GLOBALIZATION
AND ITS
CRITICAL
CHALLENGES
ROSELYN F. PANOPIO, Maed, LPT, RPM
Intended Learning
Outcomes:
• Explain the meaning of globalization
• Identify the moral challenges that globalization brings
• Describe millennials and fillennials
• Point out traits of the millennials and fillennials that are
inimical to their moral development as human persons.
• Differentiate ethics from religion
Globalization – the erosion of national boundaries and the
reduced significance of national governments. It is moving
from a world with borders to a world without.
Jan Scholte, an expert in globalization, gave five different
interpretations of globalization
1. Internalization – refers to cross-border relations between
countries. These relations include trade, finance,
communication which create international
interdependence among nations and peoples.
2. Liberalization – focuses on “open, borderless world
economy.” Trade and foreign exchange as well as travel
barriers are abolished or reduced, making it possible to
participate in the world as a whole.
3. Universalization – refers to the various ways in
which a synthesis of cultures has taken place, etc.
such as having a common calendar, shared
common technology.
4. Modernization – refers to the ways that social
structures of modernity – capitalism, science,
movies, music have spread throughout the world.
5. Deterritorialization – means that in a highly
globalized world “social space” is no longer wholly
mapped in terms of territorial places… and borders.
Moral Challenges of
•Globalization
Global Ethics – implies growth from local or national to global
moral consciousness
• There are global problems or issues that require corresponding
ethical considerations.
1. Global Poverty –. Is there a moral duty to help the global poor?
2. Migration – People living in poor places, or being ruled by
oppressive, dictatorial or tyrannic regimes long to migrate to
places where they believe life is better. The moral issue is
whether or not the receiving countries, in a Christian spirit, will
simply open their doors without considering the negative
impact of the migrants on their own citizens.
Moral Challenges of
Globalization
3. Environmental Ethics – states that there is a moral duty of moral agents
“to protect or at least refrain from damaging” the environment. Why should I
not dump my garbage to another country? It is a great possibility that
through globalization, some citizen of the other country did not obey to the
environmental ethics.
4. Pluralism vs. Fundamentalism
Pluralism – is the recognition and affirmation of diversity within a political
body, which permits the peaceful coexistence of different interests,
convictions, and lifestyles. The question is “What is morally best for all
parties and what is legal or lawful?
Fundamentalism – this refers to any sect or movement within a religion that
emphasizes a rigid adherence to what is conceives of as the fundamental
principles of its faith, usually resulting in a denouncement of alternative
practices and interpretations.
Moral Challenges of
Globalization
1. To expand moral and ethical consciousness
2. To observe global ethics
3. To find common grounds among pluralistic
societies and build on what is morally best for all
parties and not what is legal or lawful.
4. To engage in a genuine dialogue with
fundamentalists toward mutual understanding
and affirmation.
Millennials and
Fillennials: Ethical
Challenges and
Responses
ROSELYN F. PAMOPIO, Maed, LPT, RPM
Millennials
• Born from 1981 to 1996 and known as
generation Y
• They were preceded by Generation X
(1965 to 1980)
• Followed by generation Z (1997 to
2012)
Characteristics of Millennials
• Overly demanding • Tolerant of diversity
• Uncommitted to the • Family-focused and
common workplace have a better life
• Confident balance
• High self-esteem and • Utilize technology a lot
assertiveness • Socially responsible
• Achievement-focused
• Enjoy working in teams
• Feel accountable for
their actions
Common complaints against
Millennials from Baby
Boomers
• Lacking in social skills
• Overly service-focused
• Impatient for change
• Demanding (look-at-me generation)
• Want-it-all generation
• Want-it-now generation
• Too confident
• Lacking in work ethics
• Overambitious
• Lower levels of cognitive reasoning
Fillennials
• Filipino millennials have their own unique characteristics and
thus are specifically called Fillennials.
• Who have YOLO mind set (You Only Live Once)
• Social media dependent
• Selfie-generation
• Narcissist – Me, Me, Me Generation
• Fun-loving, self-expressive, liberal
• Politically and socially-engaged
• Short attention span
THE BENEFITS OF YOLO
• Devoting more time to what they most truly enjoy
• Not worrying
• Devote more time to activities and relationships
that promote positivity and feeling good.
• Life is more scarce to them
• Less on negative things
THE DOWNSIDE OF YOLO
• Unruly behavior
• Drive more reckless or promote
reckless behavior
• More daring
The Religious
Response: The Role of
Religion in Ethics
ROSELYN F. PAMOPIO, Maed, LPT, RPM
The Religious Response: The Role of Religion in Ethics
• Both ethics and religion are concerned with the most fundamental questions
of human existence.
• The role of religion in ethics is this: religion is the foundation of ethics, for
theists.
• Theists draw their ethical views from their religion.
• Religion draws answer to what is moral and ethical from revelation as written
in Scriptures and as “lived by their prophets and Jesus Christ.
• Religion makes clear and concrete what is ethical through revelation.
• Religion is in support of ethics not contrary to ethics
• Ethics determines what is good and bad, moral and immoral through light of
reason
• Ethics gets its answers to what is moral and ethical from reason and experience.
