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LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM)
Course GEC 108 - Ethics
Sem/AY First Semester/2020-2021
Module No. 10
Lesson Title ETHICAL ISSUES
Week
1
Duration
Date January 18-February 5
Description This lesson exposes the students to some ordinary and extraordinary ethical issues
of the confronting the individuals and society which call for sound ethical analysis using
Lesson rational and virtuous stance.

Learning Outcomes
Intended Students should be able to meet the following intended learning outcomes:
Learning  Know the facts about various moral issues
Outcomes  Understand the arguments in favor and against these activities.
 Know how to apply the frameworks to various situations related to these
activities.

Targets/ At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Objectives  Formulate one’s personal stand and be able to support it with concrete
arguments.

Student Learning Strategies

Online Activities A. Online Discussion via Google Meet
(Synchronous/ You will be directed to attend 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 ___________, 2020, from __________.

(For further instructions, refer to your Google Classroom and see the
schedule of activities for this module)

B. Learning Guide Questions:

1. Confronted with this issue, “what is the ‘good’ thing to do?
2. Are ethical frameworks can be combined to address these issues ?
Note: The insight that you will post on the online discussion forum using
the Learning Management System (LMS) will receive additional scores in-
class participation.

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Offline Activities Lecture GuideAccredited

Level I Institutionally

(e-Learning/Self-
Paced) Analyzing Ethical Issues

ABORTION

There are two issues which involve abortion: the human status of the unborn
and the right to live of the child vs. right to privacy of the mother. The
permissibility of this act depends on whether a person believes a fetus to be
subhuman, potentially human, or fully human. If human life is prioritized over
personal privacy, abortion on the basis of the right to privacy is unjustified. If
the mother's right to privacy takes priority over the baby's right to life,
abortion is justified.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

The three basic views in capital punishment are reconstructionism, or the

application of death sentence for all serious crimes; rehabilitationism, which
does not allow it for any crime; and retributionism, which advocates death for
some capital crimes.

EUTHANASIA
There are two forms of euthanasia; active euthanasia, or “the intentional
taking of another life, whether by oneself or another, whether one is young or
old,” and passive euthanasia, or “allowing someone to die whether through
withholding natural means of sustaining life (unnatural passive euthanasia), or
from withdrawing unnatural means of resisting irreversible sickness (natural
passive euthanasia).” (Geisler, 2010)

WAR
Does morality have a place in war? Realists answer that it does not have a
place in it. It asserts that all war is unjust and has no place in any ethical theory.
Pacifists, on the other hand, believe that no plausible moral theory can justify
war. The Just War Theory which was developed by Augustine and Aquinas
provided conditions under which resorting to war is justified and measures on
how to conduct war in an ethical manner.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Same-sex marriage is a largely debated issue these days. At the onset of various
gender preferences and the shifting of male-female roles due to various factors,
its adherents advocate to uphold their rights. Celebration on one end and
criminalization which leads to emotional clashes on the other are what
characterize various social responses towards this phenomenon.

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GENOCIDE
Level I Institutionally Accredited

Gregory Stanton provided the eight stages of genocide: (1) Classification,

where people are divided into “us” vs. “them;” (2) symbolization, where
symbols may be forced upon unwilling members of a certain group; (3)
dehumanization, where one group denies the humanity of others and equate
them with animals; (4) organization, where special units are trained and
armed; (5) polarization, where propagandas are broadcasted; (6)
preparation, wherein victims are identified and separated out because of their
ethnic and religious identities; (7) extermination, due to their belief that their
victims are not humans; and (8) denial, where perpetrators deny that they
have committed any crimes.

Engaging Activity

Research the latest news which features one of the moral issues to be
discussed.

Performance Tasks

WORLDVIEW SURVEY

Direction: Provide the necessary facts and arguments about your chosen moral issue. Fill the table out
with the answers asked.

MORAL POSITION TEMPLATE

ESSENTIAL FACTS ABOUT A CHOSEN ISSUE (Meaning, Types, Methods, Effects)

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APPLICATION OF FRAMEWORKS: Choose three (3) frameworks you would like to assess
the action
PERSONAL STANDwith.
ON THE ISSUE:
Why is capital punishment morally permissible/impermissible? Support your moral
position with a chosen framework and appropriate arguments.

Understanding Directed Assessment

Rubric for PT 1
CRITERIA EXEMPLARY (20) PROFICIENT (10) UNSATISFACTORY (5)

Answer shows accuracy and Answer contains inaccurate and

Answer shows an adequate
Content rich understanding about the incomplete information and
understanding about the topic (5)
topic (10) irrelevant ideas (2)

Answer shows clarity of Answer shows basic Answer lacks clarity, organization
Clarity thought and depth of insight understanding and contains and other important information
(8) concise ideas (3) (2)

Grammar and spelling are Answer has one grammar and Answer has more than two
Grammar and Spelling
error-free (2) spelling error (2) grammar and spelling errors (1)

Learning Resources
Cabuyao, Marfin (June 2020). Lecture Notes on Contemporary Ethical Issues Series
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Same-sex Marriage. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/same-sex-marriage
on June 16, 2020.

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Geisler, Norman (2010). Christian Ethics: Contemporary

Level I Institutionally Accredited Issues and Options. Michigan, USA: Baker Academic.

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