NAME: Keaven Rold D.

Formilos DATE: August 25, 2021

COURSE/YEAR: BSME-2 SCORE: ____________

LEARNING ACTIVITY
Direction: In a letter-size bond paper, do the following activities and submit it online on our Google
Classroom on the prescribed submission date.

Activity 1: WORD FINDER Direction: Encircle the terms related to the course and define each term. There
are three (3) words that you can find below.

D N Q E T H I C S D

C E S Q H V H T H S

V Z C W Q B W E E T

Q T Q O Z M X F D A

E U X B R N Z O L N

S Q A T U U E E J D

T W H Z G Q M S N A

Y V X I Q O D A Q R

R P R B C U Y Q B D

M O R A L S S Z C S

J Z D Q L F K M L N

L K P Y K J T R X M

A S D F J K L R D B

 ETHICS – it is concerned with the principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the individual,
societal, and environmental levels, as well as in interactions with other shared resources.

 MORAL – it refers to the values of good and wrong that an individual picks up from their
surroundings.

 STANDARDS – these are the fundamental rules for human behavior and the rules we use to
determine which actions are ethically permitted and which are morally undesirable. Standards
has two types the moral and the non-moral standards therefore, not all rules are moral rules, and
that is why not all standards are moral standards.
ACTIVITY 2

1. Select a partner from your classmate and do the following task:

a. Ask about the importance of ethics to him or her in an interview.
b. Compare and contrast your notes with those of your classmates.
c. List at least five instances of moral and non-moral criteria, and explain why they belong to those
categories.

a. Ask about the importance of ethics to him or her in an interview.

Keaven: For you JEOVEN FALIBLE, what is the importance of ethics?
Joeven: “Ethics is important for me to study because it help us to know the right decision or action in
every situation. It also help us to look for the best for all the individuals. This will help us think better
about morality with conscience.”

b. Compare and contrast your notes with those of your classmates.

In comparison of my answer and for Joeven’s answer, is that ethics was very important/crucial as we
live in a complicated society. As it plays a role in different people’s lives in so many ways: as it helps us to
know the right decisions or actions in every situation, and having a good morals and living an ethical life
should be the most important thing we should acquire during our lifetime. It also help us to live a better
life. In contrast, having ethical and moral values we will know how to abide by the law, the law of the
government as well as our own personal rights and wrongs, as it is the key in having a united and peaceful
society that will help us think better about morality with conscience.

c. List at least five instances of moral and non-moral criteria, and explain why they belong to those
categories.

Moral
1. Always tell the truth or do not lie.
2. Do not destroy property.
3. Do not kill.
4. Keep your promises.
5. Do not cheat.

- Those instances where belong to moral standards or category, as we all know that it possesses
the Golden Rule and it seen to be universal since they may be applied anywhere and at any
time. Take, for example in the no. 1, which is about “lying”. It is a global standard, to tell the
truth. As a result, we should avoid lying.
 Non-moral
1. Noisily eating meals.
2. Wearing short to a formal dinner party.
3. Do not text while driving.
4. Attending calls during meeting.
5. Do not talk while the mouth is full.

- Those instances where belong to non-moral standards or category, for the reasons that it can
apply to rules that are not based on social or legal concerns. Perhaps these criteria are not
necessarily linked to morality or, under their legislation, codes of professional ethics, and so
forth. It is a fine sense of decorum entails humility and an understanding of what is
appropriate or fitting for a person of good breeding. Take for example in the no. 1, which is
about “noisily eating meals”. This considered immoral in the Philippines, while in other
nations such as Japan, China, and South Korea, it is seen as a sign that a person enjoys the
food, particularly when it comes to soup.
NAME: Keaven Rold D. Formilos DATE: August 25, 2021
COURSE/YEAR: BSME-2 SCORE: ____________

EXERCISE 1
ESSAY: CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (SELECT ONLY 1)

1. Discuss ethics and its importance to you being a student, a daughter or son, and as a citizen of
this nation.
2. Differentiate morals standards and non-moral standards and cite some examples.
3. Specify the characteristics of moral standards.
4. How moral standards are formed? Discuss further.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORAL AND NON-MORAL STANDARDS

As we live in a world that full of judgments and contradictions, it is vital for everyone to note that
different societies have been established by different moral beliefs. Culture and context are greatly
shaped by those beliefs. Therefore, some values do have moral implications, while others simple don’t
have.

At first let’s talk about moral standards and its characteristics. Moral standards are norms that
individuals or groups have about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right or wrong, as well as the
values placed on what we believed to be morally good or morally bad. Mostly, moral standards promote
what is “the good” like the welfare and well-being of humans as well as animals and the environment.
Thus, it prescribes what humans should do in terms of rights and obligations.

As according to some scholars, moral standards are the sum of combined norms and values. In
other words, norms plus values is equal to moral standards. On the one hand, norms are understood as
general rules about our actions or behaviors. For example, we may say “We are always under the
obligation to fulfill our promises” or “It is always believed that killing innocent people is absolutely wrong”.
Moreover, values are understood as enduring beliefs or statements about what is good and desirable or
not. For example, we may say “Helping the poor is good” or “Cheating during exams is bad”.

Similarly, according to many scholars, moral standards have the following characteristics, namely:
1) moral standards deal with matters we think can seriously injure or benefit humans, animals, and the
environment, such as child abuse, rape, and murder; 2) moral standards are not established or changed
by the decisions of authoritative individuals or bodies. Certainly, moral standards rest on the adequacy of
the reasons that are taken to support and justify them. For sure, we don’t need a law to back up our moral
conviction that killing innocent people is absolutely wrong; 3) moral standards are overriding, that is, they
take precedence over other standards and considerations, especially of self-interest; 4) moral standards
are based on impartial considerations. Thus, moral standards are fair and just; and 5) moral standards are
associated with special emotions (such as guilt and shame) and vocabulary (such as right, wrong, good,
and bad).

So, let’s proceed to the non-moral ones. Non-moral standards refer to standards by which we
judge what is good or bad and right or wrong in a non-moral way. Examples of non-moral standards are
standards of etiquette by which we judge manners as good or bad, standards we call the law by which we
judge something as legal or illegal, and standards of aesthetics by which we judge art as good or rubbish.
Hence, we should not confuse morality with etiquette, law, aesthetics or even with religion.
 As we can see, non-moral standards are matters of taste or preference. Hence, a careful
observance of these types of standards does not make one a moral person. Violation of said standards
also does not pose any threat to human well-being.

In conclusion, as a way of distinguishing moral standards from non-moral ones, if a moral standard
says “Do not harm innocent people” or “Don’t steal”, a non-moral standard says “Don’t text while driving”
or “Don’t talk while the mouth is full”.