LESSON 1 – COURSE

ORIENTATION AND THE

IMPORTANCE OF RULES
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Intended learning outcomes:
• To state what are expected of me in
this course
• To explain the importance of rules

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INTRODUCTION
Everywhere you go are rules – at home, at school, in
church, in the barangay. Do these rules make our life
more difficult and so should be eliminated or do these
rules make our life more peaceful and orderly?
Imagine your life, your home, your school, your
Church and community without rules.

In this lesson, we’ll study about the importance of rules.

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WHY ARE RULES IMPORTANT?

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Rules are not meant to restrict your freedom. They are

meant to help you grow in freedom, to grow in your ability
to choose and do what is good for you and for others.

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ANY RULE OR LAW THAT PREVENTS HUMAN

PERSONS FROM DOING AND BEING GOOD OUGHT TO
BE REPEALED. THEY HAVE NO REASON TO EXIST.

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 Activity

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Share with your small group your answers to these questions:
• What if there were no rules? What are the possible consequences?

• Are rules important? Why or Why not?

• Do you find them constricting? Why or why not?

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 LESSON 2 – MORAL AND
NOM-MORAL STANDARDS
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Intended learning outcomes

Distinguish between moral and

non-moral standards

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ACTIVITY 1

Classify the following;

Moral Standards or Non-Moral Standards

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 ETHYMOLOGY AND MEANING OF ETHICS
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The term “ethics” comes from the Greek word ‘ethos’ meaning
‘custom’ used in the works of Aristotle, while the term ‘moral’ is the
Latin equivalent. Based on the Greek and Latin etymology of the word
Ethics, ethics deals with morality. When the Roman orator Cicero
exclaimed, ‘O temoora o mores’ (Cicero, 1856)
(Oh, what time and what morals), he may have been trying to express
dismay of the morality of his time.

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 ETHYMOLOGY AND MEANING OF ETHICS
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ETHICS – Ethics or Moral Philosophy, is a branch of philosophy which deals with

moral standards, inquires about the rightness or wrongness of human behavior or the
goodness or badness of personality, trait or character.

MORAL – is the adjective describing human act as either ethically right or wrong, or
qualifying a person, personality, character, as either ethically good or bad.

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 MORAL AND NON-
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MORAL STANDARDS
MORAL STANDARDS – are norms or prescriptions that serve as the
frameworks for determining what ought to done or what is right or wrong action,
what is good or bad character.

NON-MORAL – are social rules, demands of etiquette and good manners. They
are guides of action which should be followed as expected by society.

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