THE NOTION OF DEVELOPMENT

AS SEEN FROM CARITAS IN VERITATE – NOTES FOR CHAPTER 1 AND

2
DOCUMENTARY VIEWING: SA NGALAN NG
TUBO
 1. What was the condition attached to the Hacienda
Luisita – when it was bought in 1957?
 2. What are the grievances raised by the workers against
the owners of Hacienda Luisita?
 3. What developments have you seen in the documentary
with regard to the Hacienda? Is this true development?
Why or why not?
 4. When can we say that Hacienda Luisita can become a
model of development and Agrarian Reform in our
country? Why?
DAM – GARY GRANADA
 Sa ngalan ng huwad na kaunlaran
Ang bayan ko'y sa utang nadiinAt
ito na ang kabayaranAng kanunu-
nunuang lupain
Ang mga eksperto'y nagsasayaAt
nagpupuri at sumasambaSa
wangis ng diyus-diyosan nilaAng
dambuhalang dam
Damdam damdam damda dadamDamdam damdam damda
dadamDamdam damdam damda dadamAng dambuhalang dam
 Ang mga tribu'y nagtatatangis
Nananaghoy at nababaliwHabang ang
mga turistang mababangisNalilibang
at naaaliw
Sa mga pulubing nagsasayawMga
katutubo ng ApayaoNa napaalis kahit
umayawAlang-alang sa dam
Damdam damdam damda dadamDamdam damdam damda
dadamDamdam damdam damda dadamAng dambuhalang dam
 Titigan ninyo ang gahiganteng bato
Nagsasalarawan ng lipunang itoTulad ng mga
gumawa rin nitoWalang pakiramdam
What is development? (CV Ch. 1 and 2)

 True development addresses the whole

person
 True development requires the solidarity
of the whole human family
 True development must be open to the
transcendent
 Institutions alone cannot bring about true
development
 Development cannot solely rely in
technology. Technology needs a moral
direction.
 Social ethics and life ethics are interellated
Causes of underdevelopment

 Lack of deep thought

 Lack of brotherhood

 “ As society becomes globalized, we

become neighbors, but does not make us
brothers.”
The articulated vision of development of Paul VI
 Rescuing people from hunger,
deprivation, endemic diseases and
illiteracy
 Economic Point of view – active
participation on equal terms in the
international economic process
 Social – educated societies marked by
solidarity.
Problems that affect integral human
development today
 Economic crisis due to speculative
financial dealing
 Large scale migration
 Exploitation of earth’s resources
 New groups that experience poverty
 Corruption and illegality
 Failure to respect worker’s rights
 Diverted international aid
 Cultural behaviors prevent real concept
of development.
“Openness to
Life is at the
center of  Respect for life cannot be
development” `
detached from questions regarding
the development of peoples.

 How is Life accepted in the world?

 Infant Mortality is on the rise
 Population Control that spreads anti-
birth mentality; frequent attempts
are made to export this mentality to
other states as it were a form of
cultural progress.
 Denial of the right to religious freedom
“God is the guarantor
of man’s true
 Religious fanaticism leading to terrorism. development,
inasmuch as having
 Deliberate promotion of practical atheism. created him in his
image, he also
establishes the
transcendent dignity
of men and women
and feeds their innate
nature to be more”
assignment
 Read the document: The challenge of Agrarian Reform
and answer the following questions:
 1. What are the Biblical foundations of Land reform?
 2. What are the Social Teaching principles of Land
Reform?
 3. How would these principles apply to the problem of
agrarian reform in our country?