Republic of the Philippines

SAMAR STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Catbalogan, City
Telephone Numbers: (055)-542-8394/ (055)-251-2139
Website: www.ssu.edu.ph

UNIFIED AND UPDATED SYLLABUS

Academic Year: Second Semester SY 2013-2014

I. Course Number : Humanities 2

II. Course Descriptive Title : Logic and Ethics

III. Credit Units/Time Frame : 3 units/54 hours

IV. Course Pre-requisite/s : None
V. Professor/s : Nathalie Ann C. Alaga
VI. Academic Term
and School Year : Second Semester; SY 2013-2014
VII. Time Allotment : 54 hours
VIII. Vision and Mission of SSU :
SSU VISION
The University commits itself to the development of human potentials and the fortification of human
conditions as subsumed in the fundamental matrix of the life of the indigenous society and in the realities of global
community.
SSU MISSION
The University shall primarily provide advanced instruction and professional training in the arts, philosophy,
social sciences, agriculture and fishery, forestry, science and technology, engineering, education, law and other
related fields. It shall also undertake research and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in its areas
of specialization.
Sec.2. R.A. 9313
IX. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (CAS) GOAL

The College of Arts and Sciences commits itself to the following goals.

1. Develop through instruction, intellectual acumen and globally acceptable technology-based skills
directed at the service of God, country, and fellowmen;
2. Foster a desirable attitudes towards research and promote continuing education as a means of
achieving personal growth and development;
3. Encourage meaningful community involvement through innovative and responsive strategies geared
towards national development, and
4. Instill positive productivity for gaining sustainable growth and self-sufficiency in a progressive and
environment-friendly society.

X. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Cognizant of these goals, the programs and activities of the college of Arts and Sciences are continuously
geared towards the attainment of the following tangible objectives.

 Enhance professional competence of faculty in the different academic subjects;

 Facilitate the integral development and students by providing them relevant academic training;
 Enrich the curriculum keeping it abreast with the current trends in the different areas of study and
making it more responsive to the changing environment.
 Enhance physical facilities so as to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning;
 Conduct extension activities and functional researches for the improvement of instruction.

On the whole, the college of Arts and Sciences aspires to foster academic community imbued with a zeal for
Commitment, Achievement and Services.
XI. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course deals with the systematic study and the definition and division of concept, the formulation of
judgment, immediate and mediate, inference, and deductive reasoning with inclusion of philosophical reflection or
moral experience and the ultimate foundations of moral value, theories of morality, philosophy and hierarchy of moral
values.

XII. COURSE OBJECTIVES

General Objectives:
At the completion of each topic and suggested activities, the students are expected to:

1. To obtain in-depth knowledge of the science of human conduct;

2. To enhance, through study, the power of the mental faculty in knowing, comprehending, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating philosophical concepts and terms;
3. To appreciate the value of ethics and morality in human lives and their indispensable intellectual
exercise.

Specific Objectives:
Students are expected to:

1. To be able to discuss the scope and meaning of ethics;

2. To compare and analyze the different ethical theories and their implication on human conduct;
3. To examine the ethical relationships between the individual and the state;
4. To cite examples on the different levels of reasoning;
5. To identify errors or fallacies in reasoning;
6. To become familiar with the use of symbols in logic;
7. To show appreciation on the importance of individual search for truth.

XIII. CORE VALUES

a. Honesty and Integrity
b. Kindness

XIV. COURSE CONTENTS

Topic/Unit of Work Time Frame/Allotment

Remarks
(Hours) (Partially/Fully

Covered)
PART I. LOGIC

A. Introduction to Philosophy, Definitions

B. Philosophical Forms and Symbols
C. Introduction to Logic
D.
1. What is Logic? (Meer, ) 2 hours
2. Thinking 2 hours
3. The Formal Object of Logic 2 hours
4. Importance of Logic 2 hours
5. Types of Logic 2 hours
6. Art of the Mind: The Mental Operatives 2 hours
7. What is Language? 2 hours

E. Concepts and Terms

8. What is a Concept? 1 hour

9. Types of Concepts 1 hour
10. What is a Term? 1 hour
11. What is a Supposition? 1 hour
12. What does Definition Mean? 1 hour

F. Judgment and Proposition

 13. What is a Judgment? 1 hour
14. What is a Proposition? 1 hour
15. Symbols of Categorical Propositions 1 hour
16. Venn Diagram 1 hour
17. What is a Hypothetical Proposition? 1 hour

F. Reasoning

18. What is Reasoning/ Inference? 1 hour

19. Inference/ Syllogisms? 1 hour
20. What are Fallacies? 1 hour
21. Review of Symbolic Logic 1 hour

PART II. ETHICS

G. Introduction

1. The Foundation of Ethics (Montemayor, ) 2 hours

2. The Scope and Meaning of Ethics 2 hours
3. Fundamental Concepts 2 hours
4. Two Fundamental Questions 2 hours
5. Questions on the Norm of Morality 2 hours
6. Defective Norms of Morality 2 hours
7. Specific Determinants of Morality 1 hour
8. Baha’i Concept of Morality and Spirituality 1 hour
(Hatcher & Hatcher, 193-196)
9. Ethics and Law 1 hour
10. Human Rights and Natural Law 1 hour

H. Special Ethics

11. Ethics and Love 1 hour

12. The Individual and the State 1 hour
13. Moral Philosophy of Democracy 1 hour
14. Liberty and Law 1 hour
15. Ethics and Mysticism 1 hour

Sub-total no. of Hours 51 hours

Examinations 3 hours
Total no. of Hours 54 hours

XV. METHODOLOGIES/STRATEGIES

a. Participative Method
b. Socratic Method
c. Lecture Discussion
d. Reportorial Method
e. Group Dynamics

XVI. EVALUATION PARAMETERS/MEASURES

Midterm/Final Exams 40%
Class Participation 15%
Quizzes 20%
Term Paper/Project 25%
100%

XVII. REFERENCES

 Hatcher, John and William Hatcher. The Law of Love Enshrined . Oxford: George Ronald. 1999.
 Montemayor, Felix. Ethics: The Philosophy of Life. National Bookstore. 1994.
 Meer, Thelma, Lou S. Hualda and Lamberto M. Bamba, Jr. Basics of Logic. Trinitas Publishing, Inc. 2004.
  Cruz, Corazon L. Philosophy of Man, 3 rd edition. National Bookstore. 2006. (Third Reprint Edition)

Prepared by:

NATHALIE ANN C. ALAGA

Instructor/Professor

Approved:

FLORABELLE B. PATOSA, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

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