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COURSE DESCRIPTION
A study of the basic concepts and principles of Ethics necessary to understand the meaning of ethics- and leads students through the
analysis of human experience, linking it to elements of the ethical dimension. It takes students through the various classical ethical
frameworks-utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics and natural ethics that will hopefully guide students in their ethical
thinking.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
To equip the students with the necessary principles, concepts, and skills to understand better the nature ethics, they will;
A. Understand the nature of professional responsibility Be able to identify the ethical elements in decisions
B. Be able to address and resolve problems arising from questionable practice
C. Develop critical thinking skills and professional judgement
D. Understand practical difficulties of bringing about change
E. Develop a professional ethical identity to carry forward in their working life
Course Specific Content/Topics Essential Teaching and Assessment Standards
Outline objectives Question Learning Tool
Strategy
The Ethical a) Identify the Value 1. Brainstorm Lectures Oral Facilitate
Dimension of ethical aspect Sources of and come up Individual and recitation and knowledge
Human of human life Authority with a list of group written exam and content
Existence and the scope Senses of the Self common activities
of ethical Filipino Reporting
thinking; values. system and
b) Define and Consider the demonstration
explain the strengths and
terms that weaknesses of
are relevant these.
to ethical 2. Is looking
thinking; and after the
c) Evaluate the benefit of your
difficulties own family all
that are other aspects
involved in considered as
maintaining another form
certain of egoism?
commonly-
held notion
on ethics
Utilitarianism a) Discuss the The principle of 1. Are all Lectures Oral Facilitate
basic Utility pleasures Individual and recitation and knowledge
principles of Principle of the comparable, group written exam and content
utilitarian Greatest Number even activities
ethics; Justice and Moral objectionable Reporting
b) Distinguish Rights pleasures? system and
between two 2. What if the demonstration
utilitarian majority
models: the derives
quantitative pleasure from
model of being sexist?
Jeremy 3. Are all
Bentham and pleasures
the commensurabl
qualitative e?
model of John
Stuart Mill;
and
c) Apply
utilitarianism
in
understandin
g and
evaluating
local and
international
scenarios.
Natural Law a) Recognize Thomas Aquinas 1. Is it possible Lectures Oral Facilitate
how Thomas The Greek to maintain a Individual and recitation and knowledge
Aquinas Heritage natural law group written exam and content
made use of The Essence and theory activities
ancient Varieties of Law without Reporting
Greek believing in system and
concepts to the divine demonstration
provide a source? Why
rational or why not?
grounding to 2. Are there
an ethical ways that the
theory based word
on the “natural” is
Christian used to
faith; justify a
b) Identify the particular
natural law way of
in distinction behaving?
form.
c) Apply the
precepts of
the natural
law to
contemporary
moral
concerns
Deontology a) Discuss the Duty and Agency 1. What is the Lectures Oral Facilitate
basic Autonomy difference Individual and recitation and knowledge
principles of Universalizability between group written exam and content
deontology autonomy activities
b) Apply the and Reporting
concepts of heteronomy? system and
agency and 2. How does the demonstration
autonomy to method called
one’s moral universalizab
experience; ility work?
c) Evaluate 3. What is
actions using meant by
the enlightenmen
universalizab t morality as
ility test opposed to
paternalism?
Virtue Ethics a) Discuss the Happiness and 1. What is Lectures Oral Facilitate
meaning and Ultimate Purpose moral virtue? Individual and recitation and knowledge
basic Virtue as 2. What is group written exam and content
principles of Excellence intellectual activities
virtue ethics Moral Virtue and virtue? Reporting
b) Distinguish Mesotes 3. How is a system and
virtous acts person’s demonstration
from non- character
virtuous acts formed
c) Apply according to
Aristotle’s Aristotle?
ethics in
understanding
the Filipino
character
Synthesis: a) Identify the The Moral Agent 1. How can you Lectures Oral Facilitate
Making different and Contexts be a genuine Individual and recitation and knowledge
Informed factors that Moral Filipino if you group written exam and content
Decisions shape an Deliberation do not follow activities
individual in Self, Society, and Filipino Reporting
her moral Environment customs? system and
decision- 2. What is the demonstration
making distinction
b) Internalized between a
the necessary religious
steps toward notion of sin
making and the
informed philosophical
moral understandin
decisions g of immoral
c) Apply the or unethical
ethical acts?
theories or
frameworks
on moral
issues
REFERENCES:
https://www.raeng.org.uk/RAE/media/General/News/Documents/Ethics-Curriculum-Map.pdf
https://www.soas.ac.uk/cedep-demos/000_P563_EED_K3736-Demo/module/pdfs/p563_unit_01.pdf
http://samples.jbpub.com/9781449649005/22183_CH01_Pass3.pdf
https://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/ethicsbook.pdf
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