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Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES


University Town, Northern Samar, Philippines

1st Semester, SY 2019-2022


SYLLABUS
Course No. /Code: GE 8
Course Title: Ethics
Credit Unit: 3 Units
Schedule:

I. Course Content
WEEK 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF ETHICS (3 Hours)
A. Definition of ethics
B. The need to study Ethics
C. Theories of the origin of Ethics
D. Ethics and morality
E. Ethics and Religion
F. Ethics and Law
G. Ethics and culture

WEEK 2 THE AGENT OF MORALITY: MAN AS PERSON (3 Hours)

A. The nature of man


B. Personality and Character
C. The purpose of man

WEEK 3 THE HUMAN ACT (3 Hours)

A. General forms of Acts: Act of Man and Human Acts


B. Attributes of human Acts
C. Kinds of Hunan Acts

WEEK 4 MORAL DISTINCTION (3 Hours)


A. Moral, Immoral, and amoral
B. Intrinsic and extrinsic evil
C. The reality of evil

WEEK 5 VOLUNTARINESS (3 Hours)

A. Kinds of voluntariness
B. Direct and indirect voluntariness
C. Acts with double-effects

WEEK 6 MORAL ACCOUNTABILTY (3 Hours)

A. Sanctions and penalties


B. Modifiers of human Acts

WEEK 7 THE ENDS OF HUMAN ACTS (3 Hours)

A. The meaning of End


B. Kinds of End
C. End as good
D. Kinds of good

WEEK 8 DETERMINANTS OF MORALITY (3 Hours)

A. End of the Act


B. End of the Doer
C. Motive and action
D. Circumstances of the act

WEEK 9 MIDTERM EXAMINATION

WEEK 10 ETHICAL THEORIES (3 Hours)

A. Hedonism
B. Aristotelianism
C. Thomism
D. Utilitarianism
E. Evolutionism
F. Existentialism
WEEK 11 NORMS OF MORALITY (3 Hours)

A. Meaning of Norms
B. Basis of moral judgment
H. Eternal law
I. Natural law
J. Conscience

WEEK 12 CONSCIENCE (3 Hours)

A. Types of conscience
B. Compulsory conscience
C. Conformity and Non conformity

WEEK 13 HUMAN VALUES (3 Hours)

A. Meaning of Values
B. Kinds of values
C. Hierarchy of values
D. Characteristics of moral values

WEEK 14 FILIPINO VALUES (3 Hours)

A. Filipino cultural values


B. Reorientation of attitudes
C. Core Filipino values

WEEK 15 RIGHTS (3 Hours)

A. The notion of right


B. Kinds of rights
C. Characteristics of rights
D. Civil and political rights
E. The bill of rights

WEEK 16 DUTIES (3 Hours)

A. Meaning of duty
B. Correlation of right and duty
C. Reciprocity off right and duty
D. Exemption from duty
WEEK 17 DEVELOPING VIRTUE AND HABIT (3 Hours)

A. Meaning of virtue
B. Stages of moral development
C. Feelings and moral decision making

WEEK 18 FINAL EXAMINATION

Course requirements/Grading System

20% class Participation

20% paper works

20% Quizzes

20% Midterm Examination

20 % Final Examination

100% TOTAL

Prepared by:

Allan R. Almasco
Lecturer

Noted:

Julio Evardone, MPA


Chair, Social Science Department

Approved:

Ma. Alfe G. Banawis, DALL


Dean, CAC

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