Introduction to the Philosophy

of the Human Person

Quarter 2:
TOPIC: Human Person and
Society
Quarter 2
Quarter 2
Quarter 3 Week
MOST ESSENTIAL 1 COMPETENCIES
LEARNING
Quarter 3 Week 1
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the week, you will be able to:
1. identify the different types of
society;
2. differentiate their qualities;
3. explain digital society and digital
citizenship;
4. identify the effects of being a
member of digital society.
What is Society?
Recitation
Recitation
What is Society?
•Society is a group of people who share a
common culture, institutions, and
traditions, and who live in a definable
community.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIETY
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIETY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIETY

1. Pre-industrial Society - Pre-industrial lifestyle worked with the resources of the earth
and within the bounds of nature ecosystem.
1. Pre-industrial Society - Pre-industrial
lifestyle worked with the resources of
the earth and within the bounds of
nature ecosystem.
 Two types of Pre-industrial Society
A. Tribal Society

•"tribe" denotes a group of people living in a primitive setting under a

leader or chief.

•"primitive society" or "preliterate society"

•language system of tribes are unwritten which provides a narrow

extent of communication.

•Self substaining structure.

 Two types of Pre-industrial Society

B. Feudal Society

•Feudalism refers to the economic,

political, and social system that prevailed
in Europe from about the ninth to the
fifteenth century.
B. Industrial society
B. Industrial society is the one which uses advance technology to
drive a massive 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
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIETY

2. Industrial Society

•Uses advance technology to drive a massive

production industry that will support a large
population.

•Objective is fast and efficient manufacturing of

standardized products.
C. Post Industrial Society
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
 C. Post Industrial 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
features of introducing new technologies, concerning
environment and energy;
Post-industrial societies are characterized by:

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 that reflect the influences on the
society. In 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.
DIGITAL SOCIETY AND THE INFORMATION AGE

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?
DIGITAL SOCIETY AND THE INFORMATION AGE
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
What do we mean by digital citizenship?

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.
What do we mean by digital citizenship?
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.
What do we mean by digital citizenship?
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.
What does this all mean then in the digital age?
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.
What does this all mean then in the digital age?
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
 THE DISEMBODIED SUBJECT
The dissatisfaction and frustration of the human person with bodily
limitations drive the person to prefer a disembodied human relation. At
the outset, it must be clarified that the term disembodied subject does
not mean that in the technological society, human persons are no longer
living with their bodies. However, 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 DISEMBODIED SUBJECT
The practice of selfie is another move towards disembodied
human relations. People used to approach other people to
take their photos. But the regained popularity of selfie gave
people the idea that they do not need the other to take
photos. And the invention of the monopod aggravates the
condition. The monopod allows us to take group selfies
without missing a member of our group. It has solidified
the person to take our photos. Maybe we will just disturb
the person by asking him to take our photo. But maybe we
are more afraid of being rejected than by the idea of
bothering the other.
 THE DISEMBODIED SUBJECT
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
Assessment
 Quarter 2 Assessment
True or False. Write the word True if the statement is correct
and write the word False if the statement conveys otherwise.
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.
 Quarter 2 Assessment
True or False. Write the word True if the statement is correct and write
the word False if the statement conveys otherwise.
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 develop as humans develops
themselves.
Thank You!
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