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SCRIPTURAL TEXT
EXPOSITION
SUMMARY
TAKE THE CHALLENGE
REFLECTION
Work remains a good thing, not only because it is
useful and enjoyable, but also because it expressesand increases the worker's dignity. Through work we
not only transform the world, we are transformed
ourselves, becoming "more a human being."
Laborem Exercens, #9
OBJECTIVES
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LESSON OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students areable to:
1. explain what gives human work dignity
2. identify the two elements of work
3. differentiate labor from capital
4. define alienation
5. enumerate the 4 types of alienation
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The basic truth is . . .
The person has DIGNITY!
created by God in his own image
to live life to the full
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This results in. . .
RATIONALITY CREATIVITY
Purposeful actions Abilities and
capacities
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Again. . .
The person as
IMAGE OF GOD
RATIONALITY capacity for self-
determination
CREATIVITY make something
for something
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Person uses his
creativity
Product goes back to the workersPerson is able
to express hisuniqueness
and freedom
Other people share their
abilities and capacities
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Person uses his
creativity
Product goes back to the workersPerson is able to
satisfy his needsand others’
needs too
Person is
fulfilled!
Other people share their
abilities and capacities
fulfilled!
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“work for”
“work with”
a vision of becoming a
certain kind of individual
(one’s expression of hisor her self-actualization)
other people for the
attainment of thecommon good
(mutual satisfaction
of their needs)
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“work for”
“work with”
SELF-FULFILLMENT
PARTICIPATION in the
COMMON GOOD
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BUSINESS
OWNER
Person is alienated!
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Person is alienated from oneself
The person’s
uniqueness and
freedom are not
reflected in the
product
The person’s
creativity and
rationality are not
reflected in the
product
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A carpenter can build beautiful houses but he has no
decent house
A farmer can plant rice but he goes hungry
A teacher can teach in a good school but he cannot
afford to send his children to a good school
Person is alienated from the product
Person can use his creativity for
others but cannot use it for himself
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Person is alienated from the PRODUCTIVE process
The person’s uniqueness and freedom are limited by
the PRODUCTION process (e.g. job descriptions)
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Person is alienated from the PRODUCTIVE process
The person is only a part of the whole experience of
the mechanical production process
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Person is alienated from the PRODUCTIVE process
The person is a
COG in the machine
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Person is alienated from others
The person “works with” the technical means of
production
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Person is alienated from others
The person “works for” pre-imposed job descriptions
and claimers of produce
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Person is alienated from others
Other human beings are seen as competitors instead
as collaborators
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BUSINESS
OWNER
Person is alienated from others
Can enjoy the
luxuries of life
Can only afford
the basic needs
Exploited!
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Subjective
Objective
Labor has priority over capital..
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Objective dimension
The instruments of work
The fruit of one’s work
How does the product
of work express the
person’s uniqueness?
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The person as the basis orsubject of work
“does he experience acertain level of fulfillment inworking?”
What happens to the
person working?
Subjective dimension
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Subjective Objective
Externalization orobjectification of the
person’s nature (hiscapacities andabilities)
Other people admirethis painting
Their need foraesthetics has been
satisfied
Da Vinci is affirmedbecause his
creativity has beenrecognized
He is an artist(functional)
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The Mona Lisa is Da Vinci’s masterpiece
When you say Da Vinci, you remember the Mona Lisa
When you see the Mona Lisa, you think of Da Vinci
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Subjective
Objective
“BEING”
“HAVING”
You cannot “be” unless you first “have.”
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Think critically:
• What makes
unemployment a great
immorality?
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CAUSE:
The person doing it has dignity
To develop one’s potentials and
express one’s uniqueness, thereby
experiencing self-actualization
PURPOSE:
References
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How would you rank them?
VCA driver
custodial engineer dean
La Salle Brother security officerattendance checker college professor
secretary guidance counselor
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What is your basis?
“The basis for determining the value of human
work is not primarily the kind of work being
done but the fact that the one who is doing it
is a person. The sources of the dignity of workare to be sought primarily in the subjective
dimension, not in the objective one.“
Laborem Exercens, 6
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What is your basis?
The value of work is not measured on
the kind of work, but on the person
who does the work
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References: