INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

EVALUATING SCENARIOS. In your way of understanding, evaluate the

following circumstances whether they are right or wrong. Write the word
“Tama” if you think the action is right and write “may kakaiba” if the situation
is wrong for you. Provide your reasoning for your classification. Write your
answers in your notebook.

May kakaiba 1. Selma continuously supports her friend Georgia in flirting

someone else’s husband. Reason: Adultery is wrong by the law of the state
and by the law of the church. IT is an act of cheating on someone you are
committed with, and supporting such actions is wrong and disgustiong

May kakaiba 2. President Duterte orders several government agencies to

continue placing dolomite sands in a small portion of Manila Bay during
pandemic.
Reason: First of all, there are more important things that the president
could have put the budget on the dolomite sands for the Manila bay
during the PANDEMIC. Secondly, he could have made projets that can
help people during the pandemic, instead he made something that is
impractical during those times where the country is at a great crisis.

May kakaiba 3. MaeMae is in the verge of failing her exam in General

Mathematics. While she is taking the exams, she received a small piece of
paper from his classmate Ben. The piece of paper contains all the answers for
the last portion of the exam.
Reason: Cheating during an exam, even if you are desperate and needed to
pass it for your grades is unacceptable. You are defeating the purpose of
the exam, you are defeating the purpose of testing what you have learned
and provig that you have learned something.

Tama 4. Molina is in-charge of the distribution of medicines in her barangay.

The local government of Imus usually provides for extra packages of medicines
as a buffer stock or reserve in case of uncounted members of barangay. One
day, Josielyn, a citizen from Calamba City, offers to buy the extra packages of
medicine from Molina, because there is a shortage of medicines in Calamba.
Molina, in turn, sold the extra medicines to Josielyn.
Reason: It is not always a bad idea to bring more supplies of medicine just
in case you forgot to list someone in your barangay, but if another
community needs your resources more than you, the least you can do is
to share it to them or sell it to them. You may have helped ore people
than before.

May kakaiba 5. Gladys is the gate custodian of Bilibid prison. One day, the
former Mayor of Calauan Laguna and convicted of complex crime of Rape with
homicide Antonio Sanchez who has kidney illness asks Gladys to allow him to
buy some medicine to alleviate the pain caused by his kidney disease. However,
Gladys did not allow the request and instead reported the former Mayor’s
attempt to go outside the penal colony.
Reason: Even if the convicted prisoner has done horrible things to other
people, that is not enough reason to at least give them the basic needs of
a human. Do not let yourself be dragged at their level and be like them,
don’t become cruel. And the former mayor did not even attempt to
escape, he just asked to be given an opportunity to have his medicine.

Tama 6. Samson oversees the installation of an internet satellite in Camp

Caringal. While the construction is ongoing, his wife Lizjoy called him because
their son Erwin is sick. Lizjoy asked Samson to return to their house because
Erwin misses him so much. Samson said he cannot return immediately
because the Chinese contractors are spoof.
Reason: Even if it is against the true feelings of a father, Samson cannot
return immediately because he is more worried about the Chinese worker
who are a spoof are currently building. He has to make sure that it is
sturdy and durable so that more lives can be saved in case of disasters.

Tama 7. Ruby is the best online seller in her town. She can earn as much as
10,000 php per day. On the other hand, Celeste is a newbie in online selling.
She barely earned a thousand peso for a day. Knowing Ruby’s ability to sell
online, Celeste approached Ruby and asked the latter to teach her how to be a
successful online entrepreneur. Ruby asked for a tutorial fee, because she said
that it entails a lot of work just to make an online strategy work.
Reason: Yes, it is just right that Ruby asked Celeste for a tutorial fee.
Because she is basically teaching another person with her hard work and
experience, she has acquired herself for a long time to be successful and
Celeste is getting that hardwork and experience easier because now she
has a teacher, so ye, Its just that Ruby is asking for an talent fee.

May kakaiba 8. Ylah is a dean’s lister in her department – School of Business

Management and Accountancy of De La Salle University. At the same time, she
is the captain of the table tennis team in the said school. Her boyfriend,
Armando usually complains because Ylah has minimal time for him. Because
Armando thinks Ylah is too busy with her own life, he broke his 6 years
relationship with the young lady.
Reason: You have to realize that not every time and everything should
always be about the love you two have. You have to realize that they have
their own lives to live too, and that they have their own decisions, wants
and needs that is different from yours. Do not demand for something
from another person just because you are their Significant another.
Tama 9. Jovi and Rency are good friends. They are schoolmates since there.
However, there is no venue to hold the meeting. Jovi requested Rency to allow
them first year in college. Because of great academic performance, Jovi has
been elected as the vice-president of the college department. On the other
hand, Rency has been chosen as the in-charge of the college’s laboratories
since she is trustworthy and keen in details. One day, the college’s student
council needs to meet for a quarterly review of their activities to use the
department’s physics laboratory, but Rency denied such a request.

Reason: This is because Rency has a duty to keep the college’s

laboratories clean and in order. To schedule a meeting inside a laboratory
can be disastrous. Instruments can be broken by nosy students, accidents
may occur, and It is not the function of a library to act as a meeting place
for the student government.

May kakaiba 10. Ariel is an LTO officer who has a lot of connections is the said
office. He usually accepts under the table transactions from people who want
to expedite their application for a driver’s license. His sister Amor once asked
him why he’s doing those kinds of transactions. Ariel answered that he simply
wants to help people by avoiding the grueling application process in the LTO.
Reason: Ariel actions are pure and inspired to help people. But this
defeats the goal of the LTO to have every driver on the road be
responsible and knowledgeable about the road. If Ariel accidentally passed
someone who are underqualified, it may cause more harm than good.