This document discusses man's nature as a social being and the need for society. It covers several perspectives on this from philosophers like Aristotle, Hobbes, and theorists of socialism and communism. Socialism and communism are discussed as responses to the perceived abuses of capitalism, with socialism focusing on workers owning production and communism seeking a future classless society through revolution and suppression of opposition. The document contrasts communist means versus ends, with means involving coercion and ends envisioning an ideal cooperative society.

1. Man as Social
Being
Chapter 7
Prepared by;
Francel VC. Grospe
BEED IV-A
Prepared to;
Mr. Carlos Corpuz
Teacher

2. •There would have been no
need for special ethics if man
were simply an individual
with an individual purpose;
but man is also a member of
society and as such , he has
social aspect which requires
ethical considerations

3. •The social dimensions of man is founded on
nature .
•Man needs society in order to live life
comfortably and safely.
•Against natural and other dangers, he needs
protection only society.
•Alone, he cannot arrive at the height of art,
music, literature, history, philosophy and
religion , etc.
•But the overwhelming proof
of mans natural tendency towards
social life is his capacity of speech.

4. •The Social Obligation, however, is a
general not an individual command.
•The species of mankind has the obligation
to socialize or to form social units, but
the individual as individual is exempted
from this general obligation
•Under normal conditions, however, man
needs society and not as a mere
convention.

5. In the Social contract claims that when
man enters into a society, he contracts
his freedom because he has to live
with other free beings .

6. Thomas Hobbes
In the Leviathan claims that man’s
need for society is physical.
•However, because of the lurking
dangers that such a social convention
can cause, Hobbes proposes that the
monster who will exact obedience and
inspire fear among citizens be created,
somewhat similar to the biblical
monster, Leviathan.

7. •What Aristotle wrote in the politics is
still true: that man needs for society,
and if he does not, because he is
sufficient unto himself, that man is
either beast or a god.
•Theoreticians, however, have pushed
the idea of man as a social being to an
extreme, thus, the concept of socialism
and communism

9. Socialism
•a system of society or group living
in which there is no private
property : a system or condition of
society in which the means of
production are owned and
controlled by the state.
•Socialism’s mortal enemy is
Capitalism

10. Capitalism
•Capitalism has led to abuse because
capitalist could pocket the profit to
the disadvantage of the workers
who, after all , were instrumental
in producing the goods sold in the
market .
•As an offshoot of this abuse
concept of socialism

11. Capitalism

12. It must be stressed at the
outset that Socialism is a
beautiful theory ;
•It is humane
•Pro-poor
•Worker-oriented
•And very Christian in its perspective
•Socialist have peddled the idea of all
forms of production so that the profit
accruing from could go to every citizen
and not to the private capitalist.

13. Communism
•Is a doctrine, philosophy before it is a way
of life.
• way of organizing a society in which the
government owns the things that are used
to make and transport products (such as
land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there
is no privately owned property.
•It is more than mere ownership of goods .

14. •Communism is complicated doctrine which
includes a complex of
oatheism,
oevolutionism,
ohistorical materialism.
•It has a methodology all it’s own according to
which the future ideal state can be attained
through;
o revolution
o dictatorship
osuppression of freedom, etc.

15. Fundamental Importance
but not known to many is
the capital difference
between
• Communist means
• Communist ends

16. Communist ends
•Are situated in distant, very hazy and no
less mythical future.
•At that time, they claim, men will have
become so well educated they will no
longer strive for their individual welfare
•There would be no more state, no police,
no coercion, no need for an international
organization to make people live in
peace.

17. Communist means
•The final result or goal is a classless society
where there is no poor class.
• where there is no entanglement between
capitalist and workers for they would now be
co-equal.
•Where there is no need for the police
because no one would steal or grab
•Every having what he needs
•All citizens would own the wealth of the
country

18. *
*The father provides,
*Mother supervise
*Children prepare themselves for
life.
*There is one authority and there
are subjects of that authority.