THE HUMAN PERSON IN

SOCIETY
 Aristotle – Man is a Social Animal

 Thomas Acquinas – Man is essentially good,

thus society as man’s construct is good
“NO MAN IS AN ISLAND”
 “ Being a social being,
betterment of your society is
both your responsibility and
obligation.”
SOCIAL INFLUENCES
THE FILIPINO SOCIETY
 Amor-propio
- it is the individuals’ highly emotional reaction
to protect his honor and dignity when they are
threatened or questioned and to retaliate.
Common forms of amor-propio are “hele-hele
bago quire”, or “pakipot” which shows at the
outset a person initially refusing an offer even if he
really wants very much to accept it.
ACTIVITY

Contribute words that you think will

be of use in defining Society
Society is a group of people
living in a definite territory
having the government of their
own, sharing same culture,
interdependent and
interrelated to one another.
 ACTIVITY

Provide the importance of

each element of the society
Will the society exist if
one element is absent?
 PERFORMANCE TASK

Create a collage of your society through taking

pictures of your community.
Rubrics:
 Creativity
 Relevance
 Beauty and Neatness
 ACTIVITY

1.Where do you live?

2.How do you describe the
place?
 FORMS OF SOCIETIES

• Agricultural- it focuses on the production of crops

and raising of animals
• Industrial- it introduce fuel driven machinery in goods
production.
• Virtual- technology is used in every aspect of life and
work.
Given the chance to choose
which form of society would
you like to live? Why?
 ACTIVITY

Imagine the people living in

your community. What can
you say about them?
 ACTIVITY

• Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a word related to

types of individuals in the society.
1. E P R U P
2. L E M D D I
3. N G I K W R O
4. W E R L O
 TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOCIETY

• Lower Class-experiences poverty, homelessness and

unemployment
• Working Class- constitute blue collared workers
• Middle Class- consist of white collared workers.
• Upper Class-consist of individual born into aristocratic families
Which type of individuals
you and your family
belong? Why?
 ACTIVITY

What do you observe in the

community/society where you
are living in?
 ACTIVITY

Sentence Completion

Social System is ……
 Social System
– an organization of individuals into groups or
structure that have different functions, characteristic
origin or status.
For example, a social system might break a larger
population down into family groups, races, religious
affiliations, gender, wealth categories and social classes.
EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS

• Religion
• Political affiliation
• Culture
• family units
• Communities
• Cities
• Nations
• college campuses
• Corporations
• industries
Is it possible for a nation not to
have all types of societies and
individuals within the social
systems? Why? Why not?
 ACTIVITY

1. Do you belong to a particular organization? If yes what type of

organization? Please describe.
2. From your observation, what are the Positive and Negative
Impact of Social System to yourself as a member of the
organization?
3. Is being a part of social group develops your human relation?
How?
4. Write a short reflection on how social system transforms human
relations.