LESSON 6 CULTURE: HOW IT DEFINES MORAL BEHAVIOR Flashcards
THAT THE EXISTENTIALIST
AND PHENOMOLGIST ARE TALKING ABOUT DOES
NOT OF COURSE EXIST IN VACUUM. IT EXISTS IN A
WORLD WITH ALL ITS SPATIO-TEMPORAL
CONDITIONS, ITS FACTICITY.
ABSOLUTE FREEDOM
REFERS TO THE “GIVENS” OF OUR
SITUATION SUCH AS OUR LANGUANGE, OUR
BAYBAYIN.
FACTICITY
THE INTEGRATED PATTERN OF
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND
BEHAVIORS. THIS CONSISTS LANGUAGE,
IDEAS, CUSTOMS, MORALS, LAWS, TABOOS,
INSTITUTIONS, TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND
WORK OF ART, RITUALS AND OTHER
CAPACITIES AND HABITS ACQUIRED BY A
PERSON AS A MEMBER OF SOCIETY.
CULTURE
IS A PROCESS OF LEARNING
FROM INFANCY TILL DEATH, THE COMPONENTS OF
LIFE IN ONE’S CULTURE. IT INCLUDES THE
MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL CULTURE.
ENCULTURATION
“MISSIOLOGICAL PROCESS IN
WHICH IN WHICH THE GOSPEL IS ROOTED IN A
PARTICULAR CULTURE AND THE LATTER IS
TRANSFORMED BY THE INTRODUCTION TO
CHRISTIANITY”
INCULTURATION
“CULTURAL MODIFICATION OF
INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, OR PEOPLE BY ADAPTING TO
OR BORROWING TRAITS FROM ANOTHER CULTURE.
ACCULTURATION
consist of language, values , rules, knowledge,
and meanings shared by members of society
Non-material Culture
is the physical object that a society produces-tools,
streets, homes and toys, to name a few.
Material Culture
the
idea that a person’s beliefs, values, and
practices should be understood based on
that person’s own culture.
cultural relativism
refers to the way that individuals are
shaped by their environments as well as
social and cultural factors. Such factors
include a person’s nationality, race and
gender.
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE