ETHICS

1. COURSE SYLLABUS
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GEC-E
ETHICS
First Semester, A.Y. 2021-2022
Department/Area : Department of Education and Social Sciences
Curriculum : General Education Curriculum
Curricular Year : First Year
No. of Hours/Sem : 54 hours (3 hours every week for 18 weeks)
Credit Unit(s) : 3 units
Prerequisites : None
Vision of the University : A premier multidisciplinary - technological university
Mission of the University : The University shall primarily mandated to provide advanced professional and technical instruction for special purposes, advanced
studies in industrial trade, agriculture, fishery, health sciences, information technology and other relevant fields of study. It is also
mandated to undertake research and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in each areas of specialization (Sec. 2 of
RA 9744).
Goals of the College : CAS aims at the integral development of the individual toward fullness as a human being through the humanistic and scientific studies.
Specifically it also aims at the acquisition and mastery of the:
1. Quantitative development and technological advancement competencies
2. Biological and physical scientific knowledge and competencies towards scientifically in attitudes
3. Linguistics, literary and communicative cognition and competence in both speech and writing in English, Filipino and foreign
languages
4. Sociological, philosophical, behavioral, kinesthetic and aesthetic knowledge and competence to preserve Filipino culture for
global participation.
Program Outcomes : 1. Intellectual Competencies (IC)
GEO-IC 1 Higher levels of comprehension (textual, visual, etc.)
GEO-IC 2 Proficient and effective communication (writing, speaking, and use of technologies)
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GEO-IC 3 Understanding of basic concepts across the domains of knowledge
GEO-IC 4 Critical, analytical, and creative thinking
GEO-IC 5 Application of different analytical modes (quantitative and qualitative, artistic and scientific, textual and visual,
experimental, observation, etc.) in tackling problems methodically
2. Personal and civic responsibilities (PCR)
GEO-PCR 1 Appreciation of the human condition
GEO-PCR 2 Capacity to personally interpret the human experience
GEO-PCR 3 Ability to view the contemporary world from both the Philippine and global perspectives
GEO-PCR 4 Self-assuredness in knowing and being Filipino
GEO-PCR 5 Capacity to reflect critically on shared concerns and think of innovative, creative solutions guided by ethical standards
GEO-PCR 6 Ability to reflect on moral norms/imperatives as they affect individuals and society
GEO-PCR 7 Ability to appreciate and contribute to artistic beauty
GEO-PCR 8 Understanding and respect for human rights
GEO-PCR 9 Ability to contribute personally and meaningfully to the country’s development
3. Practical skills (PS)
GEO-PS 1 Working effectively in a group
GEO-PS 2 Application of computing and information technology responsibly
GEO-PS 3 Ability to negotiate the world of technology responsibly
GEO-PS 4 Problem-solving (including real-world problems)
GEO-PS 5 Basic work-related skills and knowledge
Course Description : Ethics 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 resouces (CMO 20, series 2013)
Morality pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community. The course
discusses the context and principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of individual, society and in interaction with the
environment and other shared resources. The course also teachers students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral
frameworks and by applying a seven-step moral reasoning model to analyze and solve moral dilemmas
The course is organized according to three (3) main elements of the moral experience: a. agent, including context – cultural,
communal and environmental b. the act and c. reason or framework (for the act)
This course includes the mandatory topic on taxation.
Course Learning Outcomes : At the end of the course, the students can:
CLO 1: Validate the difference between moral and non-moral problems (IC1, IC3, IC4, IC5, PCR1, PCR2, PCR3, PCR5, PCR6, PS4)
CLO 2: Speculate how existing moral theories and principle offer resolution to certain moral issues and dilemma(s) (IC1, IC3, IC4, PCR2,

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PCR3, PCR5, PCR6, PCR8, PS1, PS4, PS5)
CLO 3: Conduct discussion and dialogue in making sound ethical judgment and develop sensitivity for common good based on principles,
facts and the stakeholders affected (IC1. IC2, IC4, IC5, PCR1, PCR2, PCR3, PCR4, PCR6, PCR8, PS1, PS4, PS5)
CLO 4: Integrate understanding 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 (PCR2, PCR5, PCR6, PCR7, PCR9, PS1, PS2, PS3,
PS4, PS5)
Course Content:
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
(TIME ALLOCATION)
ASSESSMENT
TASKS
TEACHING- LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS LEARNING
RESOURCES
REMARKS
- Demonstrate understanding of the
VMGO of the University vis-à-vis target
competencies of General Education
Curriculum (GEC)
(1.5 hrs)
Oral Participation
Socratic Method
(dialectic)
Lecture Discussion about
the VMGO of Cebu
Technological University
CTU VMGO
GEC competencies, Introduction
to: CTU Vision, Mission, Goals
and Objectives
PPT slides
E-notes
Zoom app
- Introduce what is philosophy and ethics
- Differentiate the rightness and
wrongness of the human acts.
(3 hrs)
Reflection paper
Quiz
Interactive Discussion
Socratic Method (dialectic)
Video Clips (overview of
philosophy and ethics)
An Overview of Philosophy and
Ethics
PDF Copy Books
PDF Articles
PPT (Video Clips)
Zoom app
- Elaborate mainly why the nature of
man can be ethical
(3 hrs)
Oral Participation
Quiz
Lecture regarding the
Nature of Man
Nature of Man according to the
perspective of the Western and
Oriental thinkers.
PDF Copy Books
PDF Articles
PPT
Zoom app

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- Critique voluntary actions
- Identify universal values
- Explain why universal value are
necessary for human
- (3 hrs)
Reporting and quiz
Class discussions
to bring out
reactions and
insights on the
video clip, zeroing
in on why freedom
is crucial to the
ethical experience.
reflection paper
(alternate)
Instructor’s activity:
 Construct situations
that involve actions
which are product
of man’s conscious
will
Students’ activity:
 Apply the three
constituents
Differentiate voluntary acts
and involuntary acts
Viewing of Video Clip
Demonstrating unlimited
freedom or the absence of
freedom
Lecture: Freedom as
foundation of ethics
Lecture: Why there are
universal values
Human acts and Acts of man
Constituents of Human Acts:
Knowledge, Freedom,
Voluntariness
Universal Values
PDF Copy Book
Film on freedom:
(Possibly) A Clockwork
Orange. Directed by
Stanley Kubrick. Burbank,
CA: Warner Bros., 1971
Electronic Resources
Zoom app
Prelim Examination (1.5 hours)
- Understand and analyze the nature of
culture, custom, and tradition in a
Filipino setting
(4.5 hrs)
Quizzes
Role Play
Reflection/Learning
Insights concerning
the western and
oriental thinkers
Group Dynamics /
Discussion
Film Viewing (assignment)
Culture, Customs, Traditions in
Filipino Context
Books
Newspapers Clips
Electronic Resources
Film/Movie
Zoom app

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- Identify and articulate each stage of
moral development
- Check their personal growth, and three
other cases, against the stages of
development
- Recall defining moments in their moral
formation
- Explain the relationship between
individual acts and character
- Articulate and understand the meaning
of culture in lieu to the Moral
Development
(4.5 hrs)
Quiz: What are the
six stages of moral
development?
Briefly explain each
stage.
Group presentation:
three cases/stories
featuring moral
agents at different
stages. Groups
identify the stages
of the agents in
each of the three
cases and justify
their answer
At the end of the
class, hold group
discussions and
presentations,
analyzing the lives
of Nelson Mandela
and Adolf Hitler
Lecture: the six stages of
moral development
Student Activity: draw a
chart of their lifes journey
using manila paper or
power point to show
incipient moments in their
lives and where they are
now in their moral
development.
Group discussion:
identifying stages in
chosen stories
Student Activity: At the
start of the class
discussion, bring out
students’ understanding of
contributory elements to
their moral character
Use of Graphics:
Circularityof relationship of
individual acts and moral
character
Lecture: Moral character as
disposition:how it is
developed)
(Moral Development in relation to
every field of specialization)
Stages of Moral Development
How is Moral Character
Developed?
PDF Essays
Three cases/stories on
moral development
Electronic Resources
PPT
Animation or presentation
on circularity of acts and
character
Character studies of
Nelson Mandela and Adolf
Hitler.
Zoom app

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- Check real-life cases against the 7 step
model, a model that uses reason and
impartiality
(3 hrs)
Group Case
Analysis using the 7
step model on the
business ethics
case called the Star
Employee
Short Quiz
Lecture: The 7-step Model
Student Activity: Class
discussion: using the
model to solve a case
The 7 Steps Moral Reasoning
Model
PDF Essays/Articles
Case Analysis
Electronic Resources
Zoom app
Midterm Examination (2 hours)
- Capture and analyze their feelings in
personal moral experiences
- Compare reasonable and emotional
responses
(3 hrs)
Role Play three
Cases, highlighting
in one case an
emotional
response, and in
the other a rational
response.
The class critiques
the behavior and
responses of
agents in the three
cases
Class Discussion: Personal
experiences and feelings
attached to these
Lecture:
a.feelings – importance,
origin and disadvantages
b. Reason and Impartiality
Student Activity: Group
discussion: stories from
news clip highlighting
emotional and rational
responses
Feelings and Reason: Upsurge of
Feelings Is Natural and What We
Do with Them Is What Makes Us
Ethical or Unethical
The Ethical Requirement of
Reason and Impartiality
PDF Essays/Articles
Case Analysis
Electronic Resources
Zoom app

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- Define virtue ethics
- Articulate what virtue ethics
- Critique virtue ethics
- Make use of virtue ethics
(3 hrs)
Written exam or
Oral exam
Lecture
Small group discussion
Case analysis
Virtue Ethics
a. Aristotle
1. Telos as Ends
2. Virtue as habit
3. Happiness as virtue
Natural Law
b. St. Tomas:
1. The natural and its tenets
2.Happiness as constitutive of
moral and cardinal virtues
PDF Books
Case Analysis
Electronic Resources
Zoom app
- Understand and articulate the rights
theory
- Differentiate a legal from a moral right
- Critique virtue ethics
- Make use of the rights theory
(3 hrs)
Written exam or
Oral exam
Lecture
Small group discussion
Case analysis
Rights theory
A.Kant
1.Good will
2. Categorical imperative
B. Different Kinds of Rights
1. Natural 3. Legal
2. Moral
PDF
Books/Essays/Articles
PTT Materials
Electronic Resources
Zoom app
- Articulate what Utilitarianism is
- Critique Utilitarianism
- Make use of Utilitarianism
(3 hrs)
Written exam or
Oral exam
Lecture
Small group discussion
Case analysis
Utilitarianism & Pragmatism
“Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart
Mill”
A. Origin and Nature of theory
B. Business fascination with
utilitarianism
PDF
Books/Essays/Articles
PTT Materials
Electronic Resources
Zoom app
Semi-Final Examination (2 hours)

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- Articulate what Justice and Fairness
- Critique Justice and Fairness
- Make use of Justice and Fairness
(4.5 hrs)
Rubrics on Debate
Extra Judicial
Killings Cases
(Analysis)
Lecture
Small group discussion
Case analysis
Discussion and Debate
Justice and Fairness: Promoting
the Common Good
“Rawls and Habermas”
A. The nature of the theory
B. Distributive justice
1. Egalitarian
2. Capitalist
3. Socialist
Mandated topic: Taxation
PDF
Books/Essays/Articles
Newspaper
Electronic Resources
Zoom app
- Identify the different moral principles
(3 hrs)
Reaction paper /
Critique paper
Lecture
Small group discussion
Film Showing (Assignment)
Globalization and its ethical
challenges
Film showing of the
following recommended
movies:
-Hacksaw Ridge
-El crimen del Padre
Amaro
-Tears of the Sun
-The Good Lie
-The Green Mile
- Unthinkable
Zoom app
- Compare reponses to shared moral
dilemmas of baby boomers and
millenials
- State qualities of the filinnial
- Construct a plan for coping with the
challengs of globalization
- Differentiate ethics from religion
- Appreciate the role of religion in a
globalized world
(4.5 hrs)
Case Analysis
Final Oral Exam or
Quiz
Lecture
Small group discussion
Case analysis
Ethics and Religion PDF
Books/Essays/Articles
PTT Materials
Electronic Resources
Zoom app

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Final Examination (2 hours)
References:
Books:
1. Abulad, Romualdo E. et al, 2013. “General Ethics.”University of San Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines.
2. Aristotle, Book I- II, Nicomachean Ethics trans. Martin Oswald, Indianapolis: Bobbs – Merrill Educational Publishing, 1983
3. Aquinas, Thomas: On Law, Eternal Law and Natural Law, Summa Theologiae, Vol. 28, Blackfriars in conjunction with McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1996.
4. Bulaong, Oscar G., et al., 2018. “ETHICS Foundations of Moral Valuation.”Rex Book Store Inc., Manila, Philippines.
5. Demeterio, F.P.A., 2018. “Structural Justice and Collective Responsibility.” De La Salle University Publishing House, Manila, Philippines.
6. Friedman, Thomas, 2000. “The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization.” 1st ed. New York: Anchor Books.
7. Kant, Immanuel, 1997 .“CATEGORICAL Imperative,” in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals.” Cambridge University Press, Trans. and ed. by Mary Gregor
8. Magadan, Ismael P., et al., 2016. “Thinking Human.” University of San Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines. Ed. Orlando Ali M. Mandane.
9. Mill, John Stuar t, 2001. “Utilitarianism.” 2nd ed. Edited with An Introduction by George Sher. Indiapolis: Hackett Publishing Co.
10.Rachels, James, 2004. The Challenge of Cultural Relativism.” Chap 2 in The Elements of Moral Philosophy, 16-31. 4th ed. New York: McGraw Hill College,
11.Rawls, John, 1971. “A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press.
12. Scott, Rae B., et. Kenman L. Wong, 1996. “ A Model for Moral Decision Making” Chap. 1 in Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics. Grand
Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
13. Wyschogord, Edith et Gerald P. McKenny, ed., 2003. “The Ethical.” Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK.
Articles/Essays:
1. Apel, Karl-Otto (2000). Globalization and the Needs for Universal Ethics.” European Journal of Social Theory 3(2): 137-155. 1368-4310[2000005]]
2. Halliday, Daniel,( 2013). Justice and Taxation. Philosophy Compass, 1–12, 10.1111/phc3.12092.
3. Licunan, Patricia et al. “A moral Recovery Program: Building a People – building Nation. “In Values in Philippine Culture and Education: Philosophical Studies I. edited by
Manuel B. Dy Jr., 31- 48. Washington DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 1994.
4. Mendoza, Daryl (2018). (2018). “Chapter 11: Utilitarianism,” in Ethics:The Grounds of Morality and the Search for the Goodlife, eds. Galeon, A. et al.
University of San Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines, pp. 74-83
5. Pogge, Thomas, (2014). Human Right and Just Taxation. Tax Justice Focus, First Quarter, Volume 9, Issue 2, 7-9.
6. Que Nemesia S., S. J. “Notes on Moral Deliberation”. Introduction to course notes for PH 104: Foundations of Moral Value. Ateneo de Manila University
7. Reyes, Ramon Castillo. Relation Between Ethics and Religious Belief. In Moral Dimension: Essays in Honor of Ramon Castillo
8. Suazo, Ruby (2018). (2018). “Chapter 9: Immanuel Kant’s Deontological Theory of Morality,” in Ethics: The Grounds of Morality and the Search for the
Goodlife, eds. Galeon, A. et al. University of San Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines, pp. 65-73

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9. Urbano, Ryan C. (2011). Global Justice and the Plight of Filipino Domestic Migrant Workers. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 47(6) 605–619. DOI:
10.1177/0021909611423798
10. . (2009). Moral Particularism and the Justifiability of Mandatory HIV/AIDS Testing. PHAVISMINDA Journal, Volume 8, 137-149.
11. . (2010). Pogge on Human Rights and Global Poverty. PHAVISMINDA Journal, Volume 9: 75-89.
12. . (2018). “Chapter 8: Virtue,” in Ethics: The Grounds of Morality and the Search for the Goodlife, eds. Galeon, A. et al. University of San
Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines, pp. 52-64
13. . (2018). “Chapter 15: Global Justice,” in Ethics:The Grounds of Morality and the Search for the Goodlife, eds. Galeon, A. et al. University of
San Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines, pp. 128-141.
14. . (2018). “Chapter 17: Environmental Ethics,” in Ethics:The Grounds of Morality and the Search for the Goodlife, eds. Galeon, A. et al.
University of San Carlos Press, Cebu City, Philippines, pp. 156-166.
15. . (2019). Prolegomena to a Virtue Approach to Environmental Ethics. Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology, Vol. 43, No. 1, 49-63.
Others:
1. RA 7722 (PDF copy)
2. RA 9744 (PDF copy)
3. CMO No. 20, s. 2013 (PDF copy)
4. CTU Student Manual (PDF copy)
Course Requirements: 1. Written up moral dilemmas experienced by the students
2. Regular quizzes to test if students recall the principles and concepts they learn
3. Group and individual case analyses
4. Final oral exam
Evaluation Procedure: (Approved Grading System Applicable to the Course/Program)
20% quizzes; 20% individual case analysis/reflection paper; 20% group case analysis; 40% major exams (final oral/written exam)
Prepared by:
RYAN C. URBANO, PH.D.
MAIN-Campus
BONIFACIO M. AMPER, PH.D.
CARMEN-Campus
JULIUS O. BASALLO, MA
BARILI-Campus

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Revision Date: September 2, 2021
Submission Date: September 6, 2021
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Contact Details :
Upon Recommendation of the Curriculum Committee
RYAN C. URBANO, Ph.D.
MAIN-Campus
ISAIAS CABANIT, Dev.Ed.D.
DAANBANTAYAN-Campus
JULIUS O. BASALLO, MA
BARILI-Campus
Approved by:
LYNETTE MATEA S. CAMELLO, D.A.Lit-Com
UD, Education for Sustainable Development