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HUMAN DIGNITY
Human dignity is something that cant be
taken away. Each and every person has value,
are worthy of great respect and must be free
from slavery, manipulation and exploitation.

Human dignity is inviolable and it must be

respected and protected. The dignity of the
human person is not only a fundamental right
in itself, but constitutes the basis of
fundamental rights in international law.

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

enshrined this principle in its preamble:
recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal
and inalienable rights of all members of the human
family is the foundation of freedom, justice and
peace in the world.

1. HEALTH AND HARMONY WITH NATURE

HOLISTIC HEALTH

RESPECT FOR LIFE

PHYSICAL FITNESS

ENVIRONMENTAL CARE

2. TRUTH AND WISDOM

CRITICAL THINKING/HOLISTIC THINKING
FUTURES ORIENTATION

ENLIGHTENMENT/INSIGHT

SCIENTIFIC HUMANISM

3. LOVE AND COMPASSION

SELF-WORTH/SELF-CONFIDENCE/SELF-ACTUALIZATION
HONESTY/INTEGRITY

SELF-DISCIPLINE
AND SHARING

EMPATHY/CARING

4. CREATIVITY AND APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY

IMAGINATION

INTUITIVE SENSE

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

SENSITIVITY

5. PEACE AND JUSTICE

RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

TOLERANCE
CO-OPERATION

EQUALITY
ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE

6. SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND EQUITY
PRODUCTIVITY/EFFICIENCY
STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES
SIMPLICITY

WORK ETHIC/INDUSTRY

7. NATIONAL UNITY AND GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

LOVE OF COUNTRY INTERDEPENDENCE
DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
ACTIVE & RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP GLOBAL PEACE
UNITY IN DIVERSITY

8. GLOBAL SPIRITUALITY
FAITH IN THE SACRED SOURCE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
INNER PEACE

UNITY AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS

HEALTH AND HARMONY WITH

NATURE
FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN PERSON

Health used to mean the absence of disease but today it

has taken on a more comprehensive meaning because the
interrelationships between physical health and the other
dimensions of a person are being considered.

OBJECTIVES:
TO ENABLE VALUERS TO:

Demonstrate a positive attitude and desirable habits

toward keeping oneself physically and mentally fit;

Enhance ones physical and spiritual well-being through

strategies for self-integration;

Implement a continuing program for physical fitness

appropriate to ones interest, time and bodily needs;

Commit to the promotion and practice of respect for life

and other forms of life in the environment

Commit to integrating environmental concern into the

practice of ones chosen lifework and to contributing
actively towards sustainable development; and

Practice center that prevents environmental degradation

to safeguard the rights of the future generations.

Holistic health, a state of physical, mental, social and

spiritual well-being.

PHYSICAL

SOCIAL

MENTAL

SPIRITUAL

One basic element contributing to a persons general

health is physical fitness, which consists of a positive
attitude and desirable habits toward keeping oneself
physically and mentally fit.

Respect for life is a

fundamental value
related to health and
harmony with nature.
People must take care of
their bodies and guard
against the destruction of
human life. Likewise,
people should protect
other forms of life on
earth as stewards of all
creation.

Environmental concern calls for a sense of caring and

responsibility for the natural environment.

Peoples concern for

environmental quality
safeguards the interests
of the future
generations.

INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL LIFE

FORMS
ECOSYSTEM: AN INTERDEPENDENT SET UP OF BIOTIC, I.E.
LIVING ELEMENTS SUCH AS PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND OF
ABIOTIC, I.E. NON LIVING ELEMENTS SUCH AS SUNLIGHT,
GLASSES, MINERALS THAT SUSTAIN LIFE.

 ECOLOGY: SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS

OF ORGANISMS TO EACH OTHER AND THE ECOSYSTEM IN
WHICH THEY LIVE.

 ENVIRONMENT : ALL THE ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR

INTERRELATIONSHIPS TO ONE ANOTHER. ENVIRONMENT
HAS EXTENDED ITS MEANING TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE
ECOSYSTEMS BUT THE POLITICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL
AND OTHER EXTERNAL INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT IT.

 STEWARDSHIP: OUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE USE OF

WHAT WE HAVE, HOPEFULLY FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS
(MCGINNIS, PARENTING FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE)

 NEEDS: WHAT SCIENTISTS AGREE A PERSON REQUIRES

TO SUSTAIN LIFE AND TO FOSTER GROWTH OF DESIRABLE
HUMAN POTENTIALS (SIDNEY JOURARD, HEALTHY
PERSONALITY); A STATE OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND
SOCIAL WELL-BEING (PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS VALUES EDUCATION
FRAMEWORK).

FACT SHEET:

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE OCEANS

INCLUDE, IN PARTICULAR, OVER-FISHING AND MARINE POLLUTION.

SOURCES OF MARINE POLLUTION INCLUDE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE,

INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL RUN OFF, OIL SPILLS AND THE
DUMPING OF TOXIC AND OTHER HAZARDOUS WASTES.

THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF SPACE JUNK IS A POLLUTION

PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN LARGELY OVERLOOKED.

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CAUSED BY SUCH FACTORS AS

OVEREXPLOITATION OF THE LAND, DROUGHT AND GLOBAL
CLIMACTIC CHANGES LEADS TO DEEPENING POVERTY AND FAMINE

THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR PRESENTS US WITH THE

POSSIBILITY OF UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM
DESTRUCTION.

NORMALLY, CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH IS ABSORBED BY PLANTS,

IS ONLY 3 PER CENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE BUT IN THE LAST
CENTURY, IT HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 25 PER CENT.

THE EARLIEST CENSUS FOR FISH CATCH WAS CONDUCTED IN

1903, WHICH REVEALED AN ESTIMATED 4.2 TONS PER FISHERMAN
PER YEAR. THIS ESTIMATE DECREASED TO 1.8 TONS IN 1980.

ONLY 3 PER CENT OF THE WORLDS WATER IS FRESH I.E. NOT

SALTY SEAWATER.

ACTIVITY
INVITES PARTICIPANTS TO PICTURE THEIR BODY IN THEIR
MIND. AS THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THEIR IMAGINATION,
THEY WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PRESENT STATE OF
THEIR BODY. THEN, THEY WILL RECALL THE VARIOUS
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED
IT IN THE PAST. THEY WILL ALSO CONSIDER HOW THEIR
BODY HAS BEEN COPING WITH THESE ELEMENTS SO FAR.

SHARE YOUR REFLECTIONS FROM THE

EXPERIENCE WITH A SEATMATE

HEALTH PRACTICES
Positive
practices

Negative
practices

Possible
solutions

LIST DOWN SOME OF YOUR HEALTH PRACTICES: NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE

IN THE NEGATIVE WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS YOU CAN DO IN ORDER
TO CORRECT SUCH PRACTICE

BRAINSTORM WHAT IN THEIR OPINION WOULD

CONSTITUTE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. THIS
SHOULD RANGE FROM DIETARY PRACTICES TO
LIFESTYLE

AFTER THE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS, EACH

GROUP WILL PRESENT THEIR OUTPUT.

AN EMPHASIS COULD BE GIVEN TO THE IDEA OF

CARING FOR ONES BODY NOT FOR SELF SERVING

PURPOSES, BUT RATHER FOR MORE EFFECTIVE
SERVICE TO OTHERS.