THE FAMILY, SELF-AWARENESS AND FILIPINO VALUES Flashcards
a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and interacting with each other in their respective social positions, usually those of spouses, parents, children, and siblings.
FAMILY
Section 1.
The State recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it shall strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its total development.
Section 2.
Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of the family and shall be protected by the State.
Section 3
The State shall defend:
- The right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions and the demands of responsible parenthood;
- The right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development;
- The right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation of policies and programs that affect them.
The family has the duty to care for its elderly members but the State may also do so through just programs of social security.
Section 4.
is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don’t align with your internal standards.
Self-awareness
is the conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires.
Self-awareness
Self-Awareness Types
Internal Self-Awareness
External Self-Awareness
This is the recognition and understanding of one’s internal states, preference, emotions and thoughts.
Internal Self-Awareness
This pertains to understanding how others perceive us in various contexts and situation , helping us to navigate social situations.
External Self-Awareness
Every person is a rational being. This is what distinguishes a person from all other creatures in the world. As a rational being, a person is free to think and has the capacity to reason. He can distinguish what is right and what is wrong because he has intellect.
Rational
All human beings are born free. A person has the freedom to do or not to do a specific action. However, every person must be responsible for his own action. In other words, a person can do whatever he pleases but not to the extent of doing harm to his co-creatures.
Free -
Every person is unique. Every person has his own identity such that no two persons are the same. Generally speaking, human beings have the same characteristics and physical features and but no two persons are the same because every person has its own perception, has different sets of values and priorities in life.
Unique -
- Social being - Every person is intrinsically a social being. He cannot detach his “being” from others and all other creatures in the universe. Human nature is characterized by his togetherness and relationship towards other creatures; be it a thing, object or his fellowman.
Social being
All created living things are sexual in nature but the uniqueness of expression of a person’s sexuality makes it all different. The expression of a person’s emotions, attitudes, feelings, actions and thoughts in sexual activity best exemplifies his uniqueness from animals.
Sexual
