Ownership and Social Relationship

By: Manuel Dy

ACTIVITY: Puzzle

Ownership the ultimate and exclusive right conferred by a

lawful claim or title, and subject to certain restrictions to enjoy, occupy, possess, rent, sell, use, give away or even destroy an item of property.

Ownership may be corporeal( title to a tangible object such as a house) or incorporeal( title to an intangible object, such as a copyright, or a right to recover debt). Possession ( as in tenancy) does not necessarily mean ownership because it does not automatically transfer title.

Social Relationship social relationship can be defined as a

relationship that is primarily initiated with the purpose of friendship, socialization, enjoyment or accomplishing a task.

Mutual needs are met during social interaction.

The philosophical Foundation of the Rights of OwnershipIn becoming oneself, the human person has to interact with outer in

order to survive and care for his corporeal existence.The human person is embodied spirit.The person’s bodily existence depends on his having to the good of the

earth, to calling material things his own.Ownership is based on the every nature of man as embodied and

contributes to his being a person. Everyone has the right to having a share of earthly goods sufficient for oneself and one’s family.

This right involves the power of disposal by use, consumption, sale, donation, bequest; the right to the fruit of property; the right to make property a source of gain, and the right to restitution. Because ownership is so intimately linked to the human person, the right of ownership has often been identified with private property.

In this regard, natural law ethics for instance dictates the institution of private as an extension of the human person because the individual person by nature desires property.

The term “Private”, can also include group property, the state’s collective ownership, and that of a federation of states.

The right to ownership must be placed in this context, as an instrument by means of which a person is able to relate to others and to recognize their own right to live as a human person.

Thus , the right to private property is not absolute but limited. It is “ subordinated t o the right of common use, to the fact that goods are meant for every one”. It is limited by the right also of others to possess a guarantee for their existence.

The right of ownership then is the right of every person to partake of the goods of the earth in order to become himself in relation to others in society.

The Evolution Of Property The Roman Civilization The Germanic Tribes The Middle Ages The Renaissance and the Reformation

The Roman CivilizationInitiated the differentiation of the family from the tribal

bond.The familial became the most important unit, an economic

and a political unit together with the states.The head of the family, the pater familias assumed almost

absolute and total control over the persons and things of the family, his authority emanating from sacred tradition.

Everything belongs of the family, including the cults and temple gods called the “ Patrimony"

The Germanic TribesThe authority of the states and revived the old dominium structure

but with the landlords exercising power over their domain and vassals instead of the old patres familias.

Since agriculture was the main economic activity, the seigniorial system developed.

The feudal lord owned the grounds and their inhabitants, and the vassal used the land and rendered loyal service to the lord

Existed during this time was not really a socialistic property right because the individual and group constituted an organic undifferentiated whole

This was no different from the Roman dominion except that the Germanic feudal system admitted more relationships beyond that of the family

The Middle AgeTwelfth century saw the growth of commerce and industry,

adding various horizontal corporate bonds to the vertical relationship of the feudal system

towns., guilds, market associations gave birth to social property with rights and restrictions crisscrossing those of the feudal system.

The Renaissance and the Reformation

Birth to a new economic life beyond that of the farm and the craft, commercial capitalism.

Production grew to satisfy not only existing needs but the desire for profit

ModernizationThree features characterized presented by Max weber called rationalityimplications do the features of modernization have on property and

social relations ? First , the rise of science and technology and their institutionalization

has led to the treatment of property as a form of social capitalSecond the bureaucracy prevalent in modern institutions whether of

government or the enterprise, the management and control of production require many abilities and skills that the individual owner may not have.

Thirdly, the socio- cultural pluralism of modernization has given rise to many varied forms of ownership and has broadened the function of personal property. And personal property consists mostly now of owning money and abstract titles of ownership which can be spent and used for a decent living and to provide education for the children.

The Moral Problem and Principle

The moral problem regarding ownership has to do with justice and Injustice

The conflict between equality and equity.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.The person is an embodied to?a.Spiritb.Emotionalc.Physicald.Morality

Answer: A

2. The power of disposal by use is?a.Consumptionb.Salec.Donationd.All of the above

Answer: D

3. This is not really used to individual right for what belonged to a person was that person himself?

a.Utensilsb.Utensils and ornamentsc.Ornamentsd.Primitive

Answer: b

4. The factor’s characterize by modern society?

a.Technology , morality and bureaucracyb.Technology bureaucracy and social-cultural

pluralismc.Technology, bureaucracy and culturald.Cultural, technology and spiritual

Answer:b

5. Who’s the author of ownership and social relationship?a.Manuel Lub.Manuel Dyc.MANUELA Dyd.Manuel Le

Answer: b