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Republic of the Philippines

CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
TUBURAN CAMPUS
Brgy 8, Poblacion Tuburan, Cebu, Philippines
Website: http://www.ctu.edu.ph E-mail:info-tuburan@ctu.edu.ph
Tel. No .: +6332 463 9313 loc. 102

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

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GEC-ETHICS

ETHICS

1st Semester, A.Y. 2020-2021

Department/Area :
Curriculum :
Curricular Year :
No. of Hours/Sem : 54 hours
Credit Unit (s) : 3 units
Prerequisites : None

Vision of the University:

The premier multidisciplinary - technological university

Mission of the University:

Provide advanced professional and technical instruction for special purposes, advanced studies in industrial trade, agriculture, fishery,
forestry, aeronautics, and land-based programs, arts and sciences, health sciences, information technology, and other relevant fields of study. It shall
undertake research, production and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.
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Goals of the University:

The University shall produce scientifically and technologically oriented human capital equipped with appropriate knowledge, skills, and
attitudes. It shall likewise produce relevant research, strengthen linkages with the industry, community and other institutions and maintain sustainable
technology for the preservation of the environment.

Program Outcomes:
Common to all programs in all types of schools
PO a – Articulate and discus the latest developments in the specific field of practice (PQF level 6 descriptor)
PO b – Communicate effectively through oral and in written forms using both English and Filipino
PO c – Work effectively and independently in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
PO d – Act in recognition of professional, social, and ethical responsibilities
PO e – Preserve and promote “Filipino historical and cultural heritage” (based on RA 7722)

Common to the Discipline: Graduates of this program should be able to:

PO a – Recognize the need for and demonstrate the ability for lifelong learning
PO b – Identify multi-perspectives and interrelations among texts and contexts
PO c – Apply analytical and interpretative skills in the study of texts
PO d – Discuss and / or create artistic forms and types
PO e – Demonstrate research skills specific to the sub-disciplines in the humanities
PO f – Use appropriate theories and methodologies critically and creatively
PO g – Appraise the role of humanistic education in the formation of the human being and society

Common to a horizontal type as defined in CMO. No. 46 series of 2012

To participate in the generation of new knowledge or in research and development projects.

Graduates of State Universities and Colleges must, in addition, have the competencies to support “national, regional, and local development
plans.” (RA 7722)

Course Description:

Ethics deals with principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other
shared resources. (CMO 20 s2013)
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Morality pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community. The course discusses the context and
principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of individual, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources. The course
also teaches students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral frameworks and by applying a seven-step moral reasoning model to analyze and solve
moral dilemmas.

The course is organized according to the three (3) main elements of the moral experience: (a) agent, including context — cultural, communal, and environmental;
(b) the act; and (c) reason or framework (for the act).

This course includes the mandatory topic on taxation.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students must be able to:

a. differentiate between moral and non-moral problems;

b. describe what a moral experience is as it happens in different levels of human existence;
c. explain the influence of the Filipino culture on the way they resolve moral dilemmas;
d. describe the elements of the moral experience;
e. use ethical frameworks or principles to analyze moral experiences;
f. make sound ethical judgments based on principles, facts, and stakeholders affected;
g. develop sensitivity to the common good.
h. Understand and internalize the principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the
environment and other shared resources

Course Content:
INTENDED ASSESSMENT TEACHING- CONTENTS LEARNING REFERENCES TIME REMARKS/
LEARNING TASKS LEARNING RESOURCES ALLOCAT EVALUATION
OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES ION NOTES
(DLOs)

Within this Students will Lecture and CTU VMGO CTU Student CTU Student
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semester, the write a one- Discussion Manual Manual

students are page essay on
expected to: the relation and Powerpoint
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College of Arts resources Philosophy.
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being pursued What is Ethics? edu/ethics/
Why study Ethics?

Define ethics

Recognize the
importance of
ethics

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moral standards Activity 1. Moral vs. Non-Moral Manual
from non-moral Group Standards Gert, Bernard and
standards Quiz Discussion: 2. Moral Realism, Moral Powerpoint Gert, Joshua, "The
Definition of
Using their CTU Emotivism, Moral Presentation
Morality", The
Explain moral Homework: Student Manual, Universalism, Moral and/or Lecture Stanford
realism, moral Each student students will Relativism Notes Encyclopedia of 3 hours
emotivism, moral will give an form a group of 3. Moral Dilemmas Philosophy (Fall
universalism, example of a 5 and each 4. Foundation of 2017 Edition),
moral relativism moral dilemma group will Morality: Freedom Internet Edward N. Zalta
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based on their identify and give and Responsibility resources (ed.), URL =
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will?

Determine the Quiz Part I: The Moral Agent Short Film:

role of culture in Short Film “Pitaka”;
moral behavior Viewing and 1. Culture in Moral Available in Westacott, Emrys.
Reflection (Suggested Behavior Youtube: “Moral Relativism”
Internet
Examine whether Paper Film: “Pitaka”) 1.1. Culture and its https://www.yo
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culture role in moral utube.com/wat Philosophy. 3 hours
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plausibility of draw a chart of Sample Guide ethics?
cultural relativism their life’s moral Questions: 1.3. Are there an Timpe, Kevin. “Moral
journey using a 1. What Filipino Asian and a Character”, Internet
bond paper to cultural Filipino Powerpoint Encyclopedia of
Explain how show incipient norms/values understanding of Presentation Philosophy.
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formed or their lives and depicted in the Strengths and Notes edu/moral-ch/
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against Filipino norm or acts that build
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stages of moral norms change acts that emanate "Empirical
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development in time? from character Approaches to Moral

3. What moral 2.2. L. Kohlberg’s Character", The
Assess the virtues are Stages of Moral Stanford
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responses to Presentation S., "Moral
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Encyclopedia of
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Philosophy (Fall
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on reason and in advance the trained response Internet Edward N. Zalta
those based on paper entitled: to moral dilemmas resources (ed.), URL =
feelings “Public 1.2. Why they can be <https://plato.stanfor
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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
1hour
Part III: Frameworks Powerpoint Himma, Kenneth
and Principles Behind Presentation Einar. “Natural Law”,
our Moral Disposition and/or Lecture Internet
Notes Encyclopedia of
Philosophy.
Case Analysis Lecture 1. Natural Law (St.
Available online:
#1 Thomas Aquinas) https://www.iep.utm.
1.1. Moral Goods Internet edu/natlaw/
Quiz Group (self-preservation, resources
Identify and Discussion procreation,
explain the knowledge,
different sociability, Haines, William.
frameworks or fellowship with “Consequentialism”,
normative God) Internet
theories in ethics 1.2. Human Acts and Encyclopedia of
Acts of Man Philosophy.
Available online: 13 hours
Evaluate the 1.3. Modifiers of
https://www.iep.utm.
morality of a Responsibility edu/conseque/
human act or 1.4. Determinants of
character using Morality
the different 1.5. Conscience as Driver, Julia, “The
frameworks in Moral Practical History of
ethics Judgment Utilitarianism”, The
1.6. Principle of Stanford
Analyze moral Double Effect Encyclopedia of
cases using the Philosophy (Winter
moral 2. Utilitarianism 2014 Edition),
Edward N. Zalta
frameworks 2.1. Origins and
(ed.), URL =
Case Analysis Nature of theory <https://plato.stanfor
Assess the #2 (Jeremy Bentham
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plausibility of and John Stuart d.edu/archives/win2

moral Quiz Mill) 014/entries/utilitarian
frameworks 2.2. Act Utilitarianism ism-history/>.
and Rule
Utilitarianism
Nathanson,
2.3. Business’s Stephen. “Act and
fascination with Rule Utilitarianism”,
utilitarianism Internet
Encyclopedia of
3. Deontological Ethics Philosophy.
(Duty Ethics) Available online:
Case Analysis 3.1. Kant’s Moral https://www.iep.utm.
#3 Philosophy edu/util-a-r/
3.1.1. Good Will
Quiz 3.1.2. The
Alexander, Larry and
Categorical
Moore, Michael,
imperative “Deontological
3.2. W.D. Ross Prima Ethics”, The
Facie Duties Stanford
3.3. Rights-Based Encyclopedia of
Moral Theory Philosophy (Winter
2016 Edition),
Edward N. Zalta
(ed.), URL =
<https://plato.stanfor
d.edu/archives/win2
016/entries/ethics-
deontological/>.
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MID-TERM EXAMINATION 1 hours

Case Analysis 4. Virtue Ethics Athanassoulis,

#4 (Aristotle) Nafsika. “Virtue
4.1. Telos (End) of Ethics”, Internet
Quiz Human Life: Encyclopedia of
Philosophy.
Happiness
Available online:
(Eudamonia) https://www.iep.utm.
4.2. Three Kinds of edu/virtue/
Happiness
(Pleasure, Honor, Urbano, Ryan C.,
Contemplation of “Chapter 8: Virtue
the Truth) Ethics” in Galeon, A.
4.3. Intellectual and et al. The Grounds 13 hours
Moral Virtues of Morality and the
4.4. Friendship Search for the Good
Life. Talamban,
Cebu City:
Case Analysis 5. Justice and Fairness:
University of San
#5 Promoting the Carlos Press, 2018.
Common Good Pp. 52-64.
Quiz 5.1. The Nature of the
Theory Pomerleau, Wayne
5.2. Distributive justice P. “WesternTheories
5.2.1. Egalitarian of Justice”, Internet
5.2.2. Capitalist Encyclopedia of
5.2.3. Socialist Philosophy.
5.3. The Moral Basis Available online:
of Taxation https://www.iep.utm.
edu/justwest/
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Case Analysis 6. Filipino Moral Allingham, Michael.

#6 Philosophy “Distributive Justice”,
Internet
Encyclopedia of
Quiz Philosophy.
Available online:
https://www.iep.utm.
edu/dist-jus/

Reyes, Jeremiah.
Loob and Kapwa:
Thomas Aquinas
and a Filipino Virtue
Ethics. Ph.D.
Dissertation.
Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven,
2015. Available
online:
https://core.ac.uk/do
wnload/pdf/3464027
3.pdf

Halliday, Daniel.
“Justice and
Taxation”
Philosophy
Compass 8 (2013):
1111-1122.
Available online:
https://scholar.goo
gle.com/scholar?
start=30&q=just+ta
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xation&hl=en&as_
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Meredith,
Christopher Todd.
“The Ethical Basis
for Taxation in the
Thought of
Thomas Aquinas”,
Journal of Markets
and Morality 11
(Spring 2008): 41-
57. Available
online:
https://www.market
sandmorality.com/i
ndex.php/mandm/
article/viewFile/208
/200

PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION 1 hour

Identify the Conclusion: Ethics and Powerpoint Walker, Paul and

important moral Quiz Lecture Globalization Presentation Terence Lovat. “In a
challenges of and/or Lecture world characterized
globalization Article Review Group 1. Globalization and Notes by moral pluralism,
is dialogic 12 hours
1: Students will Discussion Pluralism: New
consensus a way to
Compare write a one- Challenges to Ethics establish moral
responses to page Film Viewing Internet truth?” Review of
shared moral commentary on about the 2. Global Justice resources Contemporary
dilemmas in a any of the article Environment Philosophy 17
globalizing world on globalization (short films 3. Environmental Crisis: (2018): 43-55.
or global justice available in A Global Moral Issue Available online:
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Construct a plan in the YouTube) (e.g, https://pdfs.semantic

for coping with references H2O, 99¢. His 4. The Religious scholar.org/8e6d/fbd
the challenges of Epic Message Response e63379418a5e0146
globalization Article Review Will Make You cdc444b3e02cd2e56
.pdf
2: Students will Want to Save
Differentiate write a one- the World,
ethics from page Climate Apel, Karl-Otto
religion commentary Change, (2000).
(criticisms, Ordinary Life, “Globalization and
Appreciate the insights, etc) the Need for
role of religion in realizations) on Universal Ethics”.
a globalizing any of the European Journal of
world articles on Social Theory 3(2):
environmental 137-155. Available
ethics in the online:
http://www.lib.csu.ru/
references
ER/ER_Philosophy/
All_Schreiber/shreib
er2/globilization
%20and
%20ethics.pdf

Urbano, Ryan,
“Chapter 15: Global
Justice” in Galeon,
A. et al. The
Grounds of Morality
and the Search for
the Good Life.
Talamban, Cebu
City: University of
San Carlos Press,
2018. Pp. 128-141.
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Urbano, Ryan.
“Global Justice and
the Plight of Filipino
Domestic Migrant
Workers” The
Journal of Asian and
African Studies 47
(December 2012):
605-619.

Urbano, Ryan.
“Pogge on Human
Rights and Global
Poverty”
PHAVISMINDA
Journal 9 (May
2010): 75-89.
Available online:
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Brennan, Andrew
and Lo, Yeuk-Sze,
"Environmental
Ethics", The
Stanford
Encyclopedia of
Philosophy (Summer
2020 Edition),
Edward N. Zalta
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(ed.), URL =
https://plato.stanford
.edu/archives/sum20
20/entries/ethics-
environmental/

Urbano, Ryan
“Chapter 17:
Environmental
Ethics” in Galeon, A.
et al. The Grounds
of Morality and the
Search for the Good
Life. Talamban,
Cebu City:
University of San
Carlos Press, 2018.
Pp. 156-166.

Urbano, Ryan. “A
Critico-Ethical
Analysis of the
Philippine Animal
Welfare Act of 1998”
PHAVISMINDA
Journal 7 (May
2008): 81-91.
Available online:
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Urbano, Ryan.
"Prolegomena to a
Virtue Approach to
Environmental
Ethics”, Diwa:
Studies in
Philosophy and
Theology Vol. 43,
No. 1 (May 2019):
49-63.

“Virtue and Climate

Ethics” Philippiniana
SACRA XLVII, No.
140 (Special Issue,
2012): 501-506.

Hare, John,
"Religion and
Morality", The
Stanford
Encyclopedia of
Philosophy (Fall
2019 Edition),
Edward N. Zalta
(ed.), URL =
<https://plato.stanfor
d.edu/archives/fall20
19/entries/religion-
morality/>.

FINAL EXAMINATION 1 hour

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Course Requirements:
1. Quizzes, Written Outputs
2. Term Examinations
3. Essays/Reflection Papers
4. Projects
5. Attendance and Class Participation

Evaluation Procedures:

Class Standing - 60%

1.1 Quizzes - 30%
1.2 Oral Recitation - 20%
1.3 Projects/Assignments/Reports - 10%
Term Examinations - 40%

TOTAL =100%

Revision Date:

Consultation Hours:

Contact Details:

Prepared by:
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ROWENA P. ABAQUITA, RN, Dev.Ed.D. BERENICE ANDRIANO KAYE MARION P. ARAGON, RPm
CTU Tuburan CTU San Francisco CTU Carmen

JULIUS O. BASALLO, M.A. JUN BERNADOS, MA Anthro, Ph.D ISAIAS O. CABANIT, Dev.Ed.D
CTU Barili CTU Main CTU Daanbantayan

MARJORIE S. DE JOYA, M.P.R.E. JOEL DURANTE, J.D. REYNOSO C. TORCENDE, M.A.

CTU Argao CTU Danao CTU Moalboal

RYAN C. URBANO, Ph.D.

CTU Main

Upon Recommendation by the Committee:

LYNNETTE MATEA S. CAMELLO, DALitCom

Language Expert
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CRISTIE ANN JACA, Ed.D.

University Director for Curriculum and Development

WILSON M. SAYABOC, Ph.D/D.A.

University Director for Instructional Delivery, Monitoring, and Evaluation

APPROVED:

DR. HEDELIZA PINEDA

University Dean of Instruction