What it means to be human

De los Reyes, Manuel, Moya

 Introduction

What makes us humans human?

 Introduction
Natural Science Philosophy Psychology Sociology

- Mammals - Ability to - Instinctive - Social

- Warm make and use - Driven by - Cultural
blooded tools unconscious
- Live young - Love - Conditioned
- Primates - Right and - Act
- Increased wrong according to
manual - Feel and think what they
dexterity - language learn
Human Beings Are Social Beings
 Learning How to Survive
Socialization is necessary for survival

Priest Librarian Farmer Butcher Blacksmith Nitwit

 Individual Qualities
THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
HEREDITY & SOCIALIZATION
 FEMINIST
MOVEMENT
 LGBTQ
MOVEMENT
 June 26, 1994 June 30, 2016
First Gay Pride March Anti-Discrimination Bill on the Basis of Sexual
in the Philippines Orientation or Gender Identity
OPPORTUNITY

SOCIALIZATION
“for people like us...”
“The child has much, but wants and expects
more, all assumed to be his or hers by right
— at once a psychological and material
inheritance that the world will provide”

Robert Coles (1997) discusses the concept

of entitlement
But what makes us Human?
Philosopher Psychologists Biologists
s

“mind” “intelligence” “developed fetus”

Basic Human Qualities
The Sociologists’ Perspective
 Symbols

YOU
Self Mind
The Use of Symbols

● To teach
● To learn
● To communicate...
○ Ideas
○ feelings
○ intentions
● To cooperate
The Use of Symbols

vs

Conscious Thought Pure Instinct

The Development of Self

1. To Understand how our actions

affect others and ourselves
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2. To have the ability to judge HERE
ourselves

3. To have self-control
MIND

● The Ability to Think

○ Recognition of symbolic meaning
○ Recognition of self
A Life of Interaction
Within Society
Social Actors Social Rules Social Patterns

“Our survival depends on society….

Almost everything we do is based on social action, social
interaction, and social organization”
Humans Beings Are Cultural Beings
Instinct/ React Respond
Culture
The Importance of it all
Direction
Conclusion
Social and Cultural