Ethics Module 1 Denate 2ND Sem

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Laguna State Polytechnic University

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LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM)

Course Ethics
Sem/AY Second Semester/2020-2021
Module No. 1
Lesson Title MODULE 1:
GENERAL ETHICS
Chapter I: Ethics
1. What is Philosophy?
2. Branches of Philosophy
3. Definition of Ethics
4. Foundation of Ethics.
5. The Importance of Studying Ethics.
6. General and Special Ethics
7. Ethical Norms and Law
8. Ethical Approaches
9. Ethics and its Relationship to other Sciences.
10. Relationship of Ethics with Other phases of Human Life.
11. Types of Ethics.
12. Why do we need Ethics?
13. Filipino Moral Beliefs
14. Rational Being
15. Moral being
16. Man as a Person
17. Social Dimension of a Person
18. The Purpose of Man
Week
1–6
Duration
Date March 15 – April 23, 2021
This lesson will explain the intrinsic value of ethics as a supreme science. This lesson
Description will also provide activities and exercises that will practice the teachers’ competence in
of the online, blended, and modular or offline mode of teaching.
Lesson
Learning Outcomes
Intended Students should be able to meet the following intended learning outcomes:
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Learning  Demonstrate understanding on the importance of studying ethics in human life
Outcomes  Distinguish different interpretations of and approaches to ethical standards.
 Analyze the various ethical behaviors in an organization.
 Understand the issues confronting what is right and what is good.
 Describe the emergence ethics in our economic, political, social, and cultural
systems.
Targets/ At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Objectives  Define and identify philosophy and ethics; its foundation and branches.
 Enumerate the different types of ethics.
 Discuss the relationship of ethics with other phases of human life.
 Select instructional materials either projected or non-projected types.
Student Learning Strategies
Online Activities A. Online Discussion via Zoom or Google Meet

(Synchronous/ You will be directed to attend in a Four-Hour class discussion on the
nature and types of educational technologies. To have access to the
Asynchronous) Online Discussion, refer to this link: ____________________.
The online discussion will happen on March 22, 29, and April 5, 12 &19,
2021, from 8:00-11:00 AM.
(For further instructions, refer to your Google Classroom and see the
schedule of activities for this module)
B. Learning Guide Questions:
1. What is Philosophy?
2. Enumerate the branches of philosophy.
3. State the foundation of ethics.
4. Give the importance of studying ethics in its relationship of with other
phases of human life.
5. What are the types of ethics and why do we need ethics?
Note: The insight that you will post on online discussion forum using Learning Management
System (LMS) will receive additional scores in class participation.
Teaching and Learning Matrix:
MODULE 1
Chapter 1 - ETHICS
 ETHICS – science of the morality of human acts.

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 ETHOS (Ethics) – Greek word which means custom or habit

 MOS/MORES – Latin equivalent of Ethics from which come the word
moral and morality
Three Important Treatises by Aristotle:
1. The Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics is a philosophical inquiry into the nature of the good life
for a human being. Aristotle begins the work by positing that there exists some
ultimate good toward which, in the final analysis, all human actions ultimately
aim
2. The Eudemian Ethics
The Eudemian Ethics (Greek: Ἠθικὰ Εὐ δή μεια; Latin: Ethica Eudemia),
sometimes abbreviated EE in scholarly works, is a work of philosophy by
Aristotle. Its primary focus is on ethics, making it one of the primary sources
available for study of Aristotelian ethics
3. The Magna Moralia (Great Ethics)

The Magna Moralia is a treatise on ethics traditionally attributed to Aristotle,
though the consensus now is that it represents an epitome of his ethical
thought by a later, if sympathetic, writer.
Introduction: Etymology and Definition
The term Philosophy was first used by Pythagoras, a Greek philosopher, who
noted that men could be divided into three types:
o A lover of pleasure
o A lover of success

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o A lover of wisdom
Etymology
Philosophy comes from the two Greek words, Philos which means LOVE and
Sophia which means WISDOM. So philosophy in this context means the LOVE
OF WISDOM.
An alternative Greek etymology of philosophy is derived from the two great
Greek figures: Homer and Herodotus. Homer, in his ILIAD calls the skill of the
carpenter sofia and Herodotus used the word filosofein in a context in which it
would mean nothing more than the “desire to find out.” Philosophy can, then
be more appropriately understood as the “love of exercising one’s curiosity
and intelligence.” Philosophy can also be understood as the skill and desire to
search for something.
Branches of Philosophy
a. Metaphysics- it is the investigation of ultimate reality. It tries to
investigate questions such as (1) what exists, (2) what is existence, (3)
Does God exists.
b. Epistemology-study of origin, validity and limits of knowledge.
Epistemology deals with the theory of knowledge. It distinguishes
justified beliefs from mere opinions.
c. Aesthetics-the study of nature of beauty.
d. Logic- is the Science and art of the correct thinking and reasoning. It
answers questions like, which form of arguments are valid/ invalid,
why?
e. Ethics-study of nature of morality and judgment. Ethics is a
philosophical reflection on how we should live and therefore on
questions of right and wrong, good or bad, duty, etc. it tackles moral
issues like universal moral law, preservation of life, etc.
Other definition:
The term ethics derives from the ancient Greek word 'ethos’ which means
custom or habit. In practice, ethics seeks to resolve questions of human
morality, by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue
and vice, justice and crime.
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and
recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. Ethics is a branch of
philosophy that studies the nature and the morality of human conduct.
 HUMAN ACTS – action done intentionally and freely (ex. Walking,

reading, working, playing, shopping, joining a contest, or signing a
contract)
 ACTS OF MAN – instinctive, such as the physiological and psychological
movements (like breathing, feeling happy, or falling in love)

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Human Acts vs. Acts of Human:

 An act that is performed only by a human being and thus is proper
to man. ... When a human being does such acts, they are called acts of
man but not human acts.
 Acts of man, therefore, are acts shared in common by man and other
animals, whereas human acts are proper to human beings.
The Art of Correct Living:

 Ethics is an “art of correct living”, because it teaches how we may put
order and harmony in our lives
 Ethics as “the only necessary knowledge” since moral integrity as
attested by people is the true measure of man’s greatness
 “Without civic morality, communities perish; without personal morality
their survival has no value”- Beltrand Russell
Ethics and the Filipino:

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 Filipinos believe in moral integrity as essential to life

 They also believe in a just society. However, there are instances show
that moral norms are easily ignored for personal interest (ex. Cheating
in the Board Exam for nurses, corruption in government,
commercialism, over population, unequal distribution of wealth, and
the lack of economical opportunities)
 Living standard – means economic (high salaries and low prices)
Ethics and Religion

 They both concerned with moral education, but they differ from each
other.
 Ethics is science; Religion is a system of beliefs and practices.
 Ethics teaches the value of religion as a duty of man to God; Religion
contributes to the development of ethical thought.
 Both complement each other.
Ethical Norms and Law:

 What is legal is not necessary moral
 The laws of society sometimes legalize immoral acts (ex. Gambling,
divorce…). Human laws regulate external actions, but not thoughts and
feelings (ex. Thinking of robbing a bank is not a crime until it is
attempted).
 Ethical norms, however, cover thoughts and feelings so that a person
could sin because of what he thinks or desire (ex. A man who lusts after
a woman is committing adultery-St. Paul)
Ethical Approaches:

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 Atheistic Approach – only matter exists and man is only responsible to

the State since there’s no God
 Theistic Approach – assumes that God is the Supreme La
General and Special Ethics:

 General Ethics is about the principle of morality (ex. It explains the
norms of the human act)
 Special Ethics is the application of General Ethics to the problems and
issues confronting a person (ex. Circumstances in life as a citizen,
neighbor, worker, wife, husband, or child)
 Special Ethics includes sub-branches of professional ethics (ex. Medical
ethics, business ethics, legal ethics, biological ethics…)
 Jovito R. Salonga’s “What is Ethics?” means public service
Man as a Person
“The starting point of wisdom is to know oneself”- Socrates
Filipino Beliefs:
 Man is a creature of God
 Man has an immortal soul
 Man has an assigned destiny in life
 Man must do good or else be punished by God
 Man by nature is good but morally weak
Regarding morality:
 Morality is “batas ng Diyos”
 A person should respect his humanity, “pagkatao”
 A person should love and care for his family
 A person should strive peacefully with others
 A person should fear God and His punishment

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Rational Animal:
 Man is composed of material body and a spiritual soul
 Human Nature – the substantial union (hylomorphic) of body and soul,
matter and spirit; made up of man’s biological (ex. locomotion, growth,
and reproduction) psychological (ex. smelling, tasting, seeing…) and
rational power ( ex. intellect and will).
Natural Law vs. Law of Nature:

 Human nature is the natural law because like the laws of society it
directs man in all his activities
 Laws of Nature – which are the forces governing the material universe,

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including man
 Natural law applies only to human as a rational animal
 An act contrary to natural law is an act against humanity or human
nature
A Moral Being:
Three Characteristics of Man’s Moral Nature:
1. Man by natural insight is able to distinguish between good and evil,

right and wrong, moral and immoral.
2. Man feels himself obliged to do is good and to avoid what is evil.
3. Man feels himself accountable for his actions so that his good deeds
merit reward, while his evil deeds deserve punishment.
 Tabula Raza is the theory contrary to this view suggesting that human
nature as a blank sheet.
Man as a Person:
 Man is born as a person

 Person is human nature
 Person comes from the Greek word prosophon means “mask”
 Person is defined as “an individual existing separately and
independently from others, capable of knowing and loving in an
intellectual way, and of deciding for himself the purpose or end of his
actions”-Brennan
 Person refers to “self or ego

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Personality vs. Character:

 Personality is the sum of those physical attributes and tendencies which
define a person distinctive behavior (ex. talents, abilities, habits…).
 Character refers to the person choice of values and his intelligent
exercise of his freedom (ex. honest, kind, trustworthy, etc…).
 While personality is an aspect of the body, character is an aspect human
soul.
Social Dimension of the Person:

 Society is but an extension of the person.
 George Hegel – teaches that man is fully developed in his participation
in family life, civic community and the State.
 Thomas Hill Green – expresses the conviction that a person’s morality
must identify itself with public welfare.
 Paul Tillich – says natural law demand for us, “to be a person in the
community of other persons”.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING ETHICS
The Bibles states that man is by nature good. This is because he is created as an
imago Dei, an image of God. Because God is considered as the Summum Bonum
or the Highest Good, man is also naturally good (cf. Genesis 1, 26-27). In this
case, it is the nature of man to incline himself towards the good. The human
person naturally finds beauty in doing good deeds. He will eventually obtain
meanings in his existence if he will be in constant search of goodness.
However, since the human person is endowed with a faculty of reason, which is
sometimes inclined towards his passion, there is always the possibility that he
may choose to turn away from goodness. Man will always have the tendency to
cling instead to the goods of this earth even if it will mean the loss of his
supreme end and purpose. When this happens, man will lead himself to
perform morally evil acts.
Man's inclination towards the earthly goods will oftentimes lead him to envy
and despair. For this reason, man needs to study ethics to be guided so that he
may be able to fully understand what real happiness is. Through ethics, the
human person will be able to understand that the goal of a human being is not
merely the acquisition of material goods. Rather, his actual fulfillment lies in
the development of the moral quality, which places the human person above
brute creation. Ethics serves as the main instrument in the development of the
qualities needed to acquire such goals. Ethics provides for a person an idea of
what right living is all about and the importance of acquiring good moral
character.
Ethics is the very investigation of the meaning of life. It gives a person the
necessary guidelines for the acquisition of his goal. It also provides the person
the meaning and purpose of daily living, as well as the meaning and purpose of
life as a whole. As the human person is in constant search for goodness,
knowing and doing what is good will lead him to the attainment of this goal,
which is goodness. In this regard, education can serve as the means in order to
teach the young people about what good is. Hence, education should not
merely focus on teaching technological innovations and advancements. Moral
training and development, which are not given due emphasis in our
educational system, must be given greater priority. Students must be taught
that moral training must be learned and must be integrated into our system.
Inasmuch as they will serve as the future educators to the next generations.
Because Ethics gives direction to people who are in search for goodness,
teachers who teach this subject can make the teaching profession more fruitful.
Inasmuch as Plato, considered Ethics a supreme philosophy, an Ethics teacher
becomes more superior than the other philosophy teachers. At the same time,
a student who is able to understand ethics and apply it in his life can be
considered a superior individual.
In this sense, the students of ethics will have a great duty to understand the

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different ethical principles so that they can be able to make a stand regarding
moral decisions. Ethics will make the students understand that it is the duty of
every individual to understand certain ethical principles by heart as this will
help them develop a moral way of life, for this reason, it is important that the
students should understand that Ethics has to be more practical and must be
based on the student's day-to-day living rather than academic and doctrinal.
In this case, the students of Ethics must endeavor to understand the ethical
principles so that they will be able to make good decisions regarding moral
issues. It will be the duty of the students to understand certain ethical
principles by heart as this may help them develop a moral way of life.
Oftentimes, the lack of definite ethical principle has been and is still the cause
of great disorders in the world today. In this great sense, careful study of Ethics
must be given great considerations.
Why do we need Ethics?
a. Ethics guides us like a map. Most moral issues get us pretty worked up
because these are such emotional issues we often let our hearts do the
arguing while our brains just go with the flow. But there's another way
of tackling these issues, and that's where philosophers can come in -
they offer us ethical rules and principles that enable us to take a cooler
view of moral problems.
b. Ethics is about feeling for others. At the heart of ethics is a concern

about something or someone other than us and our own desires and
self-interest. Ethics is concerned with other people's interests, with the
interests of society. So when a person 'thinks ethically' they are giving
at least some thought to something beyond themselves.
c. Ethical values create integrity. High sense of ethics and values makes a
man trustworthy and representable. If a professional individual follows
every legal and moral codes, abides by the rules and regulations of the
company and tries to create the maximum profit for the client and for
the company then the said individual catalyzes the increment of
integrity of the company as well as himself/herself.
Ethics and its Relationship to other Sciences

Ethics is related to other sciences because it also deals with the investigations
of the nature of man as rational being and a being in relation with other beings.
But unlike other sciences, the focus and the locus of Ethics is to study man’s
nature and his behavior from the standpoint of morality.
A. Ethics and Logic

Ethics is the study of correct action or doing, while Logic studies the process of

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correct and organized thinking. Doing follows thinking. Logic therefore is
aimed at the right thinking and Ethics is aimed at the right acting or right doing
and behavior.
Ethics is focused on enhancing relationships, modifying content and forms of
speech to match or contradict what others expect to hear. Logic is focused on
not misleading a person and giving him correct information.
Ethics shows people’s feelings for their feelings for their partners directly
through emotions; while Logic Shows their feelings for their partners by doing
things for them.
B. Ethics and Psychology

Both Ethics and Psychology deal with the study of man and his behavior.
However, Psychology studies how man behaves, while ethics is concerned with
man’s moral obligation or the result of his behavior. Ethics is the study of
human behavior from the perspective of morality. Psychology, on the other
hand, is the scientific study of mental and behavioral characteristics, associated
with a particular kind of behavior.
C. Ethics and Sociology

Sociology deals with the study of the social order while Ethics deals with
the study of moral order in the Society. There is no social order if there is no
moral order. Therefore, the foundation of any society depends on the moral
values of people and their perspective concept of what is good and bad in
human relationship.
Society depends on ethics for its underlying principles. Sociology deals with
human relations in a society, but human relations are based on proper order
and proper order comes only with the proper observance of moral laws and
principles which regulate the actions of men and women in a community.
D. Ethics and Economics
Man supports himself by earning a living. Earning a living to support his
expenses makes a man an economic being.
Economics as a science deals with the study of wages, labor production
and distribution of wealth. The study of these issues also involves relationships
among individuals.
For example, wages: between employer and employee; production: between
seller and customer. These fiduciary (relating or involving trust) relationships
must be governed by human values that can only be understood in the light of
moral principles and the nature of values themselves. At the heart of these
relationships are moral norms and moral rules that should guide people’s
behavior as they relate with others.
Without these moral norms and moral values, harmonious relationships
between and among parties cannot exist.
According to Charles K. Wilber (1986), there are three ways in which Ethics

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enters economics.
First, economists have ethical values that help shape the way they do
economics.
This builds into the core of economic theory a particular view of how the
economy does work and how it should work.
Second, Economic actors (consumers, workers, business owners) have ethical
values that help shape their behavior.
Third, economic institutions and policies impact people differentially and thus,
ethical evaluations, in addition to economic evaluation, are important.
Relationship of Ethics with Other phases of Human Life
The study of Ethics crosses religious and cultural boundaries and is directed at
the question of how critical decisions are to be made so that an organization
may work best together, to build a community and social relationships in a
positive and productive way.
How we live ethically becomes more important as we are required to make
complex decisions concerning customer relations, employer-employee
relationship and other business issues.
A. Ethics and Law

Ethics and law are closely related. Ethics deals with morality, and when
we speak of morality, we mean primarily the moral law. Law may be defined as
crystallized ethics. Law and morality presuppose the concepts of right and
wrong, good and bad, even the rules of conduct.
However, there is a difference between what is moral and what is legal.
Laws are intended to regulate the external actions of man while ethics
investigates and probes the internal disposition of man, such as his
motivations and his thoughts.
B. Ethics and Religion

Religion and ethics are two phases of human activity which are closely
related. Both ethics and religion are based on the same postulate e.g., they both
suggest and assume the existence of God who created everything, man’s
freewill and the immortality of the soul.
Moreover, ethics and religion have the same end or purpose—that is, the
attainment of man’s happiness in this life and beyond. Lastly, ethics and
religion prescribe right living as the means of attaining the goal of man in this
world.
Authentic ethics cannot be separated from the existence of God. If there is
morality, there must be a moral law; and if there is a moral law, there must be
a lawgiver, and this ultimate lawgiver can only be God Himself.
Ethics and religion likewise presuppose the concept of the immortality
of man’s existence, e.g., that there is life after death. For this reason, we believe
that the soul of the person which continues to exist even after physical death, is
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Lastly, ethics and religion both seek the absolute truth. Ethics seeks the
absolute truth by using human reason alone, while religion tries to understand
this same absolute truth by virtue of one’s faith and his adherence to divine
revelation. In this case, faith is our response to God’s disclosure to us.
C. Ethics and Education

Education is defined as an instruction or training by which people learn
to develop and use their mental, moral and physical powers and abilities.
It is also one way of gaining experience about human life. Since man
however, is primarily a rational moral being, the purpose of education is to
perfect the moral character in man.
E. Ethics and Art

Art is concerned with the use of imagination to make things of aesthetic
significance. Ethics is aimed at conforming to an accepted standard of good
behavior. Ethics also stands for moral goodness, art, and beauty.
It may be difficult to ascertain whether a piece of art which is offensive
to morals can be considered beautiful.
Both true art and true ethics have the same aim: That is, to arouse and
to inspire the noble emotions of man, thereby creating no conflict at all.
Consequently, and art which arouses the lower impulses of man defeats the
very purpose of art.
D. Ethics and the Professional Codes of Conduct

The need for specialized skills and knowledge in business has created
trends which stimulate people and organizations to be identified with a
particular profession basically because it brings with it prestige, a sense of
respect, personal esteem and status symbol.
A professional code of ethics is a set of behavioral guidelines that
members of a profession are required by their professional practice.
These guidelines, in general terms, prescribe responsibilities that
members must adhere to and questionable situations in which they must not
be involved.
In some cases, members must be sanctioned for violation of the code.
These sanctions may include the following:

1. Payment of a fine
2. Payment of the cost of any investigation
3. Reprimand
4. Impositions of conditions on membership
5. Suspension from membership
6. Expulsion from membership
BRANCHES OF ETHICS

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Philosophers nowadays divide ethical theories mainly into three areas: meta-
ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics.
Meta-ethics deals with the nature of moral judgment. It looks at the origins and
meaning of ethical principles. It also explains what goodness and wickedness
means and how we know about them.
Normative ethics is concerned with the content of moral judgments and the
criteria for what is right and what is wrong course of action. This branch
evaluates standards for rightness and wrongness of action and determines a
moral course of action.
Difference between Meta & Normative Ethic

• Normative Ethics deals with questions like “Which of my actions should
be considered as good?”
• Meta Ethics deals with questions like “What is ‘good’?”
Applied ethics looks at what a person is obligated (or permitted) to do in a

specific situation or a particular domain of action. This branch is concern to
determine the ethically correct course of action in specific realms of human
action. Applied Ethics It is the philosophical examination from a moral
standpoint, of particular issues in private and public life which are matters of
moral judgment. It is thus the attempts to use philosophical methods to identify
the morally correct course of action in various fields of everyday life.
CODE OF ETHICS
 Business Ethics
 Environmental Ethics
 Engineering Ethics
 Military Ethics
 Bioethics

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Performance Tasks
II. REASONING TEST

MAKE YOUR ANSWER BRIEF, DIRECT, AND CONCISE.
a) Case study 1
A manufacturing company provides jobs for many people in a small town where employment is not
easy to find. The company has stayed in the town even though it could find cheaper workers
elsewhere, because workers are loyal to the company due to the jobs it provides. Over the years, the
company has developed a reputation in the town for taking care of its employees and being a
responsible corporate citizen.
The manufacturing process used by the company produces a by-product that for years has flown into
the town river. The by-product has been considered harmless but some people who live near the river
have reported illnesses. The by-product does not currently violate any anti-pollution laws.
What are the issues of integrity, ethics and law posed in the case study? What options does the
company have, and what should it do and why?
b) Case study 2
A woman died recently, after a short, unhappy life. She wanted her ashes to be scattered in the ocean
near a place she lived during one of the brief happy times of her adult life. Her parents and immediate
family had already passed away, so she discussed her wishes with her mother-in-law, who said she
would comply with her daughter-in-law's wishes. In her will, the woman gave control of her estate to
the mother-in-law. The will stated that the woman's ashes should be scattered in the ocean, as
described above. Instead, her mother-in-law buried the ashes in a family plot near her home, because

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she wanted to keep the ashes close to her because of her own grief.
Assume that the mother-in-law is legally required to follow the wishes stated in the will, but that no
one will check and it is very unlikely that the mother-in-law will have any problem with the law. What
are the issues of integrity, ethics and law posed in the case study? What options does the mother-in-
law have, and what should she do and why?
Understanding Directed Assess

Rubric for Concept Map
Criteria Excellent Good Adequate Marginal No Credit; is

unacceptable to
review
(0)
(4) (3) (2) (1)
Structure non-linear non-linear non-linear non-linear inappropriate

structure that structure that structure that structure that structure
provides a very provides a provides a shows some
complete picture complete picture picture of your relationships
of your ideas of your ideas ideas between ideas
Relationships relative relative relative importance is no differentiation

importance of importance of importance of evident but not between ideas;
ideas is indicated ideas is indicated ideas is indicated; very distinctive; no evidence of
and both simple and relationships relationships are relations are meaningful
and complex are very mapped somewhat clear relationships
relationships are effectively but lacking
very effectively mapped
mapped
Exploratory map shows map shows map shows map shows some thinking process
complex thinking effective thinking definite thinking thinking about is not clear

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about the about the about relationships
meaningful meaningful relationships between ideas,
relationship relationships between ideas, themes, and the
between ideas, between ideas, themes, and the framework
themes, and the themes, and the framework
framework framework
Communication information is information is information is information is information is

presented clearly presented clearly presented clearly presented and not clear, very
and allows for a and allows for a and allows for a some difficult to
high level of good level of basic level of understanding understand
understanding understanding understanding can be gained
University of Minnesota digital media center. (2004). Concept map [assessment rubric]. Retrieved on December 20, 2007, from
http://dmc.umn.edu/activities/mindmap/assessment.pdf
Learning Resources

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The main references of this course are the following:
a. Bulaong et al (n d). ETHICS- Foundation of Moral Values.

b. Agapay, R (2008). Ethics and the Filipino – A Manual on Morals for Students and
Educators. Published by National Bookstore. Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
c. Montemayor, F (2006). ETHICS The Philosophy of Life. Published by National Book Store.
Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
d. James, R (n d). What is morality?
e. Kant, I (n d). Categorical Imperative.
f. Oswald, M (n d). Nichomedian Ethics Trans by Aristotle.
g. Kohlberg, L (n d). Essay on Moral Development.
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LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM)

LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Student Learning Strategies

Online Activities A. Online Discussion via Zoom or Google Meet

B. Learning Guide Questions:

Teaching and Learning Matrix:

LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

 ETHOS (Ethics) – Greek word which means custom or habit

Three Important Treatises by Aristotle:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics

3. The Magna Moralia (Great Ethics)

Introduction: Etymology and Definition

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 HUMAN ACTS – action done intentionally and freely (ex. Walking,

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Human Acts vs. Acts of Human:

The Art of Correct Living:

Ethics and the Filipino:

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 Filipinos believe in moral integrity as essential to life

Ethics and Religion

Ethical Norms and Law:

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 Atheistic Approach – only matter exists and man is only responsible to

General and Special Ethics:

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Natural Law vs. Law of Nature:

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1. Man by natural insight is able to distinguish between good and evil,

 Man is born as a person

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Personality vs. Character:

Social Dimension of the Person:

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THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING ETHICS

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Why do we need Ethics?

b. Ethics is about feeling for others. At the heart of ethics is a concern

Ethics and its Relationship to other Sciences

A. Ethics and Logic

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B. Ethics and Psychology

C. Ethics and Sociology

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A. Ethics and Law

B. Ethics and Religion

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C. Ethics and Education

E. Ethics and Art

D. Ethics and the Professional Codes of Conduct

These sanctions may include the following:

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Difference between Meta & Normative Ethic

Applied ethics looks at what a person is obligated (or permitted) to do in a

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II. REASONING TEST