GE-8 Ethics

Instructor: Liam Vrent F. Lumogdang

Preliminary Examination
September 30, 2021

Instructions:

1. Read the questions carefully and understand all the given situations.
2. For the essay-type questions, be dynamic with your answers and use ethical and moral
theories and views to support your arguments.
3. Be BRIEF, CONSCISE, DIRECT and RESPONSIVE with your answers. 3-5 sentences
are enough for your answers in the essay-type.
4. Respect yourself and your instructor. Don’t just copy the answers of your classmates. If
there are students who have the same answers, they will get an automatic zero (0).
5. Don’t upload this questionnaire anywhere else.
6. Be a responsible student. Don’t ask anyone to answer this for you.
7. This examination is made to test your knowledge and to know if you have learned
anything from this class. Nobody wants you to fail. So give your BEST!
8. You may write your answers in a piece of paper. Please don’t forget to write your name
and your class section.
9. You may also edit this document file for faster answering.
10. Write legibly if you are using pen and paper.

I- Marco is a 30 year old cashier for XXX Industries. He is known to be very hardworking
and honest with his job. He seldom makes mistakes. However one day, his supervisor
came to him and gave him a proposition. His supervisor wanted him to hide 10,000 pesos
 from their daily collection because he badly needs cash at the moment. His supervisor
promises that he would return the money, and he should not tell anyone about it. His
supervisor asked him to trust him.

a. It is a theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions.
b. This model provides a guide in making a moral reasoning.
c. It is concerned with the rightness or wrongness of action, the virtue of character, and
general matters of good and evil.
d. Differentiate Moral Standards from Non-moral Standards
e. Enumerate the Stages of Moral Development
f. If you are Marco, what will you in the given situation? Explain your answer.

II- Jane, a 30 year old sales clerk went to a fastfood chain to eat on her lunch break. While
eating, a young girl came to her and ask for food. Jane wanted to buy her food, but as she
looked at her wallet, there was no money left.

a. What are the 7 Steps of Moral Reasoning?

b. In this Stage, behavior is determined by consequences.
c. Explain Morality.
d. If you are Jane, would you offer your own food to the child despite the hunger you are
also experiencing?
e. What are the two General domains of ethics?
f. Explain the reason why there is a need to study ethics.