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Chapter I: Background Study

One of the greatest events that challenged the entire Filipino society was the EDSA People power revolution happened on the 25th day of February 1986, a history that put the power on the hands of the Filipino people, considered to be the moment of the great emancipation from coercion. It was an ideal decision that freed the people and won the freedom of right politics. Based on the historical data gathered, the regime of Marcos, although with lots of positive perceptions made him reign for a long period of time, the negative application of force still manifested on the different dimensions of his government, which triggered the people to protest and make an action against. The task of right government which is the social order has vanished in the latter part of his term. The relationship and orientation of things folded into chaos. People, eventually seek for a new reform, a reformation that will lead them somehow to the ideal city, a place where peace, truth, equality and order reign, and this, was marked as the beginning of the modern historical revolution. The Filipino people at that moment, whether not all were totally present still fulfilled the dream of a new reformation. The whole society stood as “Homo Particepts” and “Homo Contemplans” and not as a mere“HomoSpectans”. One of the tasks of government is to maintain the social order in the society. This can be seen in the different institutions and codified laws being implemented within. The authorities also have the objective of making the economy in the summit of progress and not to exclude the oppressed to the map of flourishing. It is also their duty to make balance reciprocity between the elite and the marginalized, a humanitarian implication of social justice in the realm of social order. One of the prominent figures of 20th century Philosophy is Michel Foucault; he explored the shifting patterns of power within a

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