SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE

Sogod, Southern Leyte

LEARNING MODULE NO. 05

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Subject: Subject: Theo 2A ( Intro to Theo of Values and The Commandments )

Module Title: Concept of Man

Learning Outcome:
a. Identify and explain the different concepts of man
Reference:
Understanding our Faith : Morality and Vocation

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People are unique. No two persons in the word look the same. Even twins are different from each other;
they think and do things differently Each persons has his or her own concepts and ideas in seeing things.

Let us take a look at the following people's views of man.

Karl Marx “Marxist” - He was a German socialist revolutionary leader and writer on economics. He
believed that man is controlled by the economic organization of society.

Charles Darwin “Evolutionist” - Life evolves from simple to complex form through an evolutionary
process. He described this as a struggle for existence. This view is founded on the belief that man
evolved from the apes.

B.F. Skinner “Behaviorist” - All human actions are the result of stimuli from our environment, and no
person can act out of his own will. Freedom may only appear to be so because the external forces that
control our actions are not noticeable. We must then develop a technology of behavior, which will
manipulate the environment so as to cause us to do good and discourage us from doing bad. We are
considered as reactors who do not contribute to the shaping of the universe but are controlled by it.

Sigmund Freud “Freudian” - Man is controlled by instinct. We are not creatures of reason but of
instinct, particularly sexual instinct and the instinct of self-preservation.

Martin Heidegger “Existentialism” - Man is the past, the present, and the future. Time is an important
element in the life of man. We only have but one life, so we must use it to the fullest.

Jesus Christ “Christian” - Christians are those who decide their own course of life because they know
that “not to decide is to decide.” The Christians relate positively towards others because they have
accepted in faith the Word of God.
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ASSESSMENT

A. Direction: Identify the concepts of man or the persons who conceived them. Write the letter of
your answer before the number.

1. It is a concept that limits itself to the observation of external behaviour.

a. Evolutionist b. Behaviorist c. Marxist d. Freudian
2. They relate positive towards other because they have accepted faith in God. Such is
the outlook of -
a. Christians b. Existentialists c. behaviorists d. evolutionists
3. This concept explains man’s need for self-gratification.
a. Evolutionist b. Behaviorist c. Marxist d. Freudian
4. He believed that everything man does is the result of an instinctive desire for self-
gratification.
a. Martin Heidegger b. Charles Darwin c. Karl Marx d. Sigmund Freud
5. This concept interprets human life on the basis of external stimuli alone.
a. Evolutionist b. Behaviorist c. Existentialist d. Christian
6. According to Charles Darwin, life evolves from simple to complex form. Such is the
outlook of a/an
a. Behaviorist b. Evolutionist c. Marxist d. Freudian
7. “Man is controlled by instinct,” is an outlook of a/an
a. Behaviorist b. Evolutionist c. Marxist d. Freudian

B. MY REFLECTION.

What would happen if a person has his own concept of man? How do you show and live your own idea
of who you are?