COURSE DESCRIPTION

Deals with principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the
person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources.
Morality pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally
picks up from the community.

Also teaches students to make decisions by using dominant moral frameworks

and environment by applying the seven steps of moral reasoning to analyze and
solve moral dilemmas.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 Differentiate between moral and non-moral problems

 Explain the influence of Filipino culture on the way students look at moral
experiences and solve moral dilemmas

 Make sound ethical judgments based on principles, facts, and the stakeholders
affected.

 Develop sensitivity to the common good.

 Understand and internalize the principles of ethical behavior in modern society at

the level of the person, society, and in the interaction with the environment and
other shared resources.
 INTRODUCTION

1 1. Definition of terms
2. Culture and tradition

▪ Belief, culture in the Philippine setting

▪ Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
▪ Eastern & Western Countries
▪ Different Tradition and their belief

3. The Moral Act

4. Plato’s Insight into the Good

1. DEFINITION OF TERMS
What is Ethics?

For a “Quick and Dirty Overview” of ethical

theory, please consult St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy
Jason Marsh’s short guide titled “What is Ethics?”

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 In the most general sense, ethics considers the good
and bad, the right and wrong, and the virtuous and vicious in
persons and actions. The practice of descriptive ethics seeks
to provide the best account (through description and
elucidation) of the ethical values that evident in a person’s
actions, whereas evaluative ethics involves an assessment
of whether said values are themselves good or bad,
reasonable or unreasonable, justified or unjustified, and so
on.

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While there is a field of study
called “ethics” that is often
assigned to philosophy or
religion departments, ethics has
a bearing in every discipline in
both the humanities and
sciences. In fact, it
seems impossible to imagine
any disciplined, systematic
inquiry that is not informed by a
baseline ethic of respect,
trustworthiness, and honesty.
But educational, scholarly, and
scientific institutions do not have a
monopoly on the practice of ethics.
Indeed, each person who has
reflected on the rightness or
wrongness of acts, or thought
about justice, courage, or
mercy has engaged in ethics.
Probably the most commonly
known precept in ethics involves
an appeal to fairness and
consistency–the Golden Rule. This
is found in most moral traditions;
we cite three statements of the
rule.
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Rabbi Hillel: “That
which is hateful to you, Abraham Lincoln: “As I
do not do to your would not be a slave, so I
would not be a master.
neighbor. That is the
This expresses my idea of
whole Torah; the rest is democracy. Whatever
commentary. Go and differs from this, to the
study it.” Jesus Christ in extent of the difference, is
Matthew 7:12: “So in not democracy.
everything, do to
others what you would
have them do to you,
for this sums up the
Law and the Prophets.”

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 Some distinguish between what is called “ethics” and
what is called “morality.”

We admit that one can (with some plausibility) make

such a contrast. In our view, “ethics” most commonly refers to
states of character that are virtuous or vicious (involving vices)
and “morality” refers to assessing action, but we also believe
that this distinction is rarely recognized in English; we do not
recommend assuming that the terms are different in meaning.

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To justify our
recommendation to not
observe a sharp distinction
between “ethics” and
“morality” consider the
following entry from the
first website that appears in
a Google search for “Is
there a difference between
ethics and morality?”

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“Ethics and morals both
relate to ‘right’ and ‘wrong’
conduct. However, ethics refer
to the series of rules provided
to an individual by an external
source, e.g. their profession or
religion. Morals refer to an
individual’s own principles
regarding right and wrong.”

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 Why Study Ethics?
First, some words on
‘ethics’: ‘Ethics’ concerns
the rightness or
wrongness of action, the
virtue or vice of
character, and general
matters of good and evil
and how we might
respond to good and evil.
There are two general
domains of ethics:
Descriptive Ethics: consists in the
study of what persons (or societies)
actually believe or act on, in terms of
right and wrong, virtue and vice,
goodness and badness.
Evaluative Ethics: inquiry into
what should be evaluated as
right or wrong, virtue or vice,
good or bad.
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One reason to study ethics is that ethics is
inescapable. It is difficult, if not impossible, to
imagine a society in which there are not codes
of conduct, ways of assessing what is desirable
or healthy and undesirable or unhealthy. Even if
such codes are thought of as mere means of
survival, there will still be implicit commitments to
what is good or bad: food and water (in proportion)
is good for persons, deprivation of either will lead
to damage and dissolution. If you do not study
ethics, chances are you will have no opportunity to
carefully reflect on the values that shape your life,
no chance to think about whether the values in
your society are wise or foolish, no chance to
expand your awareness of the values of other
persons.
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