Name: Cruz, Angel Nicole B.

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Realizing the Objectives

These are to be done in the classroom.

Activity 1. My Ethics. Draw your personal definition of Ethics

Activity 2. Weeding Out the Bad. Cross out the non-moral acts.

copying answers during examination wasting money in drinking alcohol

loving the neighborswasting money for the needy having good relationship
with the wifecopying notes
loving the outcasthaving good relationship with a mistress killing
murdererkilling the environmentkilling mosquitos
destroying propertiesdestroying legal relationships destroying evil
actstelling honestlytelling a lie to a cheater
stealing money from a thiefstealing a kiss from a wife

Activity 3. Home Standards. List down ten moral standards practiced at your home.
Draw a house with ten parts. Each part is a moral standard observed in your family.

When you know it is

wrong, stop.

Despite people mistreating you, kindness is your number

one defense mechanism.

Family is the
only stable and Don't judge a
Respect begets person unless you
constant group
respect; respect is you'll be in. want to be judged
earned, not imposed. Remember to as well.
mark it as your
top priority.
Collaboration is
Accept defeat unless it's essential; no work can
arguable or negotiable. be completed alone.
Forgive those
who deserve to Always speak the
Don't break someone's trust,
as trust is the foundation of a
be forgiven. truth, but know when
strong bond. to.
 Activity 4. Rules Against the Standards. Please make a good critique of the situation
below.

Cheryl, a young wife and is seven months pregnant, found out that her husband had an
illicit affair with his former girlfriend. She also found out that the mistress is six months
pregnant. Cheryl stays in the house to take care of their one-year-old daughter and is
financially dependent on her husband. She loves her husband and is very much
committed to him since she is a strong believer in the God of love. There is no room for
infidelity in the proud family of Cheryl. The strong bond of her family assures an open
door when she will decide to leave her husband. But the strong commitment of Cheryl to
her husband and her faith in God prevent her to leave her husband. She personally also
don’t believe in annulment. What should Cheryl do?

Answer:

Ethics and morality have been discussed as two of the basic prime proponents of an
individual’s critical and analytical thinking that may vary in the situation or dilemma faced.
The stated problem above, tackles Cheryl, a wife of a one-year-old and currently seven
months pregnant, discovered that her husband has been having an affair with an ex-girlfriend
who is also pregnant for six months, which proves that the husband and his affair have been
going for a protracted period. This could be solved by the most prevalent solution, which is,
separation and taking legal action, but the drawback is that Cheryl only depends financially on
her husband. She's also religious and believes in the sacred sacrament of marriage, as well as
her family, which led her to her incredulity of annulment. Now, as we further criticize the
issue, there are points that we need to consider in order to arrive at an agreeable solution.

When we come across this type of quandary, we have an eager solution. Legally
speaking, the husband could be confined to with concubinage and marital infidelity under the
Revised Penal Code since it’s mandated by law and its people that cheating is a grave crime
and eventually file an annulment. Ethically speaking, this is an agreeable solution, but
Cheryl’s morals and commitment to her husband would firmly disagree with these terms.
There are two possible explanations that may be agreeable to both sides. 

Cheryl may seek legal advice to know what the possible implications are and for her to
be illuminated and stop justifying her husband’s affair despite her being committed, a martyr,
her family’s say. Although this could lead to her children having a broken family, Cheryl and
her husband could use co-parenting and continuous financial support for themselves and their
children. Cheryl could explain her side to her family despite the family’s firm principles, or
Cheryl could ignore all as if she had no idea of the affair, forgive her husband, and stay
committed to saving her marriage and her family, preserving her and her family’s beliefs
about marriage.

These solutions have their own complimentary contraries of matter. Justifications for ethical
and moral conflict may vary depending on the dilemma or situation. It is up to the individual
what path or decision to partake in.