PHINMA Education Network GEN 006 Ethics

Student Activity Sheets Course and year level_____________

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Materials:
Lesson Title: Activity Sheets

Reference/s:

Agapay, Ramon. Ethics and the

Filipino. National Book Store
Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Publication, Mandaluyong City
1. Contemplate the existence of moral dilemma
2. Find solutions to dilemmas common among students

Review
Give at least 3 reasons why rules are important in the society.
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Concept notes

Pre-printed Notes

A moral dilemma is a situation where:

1. You are presented with two or more actions, all of which you have the ability to perform.
2. There are moral reasons for you to choose each of the actions
3. You cannot perform all actions.

Comprehension activity

Questions Yes No
1. In moral dilemma, can the agent perform both actions?
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2. Is it also called a dilemma when the agent is choosing between two desirable options?
3. is it a moral dilemma when the agent is choosing between two objects?
4. Is it a moral dilemma when a woman is choosing between two suitors?
5. When choosing between choices, moral dilemmas often considers moral consequences.
Guided practice
Read the article below, and answer the questions that follows.

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/ethical-dilemma-use-information-technology-18366.html

Each year, as advances are made in artificial intelligence, or AI, businesses that use these technologies will be
facing new ethical dilemmas. For example, if you decide to use a chatbot on your website to assist customers, not
only do you have to decide what information you will be collecting from those customers and how it will be used,
you will also have to decide whether or not to tell your customers that they are interacting with a program rather
than a human being.

In other cases, the dilemmas surrounding AI revolve around how it is programmed. Human preferences and even
prejudices can affect how the software behaves. In one instance, an AI tool used by the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections to help determine parole eligibility of inmates showed a distinct preference for Caucasian men over
African-American and Hispanic men. The prejudice was written into the software by the programmers.

Perhaps the ultimate in ethical dilemmas can be found in how to program self-driving cars. In the event of a
potential collision, the programmers who design the software must decide who to save. Mercedes-Benz made
headlines in 2016, when it opted to always protect the driver first in its AI prototypes – even if that meant plowing
through a group of pedestrians, instead of steering toward an oncoming truck.

Questions:
1. What are the ethical issues present in the selection?
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2. Since technology is already present, how can we minimize its negative effects on human beings?
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Independent practice

As a student, you have encountered moral dilemmas at home and at school. Give at least 2 examples of moral
dilemmas.
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Important Things I have learned
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Questions in my mind that needs to

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Additional practice – Enrichment activity

Ethical problem:

Xanthe, a first year student, got pregnant. By the time she told her boyfriend, he left her without any word. Now
she has this dilemma: she wants to continue her studies, yet she has to endure by telling her parents.
Nevertheless, she knew that her parents will be disappointed when she told them she’s pregnant. What should
Xanthe do?

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Thinking about your learning

What do you think is the meaning of this quote?

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Dead people receive more flowers than living ones because regret is ________________________
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