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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students will
1. describe how culture develops moral sense in people
2. explain how cultural relativism affects moral sense
3. analyze the effects of cultural relativism to moral sense in a situation
ACTIVATE
Process Questions
a. What would you consider to be the most important learning from your parents about right and
wrong?
b. Why is it important to listen to your parents’ advise with regards to right and wrong?
c. Is your moral sense different from your parents? Does generation gap between you and your
parents contribute to the clash of the concept of right and wrong?
ACQUIRE
I. Culture and Moral Behavior
a. Meaning of Culture- It is the totality of the social environment into which a human being
is born and in which he/she lives. It includes the community's institutional arrangements
(social, political, and economic), forms of art and knowledge, the assumptions and values
embedded in its practices and organization, its images of heroism and villainy, it various
systems of ideas, its forms of work and recreation, etc. (Pekarsky, 1998)
Process Questions
a. What values do you consider important or most relevant in your life?
b. Name a personal circumstance about lakas ng loob.
c. How does kagandahang loob work in a context where people are in dire need?
Process Questions
a. Do you agree to the claims of cultural relativism? Explain your answer.
b. Do you think it is necessary to have universal standards? Why?
c. Give an example of the negative impact of cultural relativism?
Links
Meaning of Culture
https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/48150_ch_1.pdf
Cultural Relativism
https://faculty.uca.edu/rnovy/Rachels--Cultural%20Relativism.htm
Moral Relativism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518FR6SbY_k
ACTIVITIES
• Situational Analysis
a. Give an example of a situation that shows cultural relativism in Filipino context. You
may use pictures of the situation.
b. Determine the type of cultural relativism
c. What are the implications of the situation?
i. 3 positive implications
ii. 3 negative implications
d. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation.
ASSESSMENT
• Oral Response/ written response to the process questions- Answer all the process
questions. For those in Sync and Async modes, write your answers using default format
of Word (Microsoft Office) and submit it via BB Learn.
• Situational Analysis and Presentation of analysis- refer to the ACTIVITIES for the
detailed instruction.