REDEEMING VALUE OF

LITERATURE…
THE TEACHING FUNCTION
OF LITERATURE
Danilo H. Cabalu, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
1. What is redeeming value in film or
literature?

The ability of evil to embrace

back what is good.
2. MAN IS GOOD
Aristotle says a good man acts unto
virtue and derives his happiness and
pleasure from that virtue. So we have
a man who is prudent, virtuous, and
just.
A theory of human nature attempts to state
what the most central features of human
beings are, in contrast to other living things.
A full-blown theory tells us who we really
are? why we are here? where we come from?
where we are going? and what we should
value in life?
What is human nature definition theories
By definition, human nature
includes the core
characteristics (feelings,
psychology,our life, and
this is where the disputes begin. Some people will
tell you humans are 'good' or 'bad', or 'predators' or
'capable of great kindness
3. THE PHILOSOPHY ON THE
GOODNESS OF MAN
1. Mencius theory of human nature?
Mencius holds that all humans have innate but incipient
tendencies toward benevolence, righteousness, wisdom,
and propriety. Employing an agricultural metaphor, he
refers to these tendencies as “sprouts” (2A6). The sprouts
are manifested in cognitive and emotional reactions
characteristic of the virtues.
What is Aristotle's view of human nature?
2. According to Aristotle, all
human functions contribute to
eudaimonia, 'happiness'.
Happiness is an exclusively
human good; it exists in
rational activity of soul
conforming to virtue.
4. FIVE AREAS OF HUMAN NATURE
A. Power
B. Pleasure
C. Profit
D. Pride
E. Permanence
5. ESSENTIALITY OF MAN
As a treatment of the meaning of human
nature, the course considers the human
person as physical being, as knower, as
responsible agent, as a person in relation to
other persons, to society, to God, and to the
end, or purpose, of human life.
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