. Quezon City
Guide Questions:

1. What are the distinct features of this society?

2. What do you think are their priorities?
3. What do you think are their norms?
4. What caused the transformation of this
society?

Overlapping Venn Diagram

ACTIVITY 2:
Instruction: Analyze all the differences and similarities of the 3 major historic societies. Use
the rubrics as guide for answering.
 2nd Edition. Mandaluyong City: National Book Store. Bernardo, J.P.V. (2016)

Social Norms? Please Think of Me!

ACTIVITY 3:
Instruction: Read the following situations below and answer the questions thereafter. In answering the
questions try to appreciate the situations using the social norms you remember by writing it in a form of
an essay using the rubrics below. Please be guided.

Situation Number 1: A Very good friend of yours visits you and your family in your house. Your
mother who was delighted by her presence cooks her best dish for your friend. Your friend loved the
whole lunch that she kept complementing your mother for being such a good cook. At the end of her
visit, she expresses her gratitude to the whole family. Before she leaves, she approaches your mother
and asks, “how much do I pay you for the lunch you cooked for me? (Ariely, 2010)

Situation Number 2: You are going through a very rough time. You feel so down that you need
someone to talk to, you send a text message to your friend asking her if she could come over to make
you feel better. Your friend gives you a call then tells you she will be there in 20 minutes. You are so
happy to see her; you gave her a big hug and then pour your heart out. After crying to her for 30
minutes, she gives comforting piece of advice. You finally say that you feel so much better. Your
friend then says, “That’s good to know, now that we’re done, could we settle my expenses for this –
20 pesos for the phone call, 35 pesos for the tricycle ride going here, 20 pesos for the tissue paper you
drew from my pocket and 500 pesos for the time I lost to working productivity because I had to come
here. Thanks!”
Questions:
1. Is there something wrong with the friend’s response to your mother’s hospitality?
2. Is there something wrong with your friend’s asking for payment for her loving presence?
3. What makes these two reactions awkward for you?
4. By making a reference to the society where you belong, what is your initial response upon reading the
situations?

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ASSESSMENT

Instructions: Write the word True if the statement is correct and write the word False if the statement
conveys otherwise. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Human societies remain the same.

2. Tribal societies have an established property right.
3. Post-industrial societies focus on development of mass production.
4. Virtual society relatively provides a new world for us.
5. The virtual society and the technological devices today are starting to reshape the human person and
human interactions and relationships.
6. Virtual worlds and disembodied relations promote commitment.
7. One of the features of industrial society is that it emphasizes on the importance of universities and
polytechnic institutes which produce graduates who innovate and lead the new technologies contributing
to a postindustrial society.
8. Feudal society has its historical roots from Asia Minor.
9. The language systems of tribes are well-written which provides a vast extent of communication.
10. Human society continuously develops as humans develop themselves.
 KEY ANSWER

Pre-assessment: Answers may vary.

Activity 1: Answers may vary.
Activity 2: Answers may vary.
Activity 3: Answers may vary.

Assessment:
1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. False
8. False
9. False
10. True

References

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A.C., Maria Lovelyn C.P., Socrates, O.P., (2016). Introduction to the philosophy of the human person for senior high school.
Quezon City: Lorimar publishing, Inc. Bauzon, P.T. (2012). Handbook in social philosophy (with review materials in social
philosophy of education for LET) 2nd Edition. Mandaluyong City: National Book Store. Bernardo, J.P.V. (2016). Introduction
to the philosophy of the human person.

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