ST.

ANTHONY’S COLLEGE Liberal Arts-Education Department

San Jose de Buenavista, Antique Second Semester, AY 2019-2020
FINAL PORTFOLIO GEC 108 – ETHICS

Format of Portfolio for GEC 108

 Cover page
 Table of Content/Content of Portfolio
 Introduction to the Moral Theory
 What is the Significance of Moral Theories in Contemporary
Period?
 Ethics of Natural law
1. Ethics of Natural Law Article
2. Case Analysis: The Therapeutic Pregnancy
Guide Questions:
 Is the loss of the child permissible?
 Is collateral damage an excuse?
 Ethics of Kantian Deontology
1. Ethics of Kantian Deontology Article
2. Case Analysis: Designer Babies

Guide Questions:
 Is it wrong to prevent genetic disease?
 Is it a wise investment?
 Is it selfish to control your child’s genes?
 Ethics of Utilitarianism
1. Ethics of Utilitarianism Article
2. Case Analysis: The Doctor’s Dilemma and the Life Boat Dilemma

Guide Questions:
 If s/he dies, you will be able to save the other five patients by
using the organs of patient 6, who is an organ donor. What do
you do?
 Would you stay on your current boat and help keep it afloat as
long as possible and hope that the rescue will arrive in 5 hours?
 Would you go to your friends’ boat, ensuring your rescue, but
reducing the chances of the others on the boat being rescued?
 Ethics of Egoism
1. Ethical Egoism Article
2. Case Analysis: The Outbreak of COVID-19
Guide Questions:
 What matters most, education for the future career or health
itself?
 Is it morally unacceptable to forgo the duty on education in the
given circumstance?
 Are you morally dirty because you refuse to do what needs to be
done?

 Applied Ethics: Perspective on Environmental Ethics

1. Environmental Ethics Article
2. Case Analysis: Sustainability and Responsibility on Future Generation

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 Guide Questions:
 What obligations do we have to the future generation?
 What obligations, if any, do we have to our fellow fauna and the
flora we all depend on?
 Are we called to be stewards of the environment?
 Is the environment just there for our exploitation and use?

 Bibliography

Prepared by:

James Erol De Castro

Theodore Francis Calantas

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 Rubrics for Final Portfolio
Criteria Beginning
Determine the Student is unable to
Extent of the effectively formulate a
Information research question based on
Needed an information need.
Access the Student is unfocused and
Needed unclear about search
Information strategy. Time is not used
Effectively and effectively and efficiently.
Efficiently Information gathered lacks
relevance, quality, and
balance.
Evaluate Student is unaware of criteria
Information and that might be
its Sources used to judge information
Critically quality. Little effort
is made to examine the
information located
Use Student is not
Information aware of the information
Effectively to necessary to research
Accomplish a a topic, and the types of data
Specific Purpose that would be
useful in formulating a
convincing argument.
Information is incomplete
and does not support
the intended purpose.
Understand the Student is unclear regarding
Economic, Legal, proper citation
and Social Issues format, and/or copies and
surrounding the paraphrases the
Use of information and ideas of
Information, and others without giving
Access and Use credit to authors. Student
Information does not know how
Ethically and to distinguish between
Legally information that is
objective and biased, and
does not know the
role that free access to
information plays in a
democratic society.
Scoring: 0 – 10 = Needs Improvement
Proficient
Student can formulate a
question that is focused and
clear. Student identifies
concepts related to the
topic, and can find a
sufficient number of
information
resources to meet the
information need.
Student executes an
appropriate search strategy
within a reasonable amount
of
time. Student can solve
problems by finding a
variety of relevant
information resources, and
can evaluate search
effectiveness.
Student examines
information using criteria
such as authority,
credibility, relevance,
timeliness, and accuracy,
and is able to make
judgments about what to
keep and what to discard.
Student uses appropriate
information to solve a
problem, answer a question,
write a paper, or other
purposes
Student gives credit for
works used by quoting and
listing references. Student
is an ethical consumer and
producer of information,
and understands how free
access to information, and
free expression, contribute
to a democratic society.
11 – 20 = Workable
Advance
Question is focused, clear, and
complete. Key concepts and terms
are identified. Extensive information
sources are identified in numerous
potential formats.
Student is aware and able to analyze
search results, and evaluate the
appropriateness of the variety of (or)
multiple relevant sources of
information that directly fulfill an
information
need for the particular discipline.
Multiple and diverse sources and
viewpoints of information is
compared and evaluated according to
specific criteria appropriate for the
discipline. Student is able to match
criteria
to a specific information need, and
can articulate how identified sources
relate to the context of the discipline.
Student is aware of the breadth and
depth of research on a topic, and is
able to reflect on search strategy,
synthesize and integrate
information from a variety of
sources, draw appropriate
conclusions, and is able to clearly
communicate ideas to others
Student understands and recognizes
the concept of intellectual property,
can defend him/herself if challenged,
and can properly incorporate the
ideas/published works of others into
their own work building upon them.
Student can articulate the value of
information to a free and democratic
society, and can use specific criteria
to discern
objectivity/fact from
bias/propaganda.
21 – 30 = Exemplary
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 ST. ANTHONY’S COLLEGE
Liberal Arts-Education Department
San Angel, San Jose, 5700 Antique, Philippines

Ethics: A Blend of Normative Ethics and Applied Ethics

A Short Introduction

A Portfolio
Presented to
(Instructor)

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the GEC 108
(Ethics)

By
(Name of Student)
(Program and Year-level)

June 5, 2020
(Date Submitted)
Sample of Cover Page

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