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LESSON 3

THE H U M A N
PE R SO N IN
Presented by Group 7

SO C IE T Y
WHAT IS SOCIETY?
WHAT DRIVES HUMAN
BEINGS TO ESTABL ISH
• The human person exists to relate with others. The person is by nature a
social being because he or she has a tendency to go out of himself or
SOCIET
herself to form IES?with others.
bonds and relationships

• Throughout a person’s life, he or she experiences a variety of


relationships that help shape him or her as a person
WHAT HAVE YOU
OBSERVED FROM
THE PICTURES
BELOW?
SOCIETY
• The tendency to form groups is not exclusive to human beings. Other
animals also form groups for mutual protection and survival. Humans,
however, are the only beings capable of establishing a society, which is
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
SOCIETY
Philosophers consider society the product of deliberate actions by
individuals who come together in pursuit of a common goal.

Society is considered unique among other groups because of the nature of


the human persons that compose it, as well as the relationships among its
members.
THE SOCIAL
CONTRACT
THEORY
THE SOCIAL
CONTRACT
THEORY
During the enlightenment, social
They imagined humans as
philosophers pondered the natural laws
that govern human societies. Such as living in a so-called
Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean
“natural state”.
Jacques Rousseau
VARIOUS VIEWS OF
THE DEVELOPMENT
THE BROUGHT ABOUT
THE EMERGENCE OF
Thomas
Hobbes
Persons in their natural states are governed by their desires and these often
lead to conflict with their fellowmen. Society, therefore, is the 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.
John
Locke
He proposed his own ideas on the social contract with a different assumption.
Locke considered persons in their natural states as more cooperative and
reasonable, and that society is formed through the consent of the individuals
that organized it. This concept is known as the consent of the governed

Locke’s social contract is a covenant among individuals to cooperate and


share the burden of upholding the welfare of society.
Jean
c

Jacques
Rousseau
His ideas on the social contract led him to advocate the concept of the “general
will”. Rousseau believed that even if the people are the ones who organized
society and established an authority or government, in extreme cases, the
government is able to impose its will on the people. This is 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.
John
Rawls
Rawls redefined the social contract and explained that human beings approach
social cooperation in a rational manner in order to meet their individual self-
interests.

He introduced a version of the natural state which he called the original


position to explain social formation. He imagined humans as having a “veil of
ignorance”, or no knowledge of one’s own characteristics such as gender, race,
David
Gauthier
He described people’s self-interests as a significant factor in building
and maintaining societies. People choose to cooperate since it is
beneficial to meet their self-interests. But this selfish interest benefits
society as a whole, since the actions of individuals in meeting their
individual needs also further the interests of the other members of
society.
Common
Good
• The common good refer to the social conditions which enable persons and groups
to fulfill their goals and achieve well-being.

• The common good applies to all members of society.

• The collective effort of individual persons towards the common good ensures that
each member of the community will be able to live in a world where they can
pursue their own perfection and fulfillment
discuss
1 2
What are the factors or Reflect on the groups that
influences that drove you interact with
human beings to regularly. How do these
establish societies? groups uphold the
common good?
T H AN K
YOU!

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