Name:

TESORERO,
ANGELG.

YearandSect
ion:
1A

ACTI
VITY1

I
.Expl
ainy
ouranswerf
rom t
hequest
ionbel
ow(
notl
esst
hant
hree(
5)sent
ences.

Doyouthi
nkthathumanbeingsar
eessenti
all
ygoodorbad,
oracombinati
onofboth?
Why?I
nawel l
-or
ganizedessay
,ar
gueforandbri
ngevi
dencetosuppor
ttheposi
ti
onyou
hav
etaken.

Idobel i
evet hathumanbei ngsareessent i
all
ygood.Wear ebor nclueless
aswear esti
llbabiesbutast het i
mepasses,wear edevel
opi ngourownknowl edge
andwi sdom withthehelpofpeopl earoundus.Thi sideawasanchor edf r
om amoder n
phil
osopherJohnLockewhost ated thatthemi ndi sa"tabular asa"(or"blanksl ate"
)
and thatpeopl earebor nwi thouti nnateideas.Weal lstartedasababyand our
personali
tycanbedev elopaswear egr owingwi t
hthepeopl eort heenv i
ronment
aroundus.Ibel i
evet hatit'
st hepeopl ear oundus,ourbel i
eforei therourown
perspecti
vesmol dourselvesandwecanbenat ur
allygoodifonlywear eraisedproper l
y
andi nst
ilt
hegol denhear twit
hinust hatall
ow ust ogai
nmor alv al
ueswhi l
elearning
how t o gi
ver espectand v al
ueot hers.Wecanonl ybebad i fourmi nd orsome
psychologi
calforcestri
ckedusandwhent hesoci etypoi
sonusandmadeusf eelthat
wear ereal
lybadast heythrowusbyt heirownnegat i
vecri
ti
cism .

Wear enat ural

l
ybornasbabi esassumi ng thatwearecluelessupon
enteri
ngthisworldyetaswegr ow,wedi scovertheknowledgeandwisdom weneedt o
becomeagoodper son.Howev er
,there'
sal otoffactorsthataf
fect
sourper sonal
i
ty
and perspect
ivei nli
fet hatmaylead into embracing thebad si
deofour selves.
Nev er
thel
ess,Ihopethathumandoesn'tneedt obeentit
ledgoodorbadanymore.

I
I.Cr
it
ical
l
yexaminetheTenCommandmentsi
nthef
oll
owi
ngway
s(y
oumayusea
t
ableorparagr
apht
oexplai
nyouranswer
):
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a)Separ
atet
hem t
oshowhowt
heywoul
dfi
tint
oanyoft
hef
ouraspect
sofmor
ali
ty.

RELI
GIOUS I
NDI
VIDUAL MORALI
TYAND SOCI
ALMORALI
TY
MORALI
TY MORALI
TY NATURE

1.Iam t
heLor
d,Your 4.Honoryourf
ather 8.Donotbearf
alse
God;donotwor
ship andyourmother. wit
nessagai
nstyour
fal
segods. nei
ghbor
.

2.Donott
akethe 5.Donotki
l
l. 9.Donotcovetyour
nameofGodinvai
n. nei
ghbor
’sspouse.

3.Keephol
ythe 6.Donotcommi
t 10.Donotcov
etyour
Sabbat
hDay. adul
ter
y. nei
ghbor
’sbel
ongi
ngs.

7.Donotst
eal
.

(
b)Whi
chcommandment
sdoy
ouconsi
dert
obeabsol
utel
ynecessar
yforanysoci
ety
t
obemoral
?Why?

Forme, allofthet encommandment sar enecessar yforal lsi

nceitgui
deust o
l
iveabet terlif
eandhel pust obemor al.Itfor bidust odosucht hi
ngsaski lli
ng,
adulter
y,steali
ng, lackofr espectetcandl eadusi ntot her i
ghtsideofl i
fewithhumani t
y,
respectand l ovet owar d God and t o everyone.Howev er,what 'sreal
lyabsolutely
necessaryf oroursoci etynowaday sar et he5t h,6t h,7thand10t hcommandment s
whichar eallincludedi nourl awtohel pust obemor alandi talsochangeourmor ali
ty.
Thelawpr ovi
deuswi t
ht hesetofr ul
esandr egulationst ohelpusactandbehav einthe
ri
ghtway . The5t h,6th,7t h,and10t hcommandment sthatof t
enbei ngv i
olat
edby
humans whi ch make i tnecessar yt oo .Thus t he 1st ,2nd,3r d,4th,
8th and 9t h
commandment s ar e necessar ytoo y eti tseems t hatalloft hem are underour
responsibil
it
iesasahuman.I tisouri nternalwil
lt of oll
owi twithoutanyr ul
esorl aw.
Weshoul dchooset obemor alregardlessoft hel awsandwemustr espectandobey
ourGod'sl aw tobemor al.

(
c)Whi
chcommandment
scanbeenf
orcedl
egal
l
yandwhi
chcannot
?Why
?

Answer
:
 The5th,6t
h,7thand10thcommandment scanbeenfor
cedlegal
lysi
ncet hese
arethecommandment sthatar
eoftenviol
atedbyhumans.Whil
ethe1st,2nd,
3rd,4th,
8thand9t hcommandment smaybeconsiderasourobli
gat
ionasahumanbei ng
obeyingthelawsofourGod.Nev er
thel
ess,alloft
hem canbeenfor
cedlegall
ysinceit
wil
ll
eadusi ntoachiev
inggoodmor alandhumanity.

II
I.Labelthefol
lowingst
atement
saseihernor
t mative(
N)ordescr
ipt
ive(D).I
f
normative,abeleachaset
l hi
cs(E)aest
, het
ics(
A)l
,aw(L)r
,el
igi
on(R)
, orcust
om (
C).

Answer

a.Oneoughtt
orespectone’
sel
der
sbecausei
tisoneofGod’
s N,
R
commandments

b.Twiceasmanypeopl
etoday
,ascomparedtot
eny ear
sago, D
bel
iev
et hatt
hedeat
hpenal
tyi
smoral
lyj
usti
fi
edinsomecases.

c.I
twoul
dbewr
ongt
oputanant
iquechai
rinamoder
nroom. N,
A

d.Peopl
edonotal
way
sdowhatt
heybel
i
evet
ober
ight
. D

e.Ioughtnott
otur
nlef
ther
ebecauset
hesi
gnsay
s“NoLef
tTur
n.” D

f.Weoughtt
oadoptauni
versal
heal
thi
nsur
ancepol
i
cybecause N,
L
ever
yonehasar
ightt
ohealt
hcare.