Why Study Politics? Flashcards
Legally
It is mandated by the LAW
Why mandate it?
Because, it is the one that is regulating our relationship
Practically
- to be a good citizen
- to know my limits & obligations
- to appoint myself with the political processes
Basically
- citizenship education
The aspects of education at school level intended to prepare students to become active citizens
Citizenship Education
Our Obligations on Citizenship Education
Obligations, Duties, Responsibilities
Why do we perform citizenship education?
- Because we are Filipinos
Theories of State Origin
- Divine Right Theory
- Social Contract Theory
- Necessities and Force Theory
- Instinctive Theory
- Patriarchal and Matriarchal Theory
- Economic Theory
- The exponents of this theory believe that the state did not come into being by any effort of man. It is created by God.
- The King who rules over the state is an agent of God on earth.
Divine Right Theory
- ## A contract between the people and the sovereign at some point of time.States that people live together in society in promise with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior. It sets out what the government can and cannot do.
Social Contract Theory
(Social Contract Theory)
2 Divisions in Human History
- State of Nature
- Civil Society
establishment of the state
“state of nature”
subsequent to the foundation of the state
“civil society”
- Suggests that the origin of state is established through the use of force, and one person or a small group of people claim control over the population in a specific area by force. Once the rule is well established the state is established. This theory is largely a result of war.
Necessities & Force Theory
- The concept that all humans are evolutionarily designed in a way that helps them survive.
Instinctive Theory
- The city is a conglomeration of several families which developed under the control and authority of the eldest male member of the family.
- The head or father of the patriarchal family wielded great power and influence upon the other members of the family.
- His writ was carried out in the household. This patriarchal family was the most ancient organised social institution in the primitive society.
Patriarchal Theory
- There was never any patriarchal family in the primitive society and that the patriarchal family came into existence only when the institution of permanent marriage was in vogue.
- But among the primitive society, instead of permanent marriage there was a sort of sex anarchy. Under that condition, the mother rather than the father was the head of the family. The kinship was established through the mother.
Matriarchal Theory
Manage our FINITE resources
Economic Theory
To manage resources so that our future generations should also do the managing themselves
Sustainable Development
Transaction, distribution, and the consumption of goods (resources)
Economics
Wielder of the Politics
Politicians
Posesses the quality of permanence
State
Cannot be transferred/ not transerrable
Soveriegnty
National Economy and Patrimony
Article 12 Philippine Constitution 1987
“people’s inheritance”
National Patrimony
pertains to nation (peoples)
National/ Nation
Inheritance of resources (people’s property)
Patrimony
Why “People’s Property” if there is a “Private Ownership”?
- The power of the state to imminent “domain”
- The power of the state to expropriate private properties for public use
- Judicial Process: Compensation
What is Our Duties Towards National Patrimony?
“To Love and Protect, To Conserve and Develop”
Why do we “To Love and Protect, To Conserve and Develop”?
- for future generations
Theory that may apply to National Patrimony?
- Economic Theory
