Barut, Kristalyn Ruby P.

PS1022/ PolS11

Prof. Reynold Agnes T/F 06:00-07:30PM AB310

RATIONALIST AND POSITIVIST ANALYSIS We, too, the Filipino, must find a way to look at the Marcos legal issue from the point of morality and justice, then hold our ground because of conviction. But we, too, the Filipino, must find a way to look at the Marcos burial from the point of culture, family and even kindness. The wrong of Marcos and the burial of Marcos are very related concerns, but they are not the same. In that perspective may come the elusive hard to find answer. - By: Jose Ma. Montelibano on Let Marcos Be Buried
It is evident that Montelibanos view point here is underlying on rationalist type of thinking. From the point of culture, family and kindness to the very related concerns such as the state development that Marcos had worked onto during his term is a sufficient reason why he deserves to be buried on elsewhere that he ought to. And disregarding the evident factual idea that Marcos had once violated human rights during his regime, that there are illegally-amassed gather together wealth of the country and whatever pride he had or hoped to keep as a legacy is forever tainted corrupt somebody morally. And my assessment on this particular issue being rationally analyzed is that, in rational point, we must still consider the fact that a respect to the dead must be given freely and unquestioned inasmuch as Marcos deserved it though and that of the right as mandated by the laws of our country that dead bodies must be buried and be awarded with decent funeral and burial must be a privilege to whoever citizen of this country to have. On the other hand, in a positivist point of view, as what I aforementioned above that Montelibano attempted to disregard, we must put in our minds that Marcos did violated a mass of human rights and manipulated the supreme law of the land, our Constitution. These cases presented are sufficient evidences even without any more analysis needed to support as such. Arguably, both points of view has something to do with the unresolved issue of the Marcos burial that still hunts the nation for years already. Preferably, as what Montelibano stated in his editorial regarding this matter that whatever the surveys say, and I believe them, there is something surveys cannot measure very well and that is passion. A committed minority will win over a majority who answer survey questions with their minds, not their hearts. I agree on this notion that he is trying to imply, that of upon being rational enough can solve this unclosed case and upon agreeing, I oppose in with some considerations that must take place in order to justifiably give an end point on this issue such as evidences that are still running in our courts, cases filed against him and asking him for compensation. Moreover, as what could be rationally considered here also is the fact that the culprit is already dead so the rational question here would be What else would be the point of all these? We cannot bring him to life and let him be punished so why not give him a break from all of these and give some rest in peace? But on the positivistic point of view, how about the souls of the ones who are once a victim of his cruelty? Dont they deserve peace also? It is a two-way basis and therefore be considered fairly.