Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Packet
LM01-NGEC
01 0513
Course
Packet
LM01-NGEC
Learning Module 1
Ethics and the
Human Person
Course Packet 02
The Human Person as Moral
Being in Context
This is a property of
Bataan Peninsula State University
Knowledge Area Code : PHILO NOT FOR SALE
Course Code : NGEC0513
Learning Module Code : LM-NGEC0513
Course Packet Code : LM-NGEC0513-2
03 0513
Course Packet 02
Course Packet
The Human Person02Course Packet
as Moral Being in Context
Introduction
02
In this course packet you will reconnect to the building blocks of Ethics from your K-12 years.
An excerpted topic from Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao Grade 10 Modyul entitled “Katangian ng
Pagpapakatao” is adapted to remind you of the very important foundation of Ethics: “Pagpapakatao”.
It can be ordinarily translated as to be “humane” but in Philosophy we will use the term
“Person”which is basically defined as beings in a moral community. As persons, we humans are
relational beings which makes as situated. In context, we always have to relate with our self, others,
environment and with the Absolute. What we do with this relationship will establish the connection of
Ethics and the Human Person as a Moral Agent. Hence, our actions matter .But we have to identify
the actions that will help us achieve our “personhood”. We have to identify what are “acts of man”
from “human actions”. To help us understand and analyze the morality of our human actions, the
three integral parts of moral act, namely, object, intention and circumstance, are borrowed concepts
from a Christian religious tradition. But this does not mean that we will be gearing towards Christian
Ethical prejudice. We only have to acknowledge the universality of these three integral parts which the
said religious tradition have elaborated and observed in their analysis of moral actions. Please take
time to read and understand the two readings and answer the activities and assessment stored for you
with utmost attention. I hope that at the end of this packet, you will deepen your understanding of
yourself as a moral agent, and as a human person, we may become altogether, be more discerning of
our moral action.
Objectives
At the end of this course packet, you are expected to :
Duration:
Topic 02: The Human Person as Moral Being in Context = 3 hours
Delivery Mode
Asynchronous
03 0513
02
This includes two article readings and objective type of assessments. Submit your answer sheets in our
Google Classroom account on the Saturday of the third week of our semester. For essay items, you will
be recorded accordingly through the use of rubrics which basically contains the 4Ex’s criteria :
Explain, Expound, Example and Experience. Please see the annex section.
Readings
To further enhance your understanding of the lesson, feel free to browse the first
Retrieved from:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B41NpxO8pu79cjNNMWp5dWJYRUU/view .
2. “The Three Integral Parts of Moral Act [And a Bit of Fun]” by Bro. Andre Marie
Catholicism.Org, 30 August 2007. Retrieved from: https://catholicism.org/fun-with-
moral-theology-the-three-integral-parts-of-a-moral-act.html last August 20, 2020
03 0513
02
COURSE/YR./SEC:__________________________________________SCORE:_____________
Instructions:
entitled “Katangian ng Pagpapakatao” (See the “Readings” folder) and answer the
following questions:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
_______________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
03 0513
02
“man is a moral being”?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. How do Mother Theresa, Joey Velasco, Roger Salvador and Cris Valdez become
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
03 0513
02
foundations in ESP to establish the connection of Ethics or morality to human person.
Presented in the paper are the human capabilities that enables one to become a person. Note
that in Filipino terms, human is “tao” but being “tao” is not enough. It is easy to be a “tao”.
We have to use our intellect, will, freedom and every capabilities that set us apart from other
animals to engage ourselves to the process of “pagpapakatao” or being persons. And how do
we engage to this process? It is by living a morally upright life. Notice that the personalities
mentioned such as Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Joey Velasco, Kesz Valdez and Roger
Salvador are among the many who lived a morally upright life. In our world today that
focuses on materialistic fames and gains, we hear a lot of bad news that degrades the essence
of the “human person”. With killings, corruptions, pollutions and exploitations of fellow
human beings and natural resources, we are to be reminded in this article that to be fully
human person, we have to return to what we are, “ens amans” in the words of Max Scheler.
That is, beings naturally capable of loving.
Your K-12 years in ESP are your foundations to this course Introduction to Ethics. It
already set the way for you to come this far in studying and learning to become more human,
albeit, a human person. And in this course packet, we will expound all the more your basic
foundations of how to be a human person by emphasizing Ethics as the avenue to become
more human.
03 0513
Brief Discussion:
Key Points:
02
term human person and if you are keen, perhaps you are asking
with the self, others,
the question “why use the term together when they can be used environment and the
Absolute.
interchangeably?” and “Are not both terms the same?” Let us Humans are persons in
recall your senior high school year when you studied the so far as the ability to
do moral actions is
Introduction to the Philosophy of Human Person. The terms concern.
Human and Person are
“human” and “person” in philosophy are not the same. When
two different terms.
we talk about humans we talk about being that possesses human
DNA and its capacities. In other words, the term “human” is a
biological term. But when we talk about “persons”, we speak of
“beings who are part of a moral community” (CrashCourse
Philosophy, 2016). “Person” is a moral term for moral beings. Definition of Terms:
We are so conditioned to the idea that the term can be, in Volition. The power of
choosing or determining.
ordinary sense, used interchangeably that we automatically
think that only humans are persons. But in fact, there can be, Intellect.Mental abilities of
the human person.
arguably, non-human persons and there could be humans who
Moral/Ethical. Concerned
are less of being persons. Can you think of other beings that
with principles of right and
could be “persons” aside from humans? wrong. It could also mean
a proper conduct.
There are a lot of on-going debates as regards to the
Mitigate.To make less
existence of non-human persons. But for now, I want you to
severe, serious or painful.
focus on how is it to be a “person”. Humans are considered
Aggravate. To make
persons because of its capability to consciously think, feel and worse or more serious.
freely decide on actions to take to arrive at certain goal. If we
follow the definition of a “person” above, it follows that what
makes us humans as persons is our ability to act morally. It is on
what we do that makes us more specifically “human persons”.
Thus, as persons, humans are “moral agents”. To better
understand this, we will have to distinguish between acts of man
and human acts.
03 0513
something that we do even without being fully aware or conscious of and not necessarily
with the presence of our will. Examples of this are our natural appetite, our sensations, even
02
will, these Acts of Man become Human Acts. If we know what we are seeing and voluntarily
look or watch it, we intentionally listen to something, if we know and mean the words that
we speak and so on, as long as we do it with conscious awareness and volition, these are
considered as Human Acts (Lee, 2018). As such, human acts carry moral quality and
responsibility. Human acts are moral actions that can be either right or wrong and good or
bad depending on the three conditions or its integral parts.
03 0513
during this time of pandemic, rich people help others for good intentions but we find those
who have less yet still manage to give in their own little ways somewhat more praiseworthy
02
depending on the favorable or unfavorable circumstance, could be more or less responsible
and praiseworthy.
03 0513
study of ethics brings us back to the reality of these relationships and remind us to gear our
reason and will towards ethical and moral actions so that we may become truly belong to the
02
03 0513
Activity Sheet
Course Packet 02Course Packet
B. Read the second article from Bro. Andre Marie entitled “The Three Integral Parts of
a Moral Act [And a Bit of Fun] ( See the Readings folder) and answer the following
questions:
02
1. According to the article, what is a Moral Act?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
__________________
2. What are the three integral parts of a Moral Act and how does it affect the
rightness or wrongness of our actions?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________
3. Using the three integral parts of Moral Act, how can we say now that an action is
good?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
03 0513
02
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
b. Good things you did but seemed wrong because of unfavorable circumstance.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
c. Things you did that you knew was wrong but with right intentions.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
03 0513
Assessment
Course Packet 02Course Packet
NAME: _________________________________________________ DATE:_______________
02
COURSE/YR/SEC________________________________________________SCORE_________
Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank space provided before
the number.
_____1. It is the end or goal of every action It is the movement of the will towards the end.
_____3. These are actions that are consciously freely chosen and have moral quality.
______4. This refers to the condition or situation that contributes to the rightness or
wrongness of the act. It can also mitigate or aggravate the guilt, responsibility or praise of the
doer.
______5. These are actions we do instinctively and something that we do even without being
fully aware or conscious of and not necessarily with the presence of our will.
______6. These are “beings who are part of the moral community”.
______7. It is the “act itself freely chosen by the moral agent in so far as reason recognizes its
to be good or not.
03 0513
_____9. One day, Lucas the Richkid parked his car in the nearest 7eleven store where
sampaguita vendors crowded him. He said to them “I will buy all your sampaguitas”. But
deep inside He said to himself “Such a nuisance, get rid of me and my car”. What seemed
wrong to what he did?
a. Nothing. He was able to help the vendors and that’s all that matters.
b. Buying sampaguita to vendors is an indifferent act.
c. Buying sampaguita to vendors is a good act.
d. His intentions marred the goodness of buying from poor people to help.
_____10. Ramnesh the Studious is the top student of his class. On one final exam, His
girlfriend Liza Curtis, a working student and breadwinner, was not able to study for their
final exams because she had taken care of her ailing mother in the hospital. If she fails, she
will not be qualified for graduation and not be able to enter in a company that awaits her.
Ramnesh knew this and secretly tossed a small crumpled paper containing answers for the
exam.They were not caught. She passed and got the job. Is there something wrong here?
03 0513
Sources:
02
Retrieved from https://scholarship.law.stjohns.eduwww.google.com/&h
Coppens, C. SJ. ( ). The Morality of Human Acts. Moral Philosophy, par.36-79. Retrieved from
https://maritain.nd.edu/jmc/etext/mp02.htm
Morality of Human Acts, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Art. 4, Par.1749-1756. Retrieved
from https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a4.htm
Readings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B41NpxO8pu79cjNNMWp5dWJYRUU/view .
“The Three Integral Parts of Moral Act [And a Bit of Fun]” by Bro. Andre Marie
Catholicism.Org, 30 August 2007. Retrieved from: https://catholicism.org/fun-with-moral-
theology-the-three-integral-parts-of-a-moral-act.html last August 20, 2020
Illustration:
03 0513
Annex :
03 0513
03 0513
Activity Sheet
Course Packet 02Course Packet
Enrichment Activity:
02
INSTRUCTIONS : Read the article entitled “Ang Loob at Pakikipagkapwa sa
Kagandahang-Loob: Pagsusuri sa Pagpapakahulugan at mga Pagpapahalaga ng Kabataan”
by Charmaine P. Galano from UP Diliman. You are only required to read the pages 110-
113. However, you are encouraged to read the whole article for enrichment. (You may visit
this link http://www.pssp.org.ph/diwa/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6-Artikulo-Galano.pdf or
you may proceed to the Readings folder.
Write an article review. You may use the following outline (or you may search and
adopt from the internet):
I. Introduction:
II. Summary :
A. Kagandahang-Loob as a Trait.
B. Kagandahang-loob as Values (Pagpapahalaga)
C. Loob and Kapuwa
III. Reaction:
A. Connection to Ethics of Kagandahang-Loob
B. The Importance of these as a Filipino Youth
C. How can I apply all of these?
IV. CONCLUSION:
03 0513
Assessment
Course Packet 02Course Packet
02
NAME: ____________________________________________________DATE: _________________
PROG./YR/SEC._________________________________________________SCORE:____________
MULTIPLE CHOICE, Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the
number.
_____1. It is the set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices that characterizes an
institution or organization. It is the way of life of a particular community or even a nation as a
whole.
_____2. It is simply defined as the “another self”. The word itself means “equal” or “both”. It
sees the other as “equal” rather than a separated “other”.
______3. This could mean either honor or shame depending on the situation. In a negative
sense, it means embarrassment but positively speaking, it keeps one’s honor intact if the
person is conscious to avoid unbecoming actions so as to avoid humiliation from others.
_____4. In Filipino culture, this means the inner self that is connected to reason, will, feeling,
intuition, and other internal faculties that is expressed by the body.
_____5. This means deception, treachery, being fake and full of cover ups. This term is one
being held by some Filipino theologians as the best Filipino translation of sin.
_____6. It means genuine self- goodness and righteousness coming from within.
03 0513
02
a. Moral Reasoning b. Moral Courage c. Moral Identity d. Moral Argument
_____8. In this type of culture “the person tends to perceive him or herself as an independent
self who pursues his or her own interests and projects” (Markus&Kitayama)
_____9. In this kind of culture, the person tends to perceive the self in an interdependent
relationship with others”(Markus & Kitayama)
II. EXPLAIN, EXPOUND, EXAMPLE (& EXPERIENCE) : Following the 4EXs, Write an
Essay explaining the connection of culture influences morality and the interplay of Loob,
Kapuwa, Hiya and Daya in the development of Filipino Ethics.(20 pts)
03 0513
03 0513
Key Points:
Sources
In this part, you may
02
Husted,Bryan,(2001)”The Effects of Ethical Decision Making of Individuals In Organization”,
Researchgate,pp.5-8. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228392623_The_impact_of_individualism_and_coll
ectivism_on_ethical_decision_making_by_individuals_in_organizations The key points may be
bulleted like this:
Guess, Dominik, (2004) “Decision Making in Collectivist and Individualist Culture”,
International Association for Cross Cultural Society, pp.3-9. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=orpc
Key point 01
Rubel, Arthur J. (1961) “Partnership and Wife Exchange Among the Eskimo and Aleut of
North America, Anthropological Papers of University of Alaska, Vol.10,No.1, pp. 59-71
Key point 02
Retrieved from https://www.uaf.edu/apua/files/Rubel1961.pdf
Key point
Reyes, Jeremiah (2015) “Loob and Kapwa : Thomas Aquinas and the Filipino 03 Ethics,
Virtue
KU Leuven Humanities and Social Sciences Group, Institue of Philisophy, pp. 73-100.
Retrieved from (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/34640273.pdf
Mercado, Leonardo( ) “Understanding the Philosophy of Loob, Buut and Nakem University
of Sto. Tomas, Christ the King Seminary, pp. 1-10. Retrived from (http://scientia-
sanbeda.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1-mercado.pdf
“Culture” http://www.anthrobase.com/Dic/eng/def/culture.htm
Definition of Terms:
Jia, Fanli & Krettenauer, Tobias (2017) Recognizing Moral Identity as Cultural Construct,
Frontiers in Psychology, Cultural Psychology. Retrieved from
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00412/full
You may provide
definition
De Mesa, Jose & Cacho, Rebecca (2012). “When Beauty Beckons: Theological of terms
Ethics of to
Filipino
facilitate better
Aesthetics, St. Scholasticas College Manila,pp.15-43 understanding of the
Article
03 0513
02
sanbeda.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1-mercado.pdf
Illustrations:
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/101896?ref=deception
03 0513