PRINCIPLES AND

FACTORS THAT HELP

SHAPE ETHICAL VALUES
Prepared by:
MARY MILDRED P. DE JESUS
SHS TEACHER
 WHEN AND WHERE DO WE DEVELOP
ETHICAL VALUES
From the beginning, human beings have been puzzled
by ethical questions:
 “What should we do?”
 “What should we not do?”
They have struggled to develop a system that
produces the greatest good for the individual and
society
 WHEN AND WHERE DO WE DEVELOP
ETHICAL VALUES
 Socrates’ persistent questioning of authorities and
public figures was probably aimed not to humiliate
but to discover the truth with a view to the good life.
 For the cynics, the good of man consists merely in
living in society with oneself. Everything – comfort,
riches, and honors – does not count.
 WHEN AND WHERE DO WE DEVELOP
ETHICAL VALUES
 For Aristippus, the highest good is pleasure
must not dominate us; we must dominate our
pleasure.
 What is your concept of the good life?
 By reflecting on your life, especially your
childhood, you are reminded of how many
important people encouraged you to be good.
 WHEN AND WHERE DO WE DEVELOP
ETHICAL VALUES
 Gave you standards and provided you with
rules.
 According to those study history and
philosophy of ethics, infants would not
survive without a nurturer who teaches them
about right and wrong behavior.
 SOURCES OF ETHICAL VALUES
 Family
 Teachers
 Friends
 Peer groups
 Religious or Political Leaders
 Even your favorite Heroes in the film
 SOURCES OF ETHICAL VALUES
 Who were some of your heroes or heroines?
And what are the qualities that you want to
emulate from them?
 4 PRIMARY SOURCES OF OUR VALUES
1. Experience as the source of values
2. Culture as the source of values –
these core values reflect a particular
culture’s orientation to 5 constant
aspects
 4 PRIMARY SOURCES OF OUR VALUES
5 Constant Aspects of the Human Condition:
i. Human Nature Orientation
ii. Environment Orientation
iii. Time Orientation
iv. Activity Orientation
v. Interpersonal Orientation
 4 PRIMARY SOURCES OF OUR VALUES
3. Science as a source of values
deals with facts and facts
along, facts interpretation
4. Religion as a source of values
 ACTIVITY #1 SHIPWRECK SITUATION
Give the following information to the
students:
 Draw a circle at the middle then named 1
student, and invite him or her friends to
come over inside the circle. Representing
a person really important to you. Ex. 1
classmates represent your mother.
 ACTIVITY #1 SHIPWRECK SITUATION
Imagine that you are involved in a
shipwreck situation - a ship has started to
sink in the middle of the ocean. Eleven
people have jumped into a life-boat that
has been designed for a maximum of ten
people only, and the life-boat is also
starting to sink.
 ACTIVITY #1 SHIPWRECK SITUATION
What should the passengers do? Throw one person
overboard and save ten lives? Or stick to the principle
of "do not kill", which means that everybody will
drown? The lecturer can invite contributions from the
class and even take a vote, and then illustrate how
different theoretical approaches (e.g. utilitarianism and
deontology) will lead to different solutions that are
both valid in terms of the particular approach.
Thank You!!!