GE 9 - ETHICS

Review Guide: Mid-Term Examination

1. Moral character
- definition
- development
2. Culture
-definition
3. Circular relation of acts and character
4. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
5. Cultural relativism
- examples
- claims of cultural relativists (THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL TRUTH)
- consequences
6. Moral dilemmas
- key features
- types (personal, impersonal, structural, organizational; ontological, self-imposed, world-imposed,
obligation)
- conditions present in moral dilemma
7. Universal values
8. Moral standards vs non-moral standards
9. Only human beings can be ethical
- Why?
10. Rules
- importance
11. Filipino values
- strengths and weaknesses (utang na loob, pakikisama, hiya, etc.)
12. 7-step moral reasoning model
13. Feelings, emotions
14. reasons, impartiality, freedom
15. GOOD LUCK!