UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE COURSE

Course Name Ethics with Peace Studies (GEC 008)

Course Credits 3 Units
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. It introduces the study of man as moral being, one who is rationally able to
Course Description distinguish between right and wrong. It examines how man is accountable for his actions and its consequences. It
proposes how man ought to live his life- meaningfully. Integrated Peace Studies promotes the knowledge, skills and
attitudes to help people prevent conflict occurring, resolve conflicts peacefully, or create conditions for peace.

Contact Hours/Week 3 Hours

Ethics deals with the principles of ethical behavior and standards of right and wrong that an individual picks up from the
society. At the end of this course, the students must be able to:

1. To widen the awareness of the student about moral / non-moral norms and issues;
Course Objectives 2. To understand and internalize the principles of moral behavior in modern society at the level of the person,
society, and interaction with the environment;
3. To describe what a moral experience is as it happens at the level of existence;
4. To use ethical frameworks in analyzing human experience;
5. To generate ethical judgments, knowledge and practice in exploring peace studies.

COURSE OUTLINE AND TIMEFRAME

Week Courses Content/Subject Matter

I. Ethics and the Filipino

Week 1-2 A. Art of Correct Living

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 B. Ethics and Religion
C. Norms and Laws
D. Ethical Approaches

II. Man as a Person

A. Filipino Moral Beliefs
B. Rational Animal, Man as a Person
C. Personality and Character
Week 3-4 D. Social Dimension of a Person
E. The Purpose of Man
F. The Human Act
G. Attributes of Human, Moral Distinctions
H. Significance of Human Act

Week 5 III. Moral Accountability

A. The Subject of Human Act
B. Sanctions and Penalties
C. Modifiers of Human Act
D. Passion, Ignorance, Fear, Violence and Poverty
E. Actions and Emotions

IV. The Ends of Human Acts

Week 6 A. The Meaning of End
B. Kinds of End
C. End as Good, Greatest Good
D. Meaning of Happiness; Natural and Supernatural Happiness
E. What People Desire
F. The Ultimate Purpose
Week 7
V. Determinants and Norms of Morality
A. The End of the Act; End of the Doer
B. Circumstances of the Act
C. The Morally Good Act
D. What is Law; Relevance of Laws; Eternal Law & Natural Law
E. Binding Conscience; Types of Conscience
F. Meaning of Norms

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 G. Norms of Morality
H. Basis of Moral Judgment
I. Eternal & Natural Law
J. Moral Relativism
K. The Japanese Occupation

VI. Human Values and Filipino Values

Week 8 A. Meaning of Values
B. Hierarchy of Values
C. Social Dimension and Characteristics of Moral Values
D. Moral and Intellectual Virtues
E. Filipino Moral and Cultural Values
Week 9Midterm F. Ambivalent Values and Double Standards
G. False Norms of Morality
H. Reorientation of Attitude
I. Core Values of the Filipino

Week 10-12
VII. Rights, Duties and Love of Self
A. Notion, Characteristics of Rights
B. Bill of Rights
C. Civil and Political Rights
D. Meaning of Duty and Exemption of Duty
E. Conflicts of Duty
F. Love and Selfishness
G. Ethics of Self-perfection
Week 13 H. Duties to Self and Right to Life

VIII. Bioethics and Family

A. Meaning of Health
B. Personal and Social Responsibility
C. Crimes against Life: suicide, euthanasia, mutilation, contraception, sterilization, drug addiction, abortion and alcoholism.
D. Composition of Family
E. The Ideal Family
F. The Family and the Child
G. Rights and Duties of Parents
H. Duties of Children

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Week 14 I. Child Labor

IX. Love of Country

A. State and Government
B. Nature of the State
C. Supremacy of the Citizen over the State
D. Democracy
E. Civil Disobedience
F. Nationalism
G. Importance of Global Understanding

Week 15-18

X. Peace Studies
A. Understanding of Peace and Peace Studies
B. Peace Studies as Transformative Education
C. Faith and Spiritual Traditions as Resources for Peace
D. Upholding Human Dignity
E. Challenging Prejudice and Building Tolerance
F. Research and reflection concerning the causes of war, conflict, and violence
G. Promoting Nonviolence
H. Resolving and Transforming Conflict
I. Caring for the Earth
J. Cultivating Inner Peace

ETHICS LEARNING PLAN

Learning Outcomes Topics Methodology Resources Assessment
I. At the end of this unit, Ethics and the Filipino Google Meet Platform
students can: A.Art of Correct Living Lecture-discussion Agapay, R. B. (2010).
1. Define what is ethics B. Ethics and Religion 2 hours Ethics and the Filipino:
and its application; C. Norms and Laws synchronous A manual on morals for Quizzes
2. Differentiate general D.Ethical Approaches 1 hour students and educators. Activities
asynchronous Mandaluyong City. Rubrics
ethic and special
Individual and group CachoHermanos, Inc.

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 ethics; projects
3. Demonstrate the Virtual/oral
connection of religion presentation with professor
and student feedback
and ethics
Peer evaluation
. Guided discussion

II. At the end of this unit, Agapay, R. B. (2010).

students can: Man as a Person Ethics and the Filipino: Written Quizzes
A. Filipino Moral Beliefs A manual on morals for
B. Rational Animal, Man as a students and educators. Oral Recitation
1. Identify Filipino moral Person Mandaluyong City.
beliefs in social C. Personality and Character CachoHermanos, Inc. Rubrics and check list
context; D. Social Dimension of a Person for performance and
2. Develop a moral E. The Purpose of Man product based
character integrated F. The Human Act
to good purpose; G. Attributes of Human, Moral
3. Differentiate kinds of Distinctions
human act in day to H. Significance of Human Act
day living;
4. Identify what is
intrinsic and extrinsic
evil.

III. At the end of this unit, Moral Accountability Google Meet Platform
students can: Lecture-discussion Agapay, R. B. (2010). Lecture/ discussion
1. Justify current legal A. The Subject of Human Act 2 hours Ethics and the Filipino:
sanctions and B. Sanctions and Penalties synchronous A manual on morals for Clarification Pause
penalties C. Modifiers of Human Act 1 hour students and educators.
2. Understand the D. Passion, Ignorance, Fear, asynchronous Mandaluyong City. Student Summary
dynamics of the Violence and Poverty Individual and group CachoHermanos, Inc. Facilitation of assigned
modifiers of human E. Actions and Emotions projects topics
act in relationship Virtual/oral presentation
with professor and student
feedback
Peer evaluation

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IV. At the end of this unit, The Ends of Human Acts
students can: A. The Meaning of End
B. Kinds of End Agapay, R. B. (2010).
1. Identify the C. End as Good, Ethics and the Filipino:
differences between D. Greatest Good A manual on morals for Lecture/discussion
natural and E. Meaning of Happiness; Natural students and educators.
and Supernatural Happiness Mandaluyong City. Presentation activity
supernatural
F. What People Desire CachoHermanos, Inc.
happiness G. The Ultimate Purpose
2. Demonstrate the
nobility of the
ultimate purpose
3. Give examples of
kinds of good

V. At the end of this unit,

students can: Determinants and Norms of Morality Google Meet Platform
A. The End of the Act; End of the Lecture-discussion Agapay, R. B. (2010). Written Quizzes
1. Identify the Doer 2 hours Ethics and the Filipino:
determinants of B. Circumstances of the Act synchronous A manual on morals for Oral Recitation
morality C. The Morally Good Act 1 hour students and educators.
2. Differentiate the D. What is Law; Relevance of asynchronous Mandaluyong City. Rubrics and check list
difference between Laws; Eternal Law & Natural Law Individual and group CachoHermanos, Inc. for performance and
the end of an act and E. Binding Conscience; Types of projects product based
the end of the doer Conscience Virtual/oral
3. Demonstrate the F. Meaning of Norms presentation with professor
relevance of G. Norms of Morality and student feedback
conscience in society H. Basis of Moral Judgment Peer evaluation
army. I. Eternal & Natural Law Guided discussion
4. Explain the meaning J. Moral Relativism
of norms
5. Differentiate the
difference between
natural law and
eternal law

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VI. At the end of this unit, Human Values and Filipino Values
students can: A. Meaning of Values
B. Hierarchy of Values
C. Social Dimension and
1. Identify the kinds of Characteristics of Moral
values; Values
2. Differentiate the D. Moral and Intellectual Virtues
different level of E. Filipino Moral and Cultural
hierarchy of values; Values
3. Understand the F. Ambivalent Values and Double Agapay, R. B. (2010).
social dimension of Standards Ethics and the Filipino:
values G. False Norms of Morality A manual on morals for
4. Identify the difference H. Reorientation of Attitude students and educators.
of Filipino cultural I. Core Values of the Filipino Mandaluyong City.
values to western CachoHermanos, Inc.
values
5. Demonstrate how
false norms of
morality in society
affects human
experience

VII. At the end of this unit, Rights, Duties and Love of Self
students can:
1. Differentiate the
difference between
political rights and of
rights
2. Explain the meaning
of duty and its
connection to the
pursuit of common
good.
3. Explain the dynamics
A. Notion, Characteristics of
Rights
B. Bill of Rights
C. Civil and Political Rights
D. Meaning of Duty and
Exemption of Duty
E. Conflicts of Duty
F. Love and Selfishness
G. Ethics of Self-perfection
H. Duties to Self and Right to
Life
Google Meet Platform
Lecture-discussion
2 hours Written Quizzes
synchronous Agapay, R. B. (2010).
1 hour Ethics and the Filipino: Oral Recitation
asynchronous A manual on morals for
Individual and group students and educators. Rubrics and check list
projects Mandaluyong City. for performance and
Virtual/oral CachoHermanos, Inc. product based
presentation with professor
and student feedback
Peer evaluation
Guided discussion

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 of love and
selfishness
4. Demonstrate the
importance of duties
to self in social
system
VIII. At the end of this unit,
students can: Bioethics and Family
1. Justify current
political standings
regarding bioethical
concern in health
care
2. Explain the ethical
edge in genetically
modified organism
3. Explain the
composition of family
and the ideal family
4. Differentiate the
difference between
the rights and duties
of parents and child
A. Meaning of Health Lecture/discussion
B. Personal and Social
Responsibility Google Meet Platform Presentation activity
C. Crimes against Life: Lecture-discussion
suicide, euthanasia, 2 hours
mutilation, contraception, synchronous Agapay, R. B. (2010).
sterilization, drug 1 hour Ethics and the Filipino:
addiction, abortion and asynchronous A manual on morals for
alcoholism. Individual and group students and educators.
D. Composition of Family projects Mandaluyong City.
E. The Ideal Family Virtual/oral CachoHermanos, Inc.
F. The Family and the Child presentation with professor
G. Rights and Duties of and student feedback
Parents Peer evaluation
H. Duties of Children Guided discussion
I. Child Labor

IX. At the end of this unit, Love of Country

students can: A. State and Government
1. Explain the B. Nature of the State
nature of the C. Supremacy of the Citizen
state over the State
2. Justify the D. Democracy
importance of E. Civil Disobedience
democracy in F. Nationalism
politics and ethics G. Importance of Global
of country Understanding

X. At the end of this unit, Peace Studies

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students can: A. Understanding of Peace
and Peace Studies Burrowes, R. (n.d.).
1. Explain the B. Peace Studies as The Strategy of Non-
importance of Transformative Education Violent Defense, pp. 34-
understanding peace C. Faith and Spiritual 36, and “The Gandhian
studies; Traditions as Resources for Peace Conception of
2. Generate ideas in D. Upholding Human Dignity Nonviolence,” Ch. 7
eliminating violence E. Challenging Prejudice and Building
among individual Tolerance Castro, L., &Galace, J.
lives; F. Research and reflection (2010). Peace
3. Enrich the cultural concerning the causes of war, conflict, Education: A Pathway
and human values in and violence to a Culture of Peace.
learning peace G. Promoting Nonviolence Center for Peace
studies. H. Resolving and Education, Miriam
Transforming Conflict College, Quezon City,
I. Caring for the Earth Philippines.
J. Cultivating Inner Peace
.

READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY Suggested Readings and Other Materials

A Holly Patterson Library. (2020). Introduction to Peace Studies: What is Peace Studies. Nassau Community College. One Education Drive.
New York City 11530

Agapay, R. B. (2010). Ethics and the Filipino: A manual on morals for students and educators. Mandaluyong City. CachoHermanos, Inc.

Burrowes, R. (n.d.). The Strategy of Non-Violent Defense, pp. 34-36, and “The Gandhian Conception of Nonviolence,” Ch. 7.

Castro, L., &Galace, J. (2010). Peace Education: A Pathway to a Culture of Peace. Center for Peace Education, Miriam College, Quezon City,
Philippines.

Fromm, E. (n.d.). The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, (pp. 129-177).

Watkins, M. (1988). Imagination and Peace: Inner dynamics of promoting peace activism, Journal of Social Issues, 44, 1988, pp. 39-57.

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ETHICS Rubrics

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR WRITING OUTPUT

Criteria 1.00 – 1.25 1.50 – 1.75 2.25 – 2.50 2.75 – 3.00

Messages are
Messages are unclear and
inconsistent and
difficult to understand. Did
Messages are concise, Messages are clear. sometimes unclear. It
not follow the style guide
original, relevant and Presented ideas and does not clearly
format.
supported well the understanding of the demonstrate
Does not exhibit
organization of ideas for the required output content. reasoning to the
Essay / Written understanding and ideas to
required output. Followed Followed the advised required Chapter
Report Content support the required output
correct APA citation, and the style guide format. With content. Followed
content.
advised style guide format. minor grammatical errors some on the style
Poorly constructed
With no grammatical error. observed. guide format. Multiple
sentences, with no clear
grammatical errors
thought. For major review.
observed.

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR RECITATION AND DISCUSSION

Criteria 1.00 – 1.25 1.50 – 1.75 2.25 – 2.50 2.75 – 3.00

Responses to the Responses are Some responses are poorly

Responses are insightful Responses are clear and
Online Participation / sometimes difficult to written and difficult to
and encouraging. easy to understand.
Forum understand. understand.

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