Ethics 6 Chapter Assessment

Republic of the Philippines
SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY

ACCESS, EJC Montilla, Tacurong City
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CHAPTER 1 ASSESSMENT
Lesson I. The Origin and Nature of Ethics
Answer the following questions in not less than five (5) sentences.
1. Define ethics in your own point of view in relation to your future profession.
The Code of Ethics for Nurses states that it is the responsibility of nurses to provide
patients, their families or related groups with care. The code emphasizes the fact that
patient care goes beyond an individual at times. Ethics affects all fields of nursing
practice, and it is not always straightforward to decide whether one management option is
definitely without risk to the patient. Ethical judgments need to be made on the basis of
the best evidence available, with regard to the individual's rights, and through careful
balancing of risks and benefits.
2. Why ethics is not static?
Ethics and morality are not static concepts. They change. If a certain concept of what is
right no longer works in a society, society will change the standard. Ethics is an active
process rather than a static condition, so some ethicists use the expression doing ethics.
3. What is the nature of ethics and briefly discuss each?
Ethics is critical As a particular type of that area of knowledge known as philosophy, ethics can
also be defined as a critical, systematic and reflective analysis of what makes an act good or bad.
Ethics can also be viewed as a practical discipline since it is primarily directed to those that are
found in actual conduct of human beings, how they can be assessed or evaluated as to their
rightness or wrongness. Ethics or morality has to do with rules and principles of conduct. It has
to do with the study of right and wrong. It is involved not just with a coherent articulation and
reasoned interpretation of our value system (of what we embrace as good and bad) but also its
systematic implementation and integration to our daily lives. Actions need to be rationally
justified for them to deserve the title of “human actions.”
4. What are the three normative codes and distinguish it from each other?
5. Distinguish ethics from morality.
Lesson II. The Need to Study Ethics
Answer the following questions in not less than five (5) sentences.
1. In a rating of 1-10 as 10 as the highest, what is your rating on the importance of studying
ethics? Defend your answer.
2. Considering your answer in number 1, how could this affects your future profession
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3. What motivates man to study ethics and why?
Lesson III. Assumption and Objects of Ethics

Test 1. Essay. Answer what is being asked.
1. Explain why man is the only rational being?
2. What is the importance of the assumption that man is free in studying ethics?
Lesson I. Philosophies of Man
Test I. Answer what is being asked.
1. Based on different philosophical views about man, give your own description of a man.
2. Among the Philosophical views of a man presented, choose at least 3 to compare and
contrast using Venn diagram and give brief explanation.
3. From the different Philosophical views, express your own philosophy of man.
Lesson II. Man as a Person, Personality and Character
1. Present your own understanding of a person, personality and character.
2. Expound the statement ―If personality is a psychological entity, character is an ethical
entity.
3. Based on your readings, what is your personality and how will you evaluate your
character.
4. Describe the differences between personality
5. What is the difference between Character Ethic versus Personality Ethic?
CHARACTER ETHICS PERSONALITY ETHICS
VERSUS
1. 1.
2. 2.
3.
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Lesson III. Habits and its Moral Significance

1. Why do you think habit is important in relation to morality?
2. Explain how your habits affect your education.
3. Give concrete example of how a habit is form using the distinguishing features of habits.
Lesson I. Nature of Morality and the Importance of Rules
Share to your class your own personal experience and understanding.
1. Differentiate individual morality and positive morality
2. What school rules can remember that has a different moral sense than that of your friend?
Does it affect your relationship?
3. Give examples of rules in your community that you have followed. What particular right
you have that makes you follow the rules and how does it affect your community. Share
your experience.
Lesson II. Moral Vs. Non-Moral Standards
Based on the topics discussed, explain:
1. How are the moral standards different from non-moral standards?
2. How moral standards differ from etiquette, policy, law and commandment?
Lesson III. Moral Dilemma
1. Define dilemma and moral dilemma.
2. Explain the three levels of dilemma and give one example in each level.
3. Cite a specific morally conflicting situation you encountered or might encounter and
make a sound decision
Lesson IV. Freedom in Making Moral Decisions
1. Discuss what is freedom based on the different philosophical insights.
2. Which of the two makes you human? (Defend your answer considering the synopsis of
“A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess and the essence of “freedom”)
a. Free to decide and do evil acts: or
b. Forced to become a moral person and not hurt others.
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3. From this concept that infancy to early childhood, a person cannot yet be said to be
completely free, both in the negative and positive sense of freedom. Why is that so? Give
illustrative examples to prove your points.
Chapter Summary
D. ESSAY. Briefly explain these philosophical insights on freedom. (10 points each)
1. Freedom is a gift
2. Freedom is complementary to reason
3. Freedom is absolute
4. Freedom demands responsibility
APPLICATION:This can be a home assignment or a group work.
1. Explain what freedom means by the use of the letters of FREEDOM

 F
 R
 E
 E
 D
 O
 M
2. “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become
your actions, Your actions becomes your habits, Your habits becomes your values, Your
values becomes your destiny.” M. Gandhi
3. Here is a question that is often asked in Religion classes.

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A person has been very good throughout his life until in the last minute he/she turns
otherwise or commits mortal sins. Will he go to hell? With personality consolidation in mind, is
this most likely going to happen?
4. From the Little Prince by Antoine Exupery

– The little prince visited several planets when he left his small planet. One of those small
planets that he visited was inhabited by an alcoholic. The alcoholic was drinking liquor, no
stop. Below is the conversation between them.
Little Prince: What are you doing?
Alcoholic: I am dinking!
Little Prince: Why are you drinking?
Alcoholic: Because I like to forget!
Little Prince: Forget what?
Alcoholic: That I am a drunkard!
Is the alcoholic free? Or he is enslaved by his vice?
5. If freedom is the ability to make choice, this means you have to be freed from anything
negative for something good. It is freedom from an obstacle to freedom for something good.
Give at least five (5) examples.
ASSESSMENT
1. Explain the meaning of freedom by explaining the following terms/sentences.
 Positive Freedom
 Freedom is not abstract; freedom is exercised through choices.
 Existence precedes essence
2. Illustrate with concrete examples.
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 Choices have consequences. In making choices, some things given up while

others obtained
Lesson I. How Culture Shapes Human
Check for understanding
1. Give the 5 elements of culture and briefly discuss each.

2. How did your community influence your behavior? Cite one culture in your community
and reflect on a particular behavior you have. Discuss how this particular community
culture influenced the development of your particular behavior.
3. In what way can culture negatively affect the development of a person ‘s moral behavior?
Lesson II. Cultural Relativism
1. State and explain one your cultural practices that is related to or contradictory to other
cultures.
2. Watch a special report from ABC News ―White Supremacist Moves into Town. This
person ‘s actions are consistent with his cultural belief that white people are superior.
Would a cultural relativist be correct in maintaining that nobody has the moral basis to
complain about the white supremacists’ actions because he was just following what he
believed was right?
Lesson III. Universal Values
Check for understanding
1. In the Philippines, one moral argument against the RH Law is that it violates universal
human rights and values such as the right to life and health of children. On the other
hand, proponents of the Law assert that the family planning and sexual education
consistent with one ‘s own belief and moral conviction is exercising one ‘s freedom to
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choose. If the basis of universal values is true and, taking into consideration our social
problems due to over population, what is your moral stand Check for understanding
Assessment on the debate having a comprehensive reproductive health program in the
Philippines?
Lesson V. How is Moral Character Developed

1. Based on the facts presented, explain how is moral character developed.
2. Here is a moral dilemma. Read the story and then discuss it with your classmates. There are
questions provided to guide your discussions
‘Joe is a fourteen-year-old boy who wanted to go to camp very much. His father promised him he
could go if he saved up money for it himself. So Joe worked hard at his paper route and saved up the
forty dollars it cost to go to camp, and a little more besides. However, just before the camp was going to
start, his father changed his mind. Some of his friends decided to go on a special fishing trip, and
Joe’s father was short of the money it would cost. Therefore, he told Joe to give him the money he had
saved from the paper route. Joe did not want to give up going to camp, so he thinks of refusing to give
his money to his father.’
a. Should Joe refuse to give the money to his father? Why? Why not?
b. Does the father have the right to tell Joe to give him the money? Why? Why not?
c. Does giving the money have anything to do with being a good son? Why? Why not?
d. Is the fact that Joe earned the money himself important in this situation? Justify your
answer.
e. The father promised Joe he could go to camp if he earned the money. Is the fact that
the father promised the most important thing in the situation? Why? Why not?
f. In general, why should a promise be kept?
g. Is it important to keep a promise to someone you do not know well and probably will
not see again? Justify your answer.
h. What do you think the most important thing a father should be concerned about in his
relationship to his son?
i. In general, what should be the authority of a father over his son?
j. What do you think the most important things a son should be concerned about in his
relationship to his father?
k. k. In thinking back over the dilemma, what do you think is the most responsible thing
for Joe to do in this situation? Why?
Lesson VI. Stages of Moral Development
1. Explain how were you able to develop the sense of what is right and wrong.
2. Using any graphic organizer categorize the different stages of moral development and
briefly explain each.
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3. In a form of art, (drawing, painting, collage, etc.) present your moral journey in life using
the 6 stages of moral development. Give a description of every stage in a separate sheet.
You may use bond paper, illustration board, or anything that will help you present your
moral journey artistically.
Lesson I. Forms of Acts and Components of Moral Acts
1. Identify the following act as Human Acts or Acts of Man
Acts Human Acts Acts of Man
Reading a module
Fulfilling a promise
Cooking an unusual menu
Eating a piece of cake
Sharing fake news
Sneezing
Helping others
Copying the work of others
Sleeping
Worshipping
2. Based on your answer in number 1, differentiate human acts and acts of man.
3. Briefly explain the different components or moral act.
Lesson II. FEELING AS INSTINCTIVE AND TRAINED RESPONSE TO MORAL
DILEMMAS
1. In what way are feelings important in moral decision-making according to Hume and Scheler?
2. In what way is feeling detrimental in moral decision-making?
3. As human beings, we cannot help but be influenced by feelings. Based on what you have learned
about the role of feelings in decision-making, what is the best approach in making moral
decisions?
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Lesson III. REASON AND IMPARTIALITY AS REQUIREMENT FOR ETHICS

1. Define reason and impartiality in your own point of view and words
2. Explain why reason and impartiality are needed in decision making.
3. Search for current social or political issue which requires ethical decision making and decide by
following the 7-step model for ethical decision making. Present it using a table or any graphic
organizer.
4. Explain how impartiality is a requirement in morality? Cite an experience in your life as a
student, son/daughter or even a student/youth leader when are confronted to make a certain
decision which uses your being impartial. And why you need to be impartial?
5. Make an activity wherein you are going to use the seven (7) steps Model for Ethical Decision
Making? Use this table below for your answer.
Tittle of the Activity: ______________________________________
Date of the Activity: ______________________________________
Place/location of the Activity: ______________________________________
Steps in Ethical Objectives Activity Persons Involve

Decision making
Gathering of the
Facts
Identify the
Stakeholders
Articulate the
Dilemma
Lists Alternatives
Compare the
Alternatives with the
Principles
Weigh the
Consequences
Make the Decision
Lesson IV. MORAL COURAGE

1. State the meaning and importance of moral courage.
2. What was your most important experience about COVID-19 this year? How did you go
about formulating and coming up with a decision? What did you actually do? Was your
decision and action aligned with your moral principles? Why do you say so?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
C. Essay. Provide brief but well-rounded answers to the questions below. (5 points each)
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1. What is the role of feelings in moral decisions? What are the disadvantages of over-
reliance on feelings?
2. How can we make reasoned and impartial decision?
Lesson I. Virtue Ethics: Aristotle
1. Define “good” according to Aristotle.
2. Discuss virtue as habit and happiness.
3. Differentiate moral and intellectual virtues.
4. What makes you happy in life? How do you achieve it that involves human acts? Is it in
accordance with the idea of Aristotle?
Lesson II. Virtue Ethics: St. Thomas Aquinas
1. Briefly explain the four cardinal virtues of St. Thomas.
2. What moral or cardinal virtue you would like to develop at this point in your life? What
are other virtues you think will follow as consequences of practicing your chosen virtue?
3. What are the differences of virtue ethics of Aristotle and St. Thomas
Lesson III. Kant and the Right Theorists
1. Discuss the difference between legal and moral rights.
2. Explain “act only according to a maxim by which you can at the same time will that
is shall become a universal law.”
3. Give a sample of a maxim you want to act or decide to act and solve it using
categorical imperatives and Kantian evaluation rule
Lesson IV. Utilitarianism
1. Discuss the origin and nature of Utilitarianism
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2. Do you agree that the greatest happiness produced become the basis in determining
whether a certain human act is moral? Yes or No? Why?
3. Everyone loves music including you. Let us presume that you love a particular loud
music and you have lots of neighbor nearby. Show the cost and benefit of such
activity between you and your neighbor.
Lesson V. JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS PROMOTING THE COMMON GOOD
1. Share your experience that you felt so unfair and tell why you think so.
2. Base on your answer in number 1, state the importance of fairness and justice.
3. Enumerate the different distributive justice and briefly discuss each.

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Republic of the Philippines

SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY

3. What motivates man to study ethics and why?

Lesson III. Assumption and Objects of Ethics

CHARACTER ETHICS PERSONALITY ETHICS

Lesson III. Habits and its Moral Significance

1. Explain what freedom means by the use of the letters of FREEDOM

3. Here is a question that is often asked in Religion classes.

4. From the Little Prince by Antoine Exupery

 Choices have consequences. In making choices, some things given up while

1. Give the 5 elements of culture and briefly discuss each.

Lesson V. How is Moral Character Developed

Lesson III. REASON AND IMPARTIALITY AS REQUIREMENT FOR ETHICS

Steps in Ethical Objectives Activity Persons Involve

Lesson IV. MORAL COURAGE

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