COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

General Education Cluster

GE2
Ethics
2nd Semester, A.Y. 2020-2021

LEARNING TASK 1

Name of Student: Adrian Salvador

Instruction:

1. Kindly read the exam rubric and essay question carefully before starting to answer.
2. Write your answer cohesively and STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
3. UNDERLINE the critical points of your answer.
4. Use 12 as the FONT SIZE and TIMES NEW ROMAN as the FONT STYLE.
5. The margin of your document is 1 with 1.5 spacing and should be justified.
6. Save the document as a PDF with this name format:
SURNAME_GE2_LEARNING TASK 1
Example: Buendia_GE2_LEARNING TASK 1
7. Attach the file in the google classwork.

ESSAY EXAM: The students demonstrate critical capability by analyzing the

following ethical dilemma.
Facts/background:

At exactly 2pm of January 26, 2018, on a Friday afternoon, a 29-year-old Dutch woman
in the name of Aurelia Brouwers died of assisted suicide or euthanasia by drinking a poison
supplied by her doctor. Brouwers had depression issues and for that reason her doctor assisted
her to meet her fatal death. In Netherlands, however, euthanasia is legal.

Task 1

Examine the ethical dilemma mentioned above by applying the proposed 3 moral
pre-requisites as basis or parameters of Aurelia Brouwers’s consent or decision to die through
assisted suicide:

1.) Was the element of Will present in Brouwers’s decision (5 pts.)

2.) Was the element of Freedom present in Brouwers’s decision. (5 pts.)

3.) Was the element of Knowledge present in Brouwers’s decision. (5 pts.)

 4.) Was Aurelia Brouwers’ decision to die through euthanasia morally acceptable
considering her depression issues? Why or why not? (5 pts)
Task 2

Examine the ethical dilemma mentioned above by applying the proposed 3 moral
pre-requisites as basis or parameters of Aurelia Brouwers’s doctor who gave the prescription
to die through assisted suicide:

5. )Was the element of Will present in Brouwers’s doctor’s action decision (5 pts.)
6.) Was the element of Freedom present in Brouwers’s doctor’s action (5 pts.)

7.)Was the element of Knowledge present in Brouwers’s doctor’s action (5 pts)

 8.) Was the action of the doctor to help Brouwers meet her fateful death morally
acceptable considering that it is legal to do so? Why or why not? (5 pts)
References:
Pressly, L. (2018, August 08). The troubled 29-YEAR-OLD helped to die by Dutch doctors.
Retrieved February 21, 2021, from https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-45117163
Kim, S. (2019, June 08). How Dutch law got a little too comfortable with euthanasia. Retrieved
February 21, 2021, from
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/noa-pothoven-and-dutch-euthanasia-system/5
91262/
Suicide and assisted suicide: The role of depression. (n.d.). Retrieved February 21, 2021, from
https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/end-of-life/euthanasia/role-of-d
epression
 RUBRIC
Criteria/Performa Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Score
nce Improvement
Areas 5 pts 4 pts 3 pts 2 pts
Content and Essay has a Central idea Unable to Essay has no
Development specific is vague, find specific focus or
central idea somewhat supporting central idea
stated clearly sketchy and details, more and has no
in concrete non-supporti than 4 errors supporting
details, shows ve to the in details or
understanding main topic. information evidence to
of the topic, Essay lacks and details. the claims.
has originality focus.
and focus.
Organization of Essay is Essay Central point Ideas were
Ideas logically somewhat and flow of unorganized
organized and digresses idea is lost. and vague. No
well-structure from the Essay lacks specific
d displaying a central idea clarity, structure or
good and claims. organization, flow of ideas
introduction, a Ideas do not quality, and was observed
body, and a follow a continuity. or followed.
conclusion. logical
Critical sequence and
thinking skills order.
must also
 become
evident.
Research Skills Shows Cited Did little Did no
capability to researches research and attempt of
reconcile were gathers gathering any
personal ideas inconclusive information information
with the cited and on the topic. on the topic or
researchers unsupportive Did not cite event.
and pertinent to the central relevant
information. topic or details and
Essay must general information.
show claims.
cohesiveness
of the details.
Writing Style Writing is Sentences Essay lacks Written essay
smooth, are varied creativity is confusing
coherent, and and and focus. and hard to
consistent inconsistent Unrelated follow.
with central with the word choice Contains
ideas. central ideas to the central fragments
Sentences are and claims. idea. Diction and/or run-on
strong and Consistent is sentences.
expressive with the inconsistent. Inappropriate
with varied vocabulary diction.
structure. and word
Diction is choice.
consistent and
words well
chosen.

Mechanics Written work Written work Written work Written work

has no errors is relatively has several has serious
in word free of errors errors in and persistent
selection and in word word errors in word
use, sentence selection and selection and selection and
structure, use, sentence use, sentence use, sentence
spelling, structure, structure, structure,
 punctuation, spelling, spelling, spelling,
and punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
capitalization. and and and
capitalizatio capitalizatio capitalization.
n (1-2 errors) n (3-4 errors) (5 or more
errors)
Timeliness Posted the Posted the Essay is Essay is
completed completed posted after posted 48
essay essay 24 hours past hours past the
requirement requirement the deadline. deadline.
on time or within 24
before the hours after
deadline. deadline.