UNIVERSITY OF CAGAYAN VALLEY

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines

MODULE IN ETHICS (REVISED)

PRELIM COVERAGE

MODULE 2 (LESSON 2): FREEDOM AND MORALITY

Intended Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this chapter, the students are expected to:

1. Become responsible regarding the use of their freedom.

2. Do self- introspection to guide their will in doing what is always humane.
3. The students can analyse the relationship between culture and morality.

Learning Activities:

FREEDOM AND MORAL ACTS

A. Kant’s Morality and Freedom
- Man is only free once he is free from his passions and vices. Hence, man achieve free
through moral acts.
- Freedom is achieved through morality.

B. The Role of Freedom in Morality

- Freedom is the capacity to choose – having a choice. One way to exercise our freedom is
when we choose between good and evil. Thus, freedom in morality allows us to have a
choice to do what is right.

C. Freedom: The foundation of moral act

- Since, freedom is the capacity to choose. It is the individual who should be completely
responsible for one’s choices. Thus, freedom is the foundation of moral acts.

D. Freedom and Free will

- “Will” is the faculty of the mind that selects, at the moment of decision, a desire among
the various desires present; it itself does not refer to any particular desire, but rather to the
mechanism responsible for choosing from among one's desires.
- Free will is every person's basic human right to make their own decisions and choose
their own path. Freedom is the physical and mental ability to exercise that free will, and
is also a person's basic human right.

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 E. Human acts vs. Acts of humans
Acts of man
- Are instinctive, such as physiological in nature.
- Acts that are performed by men without being master of them through his intellect and
will, therefore acts of man are involuntary actions.
Human acts
- are performed only by a human being and thus is proper to man. Not every act that
a human being does is a distinctively human act.

CULTURE AND MORALITY

A. What is culture?
- refers to the attitudes, values and outlook in life shared by a group of people or society
that has become a standard of their living.
B. The influence of Culture in Moral Development
-accepting one's portion in life; humility; devoutness; respect for tradition; moderation

THE FILIPINO WAY

A. The Filipino Customs and Traditions
- Asking for blessing (pagmamano)
- The Filipino way of hospitality to show respect
B. Characteristics of Filipino Culture
- Diverse, dynamic, open to changes, firm
C. Filipino Family Values
- Filipinos as family oriented people
- Cares for their old family members
- Huge respect to parents

Resources:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO6VXBi1oLc
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dRgPzAHYGE
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3bsmdkqCQ
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSBKbwWXArs

Assessment Strategies:

Activity 1

Instruction: Give different examples of the following by portraying each a scenario which
categorizes it to the following:

1. List 10 Acts of Man

 Blinking of the eyes
 Digestion
 Perspiration

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  Beating of the Heart
 Eating
 Sleeping
 Walking
 Hearing
 Smelling
 Tasting

2. How do Filipinos show their respect and value for family?

 Filipinos show their respect and value for family by using “Po and Opo”, “Pagmamano”
or putting the back of an elder’s hand on your hand, and calling our older siblings “Ate
and Kuya”and family oriented like putting importance on their family before anything
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