DISS april

• Rational Choice Theory


  Individuals use their self-interests to make choices that will provide them with the greatest benefit. People weigh their options and make the choice they think will serve them best.
• Elster (1989): 'When faced with several courses of action, people usually do what they believe is likely to have the best overall outcome'
• Marginal Utility


  Theory advanced by William Stanley Jevons, sought application in determining and understanding consumer behavior
• Equation of Change


  Concept identified by William Stanley Jevons
• Cesare Beccaria


  Founder of Rational Choice Theory
• Gary Becker


  American Economist who expanded the study of Economics to the realm of sociology and the other social sciences
• Rational Choice Theory is heavily criticized for its neglect of ethical and moral standards. The main philosophy of Rational Choice Theory is the acquisition of personal interests, power, and wealth. It is not strict with the method and the product of decision-making.
• Feminism


  A range of political movements, ideologies and social movements that share a common goal which is to define and advance political, economic personal and social rights for women.
• Basic principles of Feminism


  • Working to increase equality
  • Expanding human choice
  • Eliminating Gender stratification
  • Ending sexual violence and promoting sexual freedom
• Mary Wollstonecraft


  Wrote a book in 1972 titled 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women', founder of feminism
• Origin of the word 'Feminism'


  Comes from the Latin word 'femina' meaning woman and ‘Ismus’ meaning practice
• Charles Fourier


  Believed all important jobs should be open to women on the basis of skill and aptitude rather than gender, coined the term 'Feminism'
• Waves of Feminism


  • 1st wave (19th century, focused on issues like suffrage)
  • 2nd wave (1960s-1980s, focused on civil rights and sexual equality)
  • 3rd wave (late 1990s, emphasized difference of sex and gender, eradication of rape culture)
• Liberal Feminism


  An individualistic form of feminist thought
• Socialist Feminism


  A branch of feminism that focuses on both private and public spheres of a woman's life
• Radical Feminism


  A perspective within feminism that calls for a radical rendering of society, an idea to change the whole system to promote equality
• FILIPINO THINKERS

  Social Thinkers: Individuals who can be regarded as visionaries toward the improvement of society in a particular time
• Dr. Jose Rizal


  One of the most renowned social thinkers and our national hero Jose Rizal, he dedicated his life through his writings: Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo
• Andres Bonifacio


  Founder of the revolutionary society
• Manuel L. Quezon


  Envisioned a government that exercise equality of wealth
• Apolinario Mabini


  Known as "The Paralytic" and "The Brains of the Revolution"
• Renato Constantino


  He defined Nationalism as an expression of reality that "we have a country of our own, which must be kept our own."
• Camilo Osias


  He advocated that the educational system must contribute towards the achievement of education by inculcating in the minds and hearts of the youth the value of preserving the patrimony of the country, promoting the general welfare of the people.
• Rafael Palma


  He believes in Academic Freedom and advocated that "Education must produce individuals who are both useful to themselves and to society
• Jorge Bocobo


  Filipino culture and tradition should be the basis of a truly Filipino education, he equated education with patriotism and nationalism and believed that education is means of preparing the individual for a democratic way of life.
• R. Esquivel Embuscado


  Known for his "art of dissectionism."
• Isabelo delos Reyes


  He was known as the "Father of Filipino Socialism
• Lourdes Quisumbing


  Marked the expansion of free public education to the secondary level, an increase in the share of education in the national budget, rationalization of higher education, and an emphasis on values education
• Emilio Jacinto


  patrionized the ideals ”free reign of season, of the freedom to think and do.”