UNIVERSIDAD MANUELA BELTRÁN

Dirección de Pedagogía y Humanidades

Coordinación de Internacionalización Humanidades
Propuesta de actividades de bilingüismo
Asignatura: Ética (sesión Ética y Ciudadanía)
Docentes a cargo: Roberto Altahona Cañavera y Carlos Andrés Barragán Díaz

1. Emplear de un modo eficaz los conceptos estudiados en clase usando la segunda lengua
para afianzar vocabulario sobre la filosofía política (To use in an effective way the concepts
that have been employed in class using the second language to strengthen the political
philosophy.)

Key Vocabulary: Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word.

Industrial Capitalism Parliamentary monarchy Modern State Liberalism

Bourgeoisie Utilitarianism

Example: Marxism philosophical, political and economic system that rejects capitalism and
defends the construction of a classless and stateless.

_______________model of production and economic and social organization.

_______________ representative government through a census.
_______________ philosophical thought that promotes happiness.
_______________ a territory with certain borders, a common government by authorities and
a sense of national and cultural identification.
_______________ political philosophy that advocates individual freedom, private initiative
and limited state intervention.
_______________ a social class characterized by not feudal lords and serfs and not belong
nor the privileged classes (nobility and clergy) and the peasantry.

2. Content: Try to find the key vocabulary in the following text, Underline and highlight the
main idea in red. After identifying some features of Marxist political philosophy. Pay
attention to the words in bold and try to paraphrase them.

The materialist conception of history Marx summarized in these words, in a brief paragraph
of the "Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy"

In the social production of their existence, men enter into definite, necessary relations
independent of their will, relations of production which correspond to a certain degree of
development of their material productive forces. The totality of these relations constitutes the
economic structure of society, that is, the real basis on which a legal and political
superstructure rises and to which correspond definite forms of social consciousness. In
general, the mode of production of material life conditions the social, political and spiritual
processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but on the
contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness. At a certain stage of
development the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing
relations of production or, to use the equivalent legal term, with the property relations within
which they have operated hitherto. From forms of development that were the productive
forces these relations turn into their fetters them. Then begins an epoch of social revolution1.

3. Write T (true) or F (false) in front of the statements according to the text. Correct the false
ones.
➢ In the social production of their existence, men do not fall in production
relations.____________________________
➢ the real basis upon which a legal and political superstructure rises in society is through
a pact establishing men____________________
➢ social consciousness is the set of relations of production constitutes the economic
structure of society__________________________________
➢ the mode of production of material life conditions the social, political and spiritual
processes of life ___
➢ It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but on the contrary,
their social being that determines their
consciousness_________________________________
➢ At a certain stage of development material productive forces of society come into
conflict with the existing relations of production_______________________
➢ the social revolution is opposed by forces that exist between the material productive
forces and production relations____________________________________

4. Work in small groups and decide whether you agree or disagree with the statements below.
Take some notes in English or your own language.

 It should be the woman`s right to choose. Ultimately, it`s her body and so it`s her
decision alone.
 If you`re mature enough to make a baby, then you`re mature enough to take care of
it.
 I believe all life is sacred and so abortion is a criminal act to me.
 With so many other options, like adoption, I don`t see why an abortion is ever
necessary.
 If abortion is illegal, it only means more backstreet abortions will happen and that is
dangerous for the women concerned.

5. Match the words (Column A) with their corresponding definitions (Column B)

1 http://www.webdianoia.com/contemporanea/marx/marx_fli_mat_dia.htm
Column A Column B
a. Is a mental state of well-being characterized by
1. Moral ( ) positive emotions.
2. Axiology ( ) b. Not in accordance with what is morally right or
3. Politics ( ) good.
4. Customs ( ) c. Is the concept of doing the right thing. Is a basic
5. Happiness ( ) guideline for living.
6. Philosophy ( ) d. Is a form of government in which the power is
7. Democracy ( ) held by citizens.
8. Wrong ( ) e. A practice followed by people of a particular
group or region.
f. The term is generally applied to the art or science
of running governmental or state affairs.
g. Is the study of quality or value. It is often taken
to include ethics and aesthetics.
h. Is the study of general and fundamental
problems, such as those connected with
existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and
language