Rose Lyn Mandane BEEd2-5

Let’s Try This! (A.1.1)

Before you read on, try and answer the question below. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. Should there be a proper study of morality? Why or why not?

In my opinion we need a proper study of morality because not only being a future teacher,
students but also an individual we need to learned this thing for us to become a good citizen a
responsible individual and a well-known and respected teacher. We can only gain respect if we know
this moral and ethical behaviors.

2. Are all acts be subjected to ethical analysis? Why?

For me it’s a yes why because they are somewhat the same for it focuses on whether the act is
good or bad and morality is part of the ethics because morality is the study of ethics.

3. Have you already encountered situation where you need to decide or choose to equal options?

Well so far I haven’t encountered a situation in which I should choose or decide equal option.

4. Are all moral behavior the same among all cultures? How about different generations?

Well as far as I know not all moral behaviors are the same because we have a different culture
that we used to know and as for the generation I strongly believe that they have the different moral
behaviors because as time pass by the ideas have changes about morality. Now a day we can’t hardly
see the same moral behaviors with the elders and the youth.

Let’s Think About This (LT1)

What if there is no systematic study of morality? Can all acts be justified? Write your answer on the
space provided. Post also your answer in the course site.

If there is no systematic study of morality all acts can be justified because there is no right nor
wrong in every action, we made. It will be in a huge commotion there will no sign of peace in this
country because they will all think that it is okay to do it because there is no such thing that will prove
that there doing is not just and it is disgraceful.

Let’s Think About This (LT2)

Have you already encountered a moral dilemma? How did you respond to it? Write your answer in
the box provided. Post also your answer in the course site.

Yes, I already encountered a moral dilemma in which I have to choose whether I’ll tell her or
the truth or not. If I tell her she will be in a great sorrow and if I not tell her she will continuously be
happy and I choose not to tell her even though she need to know the truth and as her friend it is my
obligation to tell her but if I tell her someone’s reputation will be ruined and I don’t want it to
happen be misunderstand and judge by other without knowing the truth but in my case, I didn’t
know exactly the whole story but I know there are acceptable reasons behind it so I just keep my
mouth shut.
Let’s Think About This (LT2)

Write a short reflection on Ima’s position on cultural relativism. Are we in a position to morally judge a
cultural practice? Write answer in the space provided. Post also your answer in the course site.

In Ima’s position on cultural relativism we are not in the positon to morally judge a cultural
practice as she said that their practices are not wrong compared to the cultural practices that you used
to know they are just different and nothing to judge for. We all have different cultural practices and
weren’t saying that you should adapt and do it as well respect and understand it will do.

Let’s Think About This (LT3)

How would respond to the generational differences in terms of both social and moral behavior? Cite an
example to further substantiate your answer. Write answer in the space provided. Post also your answer
in the course site.

Well it is rapidly changing from generation to generation and it is quite normal because as time
pass by the knowledge also increased and there are so many changes that are inevitable to happen. For
example, the way they communicate to each other, as the way the communication improve the more
the persons lost formality and it is common now a day. Decades ago the way they talk are full of
formality they use deep word but nowadays millennials usually used conyo word. And another example
is the way the boy court the girl, they will come to the girls’ house fetch water cut firewood and ask
permission to the parents but now they will add you in Facebook and started a conversation within
several days it will start to court you through chat, meet up in a place where both of you agreed and the
rest is history. Not only the social behavior but also the perspective of each individual changes about
other things some might say it is only natural and some might say it is not.

How Much Have You Learned? (A.1.2)

To find out more how much you have learned from this lesson, try and answer the question below.
Write your answer on the space provided.

1. What do we mean by the term ethics? Is it different from the term morality?

The term ethics refers to the discipline that examines the moral standards of an individual or
society while the term morality refers to certain codes of conduct set by a society or a group such as
region. The morality is just the study of ethics.

2. Are all acts be subjected to ethical analysis? Why?

Not all acts can be subjected to ethical analysis why because there we have different culture and
norms that we follow like for example raising your child they say hitting your child as a punishment is
wrong but how can we show them that they are wrong in means f talking? Well no because some other
believe that giving them pain makes the child think that they should not do it again because they will
receive a punishment that’s why the child will have a fear to do it again and there are belief or it just a
saying that if your parents hit you whenever you did mistake it means that they love you.
3. What are moral dilemmas?

Moral dilemma is a situation in which the person requires to choose between two points that
are equally undesirable or unsatisfactory.

4. Are all moral behavior the same among all cultures? How about per generation?

No because we have different culture and we based our behavior on it also in per generation
because it changes generation to generations and some beliefs that we share is now different from
other generation. Well it is not appropriate to compare the social values and behavior of our generation
to the other generations because first off all we live in different era. And as a millennial I know that
some of our behavior is not appropriate to be seen in the perspective of the old generations but we
don’t want them to accept us just respect is all we need, respect to one another.

Feedback

Compare your answer with those on (A.1.1) are your answers early the same as the given ones? Take
note that what matters is for you to be oriented toward the basic concepts of the subject matter. This
will serve as your groundwork for the upcoming lessons.

LEARNING OUTPUT

(O1) Essay Paper.

1. Look for a news article from a newspaper, online or tv/radio broadcast that tackles an ethical issue
and write an essay of at least 150 words. Use the questions below as your guide in writing your essay.
Write your answer in the box provided.

a. What is the case about?

b. What makes it a matter of ethics?

c. Is it considered a moral dilemma?

d. What is your ethical analysis of the case?

The extra judicial killing and the Philippines morality battle. This article shows the way on
how the administration of President Duterte suppress the illegal drugs of this country. This
movement was opposed by other citizen. There’s a lot of lives has been put on waste because of
their assumption that this said person is using or selling illegal drugs.

This article is considered a moral dilemma because as it says that they only want to
suppress the illegal drugs to avoid increasing the crime rate in the Philippines for it shows that
the rate of crimes rapidly increasing because of the effect of the drugs taken by the person. it
has the effect of hallucination that pushes the one person to commit crime for example raping
the 5 years old child. They also killed people easily without conscience.

Their reasoning is might be reasonable but killing people like they are just like some wild
animals it is injustice they even killed people who they believe that are using drugs without a
concrete evidences. It is un ethical to killed someone because of it. They didn’t consider the
value of once life.
Source: international.la-croix.com
(O2) Reflection Paper

2. Write a reflective essay with at least 150 words regarding your personal experiences of Filipino
Culture. Use the questions below as your guided in writing your essay. Write your answer in the box
provided.

a. What are your personal experiences of Filipino Culture?

b. What are its strengths and weaknesses?

c. Cite at least 2 problems rooted in Filipino qualities you’ve encountered, and recommend how you
would address the problem.

My personal experience in Filipino culture is when I visited my friend house and

they show me hospitality. I did enjoy that experience and also the courtesy and hiya. Well
it is inevitable to feel “hiya” when someone is around that you didn’t even know and it is
understandable. Courtesy and respect is also shown and it is naturally to us to be like that
and treated like that.

In Filipino culture there are also some strength and weaknesses in it. The strength
of it are the hospitality we show to the others remarked in their heart and mind that
Filipinos are nice person. The courtesy, modest, warmth, respect and hiya are the
common traits that the Filipino used to know by the other country. The “Utang- na- Loob”
is very natural to the Filipinos but at the same time it gives negative effect and known us
the one of the weakness point and also the “Lakas-ng-Loob/Bahala na”this show that it is
okay whether the outcome is good or bad and it’s like it’s okay just leave it to the destiny.

Future must not depend on the undesirable outcome those traits must be change
and that utang-na-loob because it has negative effect if that utang-na-loob was possessed
that even that person did horrible things you didn’t report it because of you utang- na-
loob to that person.