QUIZ 2 (TGL)

Answer the following items. (2 points each)

◦ 1. It is that which all things aim.

◦ 2. It is an ancient Greek word which means living and
doing well.
◦ 3. It is said to be the ultimate end of human action.
◦ 4. He is the ancient Greek philosopher known for
Nicomachean Ethics.
◦ 5. It is the constant practice of the good.
 QUIZ 2 (TGL)
Answer the following items. (2 points each)
◦ For items 6 and 7, give Aristotle’s two kinds of virtue.
◦ 6. ___________________
◦ 7. ___________________

◦ True or False.
◦ 8. The good life means that I make sure I improve without
necessarily taking the others into consideration.
◦ 9. One does not need to eat healthfully to live the good life.
◦ 10. Excellence of character is innate.
oral presentation 1 Inspect the packaging of a food
page109 item that you regularly consume.
Acesulfame What sugar, disguised in an
unfamiliar term, is found on the
potassium label?
= calorie-free example: PEPSI cola beverage
sugar substitute
Sucralose
Ingredients:
= artificial
carbonated water, sugar, caramel
sweetener and
color, phosphoric acid, caffeine,
sugar substitute
acesulfame potassium, natural flavour,
- noncaloric sucralose
oral presentation 2
Documentary film: ◦ How the overproduction and
overconsumption of sugar –
THAT SUGAR FILM based products potentially
prevent humans from
◦refer to p105 achieving eudaimonia.
- 2 guide questions ◦ Is there a need for industries
during the presentation to regulate the production of
sugar-based products and
for consumers to reduce their
consumption if they are to
journey toward the good life
together.
oral presentation 3
GMOs in Food ◦ How does the use of a GMO
ingredient in the product
page 171 reduce the drawbacks of the
Select one edible same product that use non-
GMO ingredients?
product that make use
of GMOs as ingredients.
Choose a particular
GMO and research on it.
oral presentation 4
GMOs in Food ◦How it was
page 171 developed?
Choose a particular ◦The possible uses???
GMO and research on
it.
WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND
HUMANITY CROSS
Section 4
The good life entails living in
a just and progressive
society whose citizens have
the freedom to flourish.
Objective: Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020

◦ To discuss the importance of human rights

in the face of changing social conditions and
technological development
◦The United Nations General Assembly
proclaimed the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR) on Dec. 10,
1948 as the global standard of
fundamental human rights for universal
recognition and protection.
such horrific history
The declaration
arose
directly from the
experienced of……
UDHR represents the
first global expression
of rights to which all
human beings are
inherently entitled.
Human rights
are rights
we have
simply because
we exist as
human beings
– they are not
granted
by any state.
UDHR preamble..
◦Everyone has absolute moral worth
by virtue of being human.

Human dignity is an ultimate core value

of our existence.
- regardless of the status in life

Being naturally given to every individual at birth

 dignity
Latin word: dignitas, meaning “worthiness”

◦ Implies that each person ◦According to the Universal

is worthy of honor and
Declaration, our rights are
respect for who they are,
not just for what they “inalienable” – they can’t
can do. be taken away or
How do you given away.
treat someone
with dignity?
 simplified versions of UDHR
◦ Article 1 Right to Equality
◦ Article 2 Freedom from Discrimination
◦ Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security
◦ Article 4 Freedom from Slavery
◦ Article 5 Freedom from Torture and Degrading
Treatment
◦ Article 6 Right to Recognition as a Person before the
Law
◦ Article 7 Right to Equality before the Law
What is modern slavery?

◦Slavery did not end

with abolition in the
19th century.
Instead, it changed
its forms and
continues to harm
people in every
country in the world.
https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery/
A
R
◦Whether they are women forced into
T prostitution, men forced to work in
I agriculture or construction, children in
C sweatshops* or girls forced to marry older
L men, their lives are controlled by their
E exploiters, they no longer have a free
choice and they have to do as they’re told.
4
◦They are in slavery.
*Poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, lack of benefits, child labor
Forms of modern slavery
◦Forced labor – any work or
services which people are forced
to do against their will under the
threat of some form of
punishment.
Forms of modern slavery

Debt bondage or ◦when people borrow

bonded labor money they cannot
repay and are required
◦– the world’s most to work to pay off the
widespread form debt, then losing control
of slavery over the conditions of
both their employment
and the debt
Forms of modern slavery
Human trafficking– involves
transporting, recruiting or
harboring people for the purpose
of exploitation, using violence,
threats or coercion*.
practice of persuading someone to do something
by using force or threats
◦ According to UN Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Most human trafficking cases
follow the same pattern:
(1) People are abducted or
recruited in a country of
origin
(2) transferred through transit
regions
(3) exploited in a destination
country
◦ Trafficked persons are
usually forced to
engage in prostitution,
illegal labor, begging,
pornography, organ
sale, and sex tourism.
◦ Trafficking in persons
is now the world’s 3rd
most profitable
organized crime
Smuggling or trafficking?
◦ People often confuse ◦ Human trafficking is
human trafficking and different.
people smuggling. ◦ The trafficker is moving a
person for exploitation.
There is no need to cross
People smuggling is the an international border.
illegal movement of people ◦ Human trafficking occurs
across international at a national level, or
borders for a fee. even within one
On arrival, the smuggled community.
person is free.
 Human trafficking
It is a crime in which a
domestic worker is not free
to leave her employment,
and is abused & underpaid,
if paid at all.
- Domestic Servitude
Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003
◦ Select one story of
freedom.
Print, submit, and write
your insights/reactions/reflections.
(minimum of five sentences)
https://www.antislavery.org/impa
ct/stories/
or
You can look for other sources.
Forms of modern slavery
Descent-based slavery
– where people are born into
slavery because their ancestors
were captured and enslaved,
they remain in slavery by descent
Forms of modern slavery
◦ While child labor is harmful
◦Child slavery for children and hinders
– many people often their education and
confuse child slavery development, child slavery
with child labor, but it occurs when a child is
is much worse. exploited for someone
else’s gain.
◦ It can include child
trafficking, child soldiers,
child marriage and child
domestic slavery.
Forms of modern slavery
◦Forced and early marriage
– when someone is married against
their will and cannot leave the
marriage.
Most child marriages can be considered slavery.
◦
Is there
slavery
in the
A new global report ranks the Phil.?
Philippines 98th among 162
countries on the prevalence of
modern-day slavery.
◦Modern-day slavery in ◦There are those
the Philippines persists boys who work in
because of extreme subhuman
poverty, as it does in conditions, given
other countries. no suitable
sleeping quarters,
◦Thus, we hear from
and fed with
time to time of very scraps fit only for
young girls being animals.
rescued from sex
dens in Metro Manila.
Small, fly-by-night operators recruit these
children from far-flung provinces.

They are promised well-paying jobs, but they

end up being sold to the underworld in urban
centers.
 Modern slavery is a crime
where the most vulnerable
men, women and children
are abused for criminal
profit, with many victims
forced to live and work in
squalid conditions for little or
no money.
as a result of neglect,
extremely dirty and
unpleasant
Modern slavery is the illegal
exploitation of people
for personal or
commercial gain.
Refer to table 2.
three useful documents for a human-rights based
approach to science, technology, and development.
◦ page114
◦ by Quinto and Nieva

S. Romi Mukherjee
Senior lecturer in Political Theory and the History of Religions
Paris Institute of Political Studies*
S. Romi Mukherjee
Senior lecturer in Political Theory and the History of Religions
Paris Institute of Political Studies*

◦ page114
◦ by Quinto and Nieva

Refer to table 2.
Three useful documents for a human-rights based
approach to science, technology, and development.
Why do we need a human rights approach?

◦Respecting diversity, promoting equality

and ensuring human rights help to ensure
that everyone using health and social care
services receives safe and good quality
care.
S. Romi Mukherjee
◦Human rights are rights to sustainability.
◦By protecting the weak, poor, and
vulnerable from the deficiencies and
excesses of science and technology.

By imposing upon s and t the moral and ethical duty

To protect and uphold human rights.
S. Romi Mukherjee
◦To bridge the gap between poor and rich
countries on both tangible
- services and natural resources
and intangible aspects.
- well-being and human dignity

Ultimately, all these will lead humans to flourish

together through science and technology.
Module 3: Specific Issues in Science,
Technology, and Society

Section 2: Biodiversity & a Healthy Society