ESP

• Governance


  The act or process of governing or overseeing the control and direction of something (such as a country or an organization)
• Good Governance


  Good governance relates to the political and institutional processes and outcomes that are necessary to achieve the goals of development. The true test of 'good' governance is the degree to which it delivers on the promise of human rights: civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.
• Election


  A periodical process by which people vote for new leaders and usher in a new government administration
• Graft


  The unscrupulous use of one's position to derive profit or advantages
• Corruption


  The moral degradation which is the result of graft. It is the act of doing something which is morally incorrect or the process of being evil or wicked.
• transparency refers to holding public officials accountable for their operations. This means sharing information and acting plainly. Free access to information is a key element in promoting this.
• Another key attribute for good governance is responsibility. A good governance should know what their duty is to people and their state.
• Accountability includes the existence of mechanisms where there is certainty that public officials and political leaders are responsible for their actions, responsible for the use of public resources and transparency of government and media freedom.
• Citizen participation is a key element of a good governance system. It provides private individuals and groups the opportunity to inform, influence, monitor and evaluate public decisions, processes, and actions.
• Responsiveness - Good governance needs institutions and processes to attempt to serve all stakeholders within a reasonable time.
• Sexuality


  A part of one's personhood and should not be thought of merely as a concept separated from one's feelings, values and relationships
• Dignity


  The quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed
• Human persons


  • Fundamentally equal by virtue of common dignity as persons
  • Sufficiently diverse so that originality and uniqueness of each person must be taken into account
• Human rights


  • Fundamental rights of man essential for the exercise of human dignity
  • Inalienable patrimony of all irrespective of nationality, color, language or creed
  • Inviolable in the sense that they cannot be suppressed without responsibility
  • Respect for these rights becomes the test whether human dignity is being respected or not
• Human dignity = Person’s possession of basic rights:

  the essential rights to clothing and shelter; the right to free self-expression within the context of social cooperation; the right to basic equality before the law.
• Human Dignity = Basic respect of persons

  the respect that will allow them to develop their own potential to make some personal contribution to common goals and to feel a home in an environment within which they are known and acknowledged.
• Human Dignity=human being has a personal worth

  the task of society is to acknowledge and develop that worth.
• Human dignity = emphasizes that social or biological handicaps affecting an individual do not lessen his or her personal worth.
• Human Dignity= does not admit degrees and is universal regardless of gender, age, religion, creed, race or color.
• Human Dignity= man possessing freedom and reason, therefore, cannot be used as an object or as a means for an end.
• The union of a man and a woman becomes enriched by the coming of a baby into their lives. Many women feel complete the moment they conceive a tiny life in their womb as a result of this union.
• The sanctity of life refers to the idea or principle that human life, beginning from the period of conception until death, is sacred and inviolable. The Philippines recognizes this idea of the sanctity of life so much that it has enacted laws recognizing the rights of the unborn child. The fetus inside the mother's womb is already a living being, and as such, is entitled to certain rights and privileges. One of these is the right to be born alive.
• Abortion

  deliberate eradication of a human embryo fetus
• HUMAN STERILIZATION

  A TYPE OF BIRTH CONTROL WHERE A PART OF THE HUMAN SYSTEM IS ALTERED; THE PROCESS OF STERILIZATION FOR WOMEN IS TUBAL LIGATION, WHEREAS FOR MEN. REPRODUCTIVE IT IS VASECTOMY.
• Human cloning

  A PROCESS OF PRODUCING AND/OR PROPAGATING COPIES OF HUMAN BEINGS
• Contraception

  A METHOD OF FERTILITY CONTROL OR PREVENTING PREGNANCY.
• Embryonic stem cell research

  USE OF BLASTULAS (FERTILIZED EGG MADE UP OF ONLY 100 CELLS) FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
• Euthanasia

  MERCY KILLING; ACT OF KILLING OR PERMITTING THE DEATH OF HOPELESSLY SICK/INJURED PERSON.
• Murder

  act of killing someone
• Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
• Capital punishment refers to the process of sentencing convicted offenders to death for the most serious crimes (capital crimes) and carrying out that sentence.
• War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.
• truth

  is simply described as a fact or a thing that is accepted to be true. -Accepting, honoring and respecting a truth is a significant practice essential in building an honest and peaceful society.
• Backbiting - also called talebearing -it means biting someone behind his/her back
• Character Assassination -is a deliberate attempt to destroy a person’s reputation and credibility.
• Detraction - it is the sin of revealing another person’s faults to a third person without a valid reason.
• Gossip or Idle Talk - is to repeat what one hears about other people and their affairs.
• Calumny -it is a false statement made to harm someone. It refers to the telling of someone’s faults to destroy his/her reputation.
• Slander - a form of oral defamation in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another to harm the reputation of the person defamed.
• Jocose lies - A type wherein it is stated or uttered solely to bring pleasure. It is expressed to entertain but lying is not intentional