Course Title: Ethics

Course Code: ETH 0008 Course Credit: 3 Units

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Practical cognitive tools, including the ability to clarify important terms, draw important distinctions, think
critically and consistently about moral issues.
2. Identify and distinguish important ethical concepts, principles, and theories.
3. Apply these concepts, principles, and theories both to controversial moral and social issues and to everyday
ethical decision-making.
4. Reframe and creatively solve ethical problems.
5. Engage in “Community of Inquiry” who collaboratively engage in purposeful critical discourse and
reflection to construct personal meaning and confirm mutual understanding.
6. Engage in substantive personal reflection about the relationship between moral obligations and values and
living a good life.

COURSE OUTLINE

I. Introduction
A. Philosophy
B. Logical Reasoning
C. Moral Philosophy
D. Why study ethics?
Synthesis
II. Cultural Relativism
III. Subjectivism
IV. Supernaturalism
V. Intuitionism
Synthesis
VI. Consistency
VII. The Golden Rule
VIII. Moral Rationality
Synthesis
IX. Consequentialism
X. Non-consequentialism
XI. Virtue
XII. Natural law
Synthesis

CLASS REQUIREMENTS:
 Performance task (group or individual)= 50%
 Written Outputs = 25%
 Major exams = 25%

RUBRICS FOR EVALUATION:

Content= Is it within the scope? Is it relevant?
Depth= What is its lingering message?
Organization: How was the manner of presentation? Is it coherent?

Main reference:
Gensler, Harry J. Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. 2011.

Prepared by: Regina Flor O. Peña

1st sem SY 2019-2020
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila