Being Moral and Ethical PDF

| TT ® Chapter Ten Being moral and ethical Introduction In Chapter Nine, you learnt how to achie...

| TT ® Chapter Ten Being moral and ethical Introduction In Chapter Nine, you learnt how to achieve our goals. In this chapter, you will learn about being moral and ethical. This will involve understanding the meaning of concepts such as morality, moral, ethics, ethical, and integrity. Moral refers to principles of right and wrong behaviour. Thus, to be moral is to do good acts to oneself and to others and to be immoral is to do bad acts to oneself and to others. Being moral can also refer to a condition of behaving according to the established and accepted moral or ethical principles, such as responsibility, transparency, trustworthiness, and obedience. On the other hands, being immoral means failure to follow accepted priciples of right behaviour. Using the Internet wisely Like other means of modern communication such as mobile phones and computers, the Internet is a modern form of communication. Due to its nature, it provides some information that can negatively influence people’s perception and perspectives about their social, political, economic, and cultural situations. Increased use of the Internet in the world has brought about interaction from different cultures and nations. What is posted on the Internet may contain good or bad messages. Accordingly, there is a need to extract messages that are appropriate to Tanzania values from those which are not. The Internet provides us with news, education, and knowledge. It also connects us with other people in the world. However, the Internet has a lot of immoral content. Such content promotes negative values. We should use the Internet wisely to acquire knowledge and improve the way we do our daily activities as well as to understand what happens in the world. Through the Internet, we can learn better ways of farming, fishing, entrepreneurship, cooking, and constructing houses. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 123 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | | TT ® Read carefully the following conversation and answer the questions that follow. Mother: My daughter, what are you doing? Christina: Mom, I’m studying. Mother: How do you study with an exercise book and a mobile phone at the same time? Christina: I’m using the mobile phone to search something on the Internet. Then, | write it in my exercise book. Mother: Alright my daughter! But be careful. Don’t use the mobile phone to watch immoral things like pornography, robbery, theft, and killings. Christina: | take your advice Mom. Our teacher taught us and advised us on using the Internet wisely. | understand that the Internet has both good and bad things. Mother: It’s true, my daughter! I’m glad that you take it. There is bad and good information on the Internet. Therefore, you should be careful and follow the instructions given by your teacher. Christina: Thank you Mom. I will do that. Mother: Okay, Nice studies. Christina: Thank you, Mom. 4 What was Christina doing when her Mom appeared? 2 What was the teacher’s advice to Christina? 3. What was the advice of the mother to Christina? 4. Mention some good information available on the Internet. € KLgroups, discuss how you can use Internet wisely. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5 FINAL.indd 124 2021/08/04 15:44 | | | ® Obeying the law /RGID Have you ever been told to “Obey the law’? When you were told so, what did you understand? The law can be defined as principles that guide decisions and operational procedures of different activities. Every society has its rules and regulations, which are supposed to be followed by every citizen. They help to ensure that the society lives in peace, harmony, happiness, and understanding. Also, they are used to ensure the security of people and their properties. Violating rules and regulations leads to loss of peace, justice, and harmony in the community. Usually, agreements are promises to do something that involves two or more people, companies or organizations. Such agreements can be written or spoken. Respecting the terms of the agreement is essential in order to avoid conflicts in the society. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Ali and Remi were in Standard Five at Kibaya Primary School. They spent most of their time playing football. They were restricted from playing near classrooms and offices, but they ignored. One day, after the morning break, their fellow pupils went back to the class, but Ali and Remi did not. They continued playing football near the classrooms and offices. Remi kicked the ball which hit the window of the head teacher's office. The head teacher was angry and ordered Remi and Ali to bring their parents. When their parents arrived at school, the teacher showed them the damage caused by their children and asked them to pay for it. Their parents agreed to do so. Remi and Ali were also punished for the damage. They were asked to plant and water two trees until they grow. As the result, Remi and Ali learnt the importance of obeying school rules and regulations. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 125 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | | TT ® Gx 1. What damage did Ali and Remi cause?. 2. Make alist of actions you will take to improve your ability of making decision in obeying the law. 3. What kind of agreements have you ever engaged in and implemented in your life? 4. List negative consequences of violating terms of agreements. KY Kamp “Write a short composition about the lesson you learnt from the punishment you receive from your teacher, parents or guardian. Submit your work to your teacher. Following orders and directives In this section, you will learn how to respect orders and directives given to you both at school and at home. This is because moral standards are determined by the way you obey the orders and directives given to you. Therefore, you should respect all good orders given to you by authority so as to maintain peace and happiness. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. 1. Hello! Hello! Viewers, I’ m on the stage flow, want to tell you something new! There is something wrong disturbing us, both adult and youth. What is wrong especially among the youth? Obeying rules is a problem among young people. 2. Asha and John love argumentations, When parents beseech us, pride we always display, And tasks at school, reluctantly implement, Obeying directives, is a problem among young people. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 126 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | || ® 3. The problem is deep, we have to fight against it, Let us educate one another without confrontation, Receive directives, perform superbly, Obeying directives is a problem among young people. 4. | plead to be heard, as | vacate the scene, Our obligations as youth,any obey directives, For our parents and teachers, and the whole society, It is important to consider, once given direction. Ga What is the problem affecting the youth? , N = What can be done to solve the problem? FW What is the source of the problem? Outline what you would do to help your friends who do not follow directives from parents and teachers. 5. What problems have you observed at home and at school that result from disobeying the rules. 6. Mention measures that you will take to strengthen your ability to L obey directives from your teacher, parents and guardians. J GIO Activity 3 Discuss with your friends how you can identify pupils who do not obey instructions. What advice would you give them? Write your answer in the exercise book and submit it to your teacher. Caring for personal and public properties The word ‘“‘care’” means keeping something in good condition. Thus property caring is one of the moral attitudes. As a pupil, you have an obligation to take care of properties at home and at school. Examples of school properties include desks, books, classrooms, boards, and tables. As for household properties, these include furniture and utensils. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 127 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | | TT ® It is your responsibility as a good citizen to protect and preserve such properties. You are obliged to take good care of your school bag in which you carry exercise books, school uniforms, and other school items. Caring for property, whether at home or at school, has the following features: first, it involves keeping school desks, reference books and exercise books clean. Secondly, it involves careful use of food utensils, which include cleaning them. Consider the following acts and answer the questions that follow: (i) Ampokile has been congratulated for being a good keeper of school property. il) Mwasifa has been punished for not taking care of school properties. iil) Mdeka has been ordered to pay for the hoe that he lost. iv) Isimwe has always been breaking ceramic cups and plates at home. v) Sarafina has always been breaking clay stoves. She is now using firewood in cooking which produces smoke that has caused bloodshot eye redness. (leet) , 1. | Which of the above kinds of behaviour resemble yours? 2. How do you plan to change your behaviour? 3. What are the effects of not taking care of domestic and school properties? 4. Mention the advantages of taking care of the properties we use q at thhome or att schoo school. J pea Activity 4 Discuss with your pupils how to take care of domestic and school properties. Write it in the exercise book and submit your work to your subject teacher. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 128 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | || ® Planning for home and school responsibilities One of the secrets to success is proper planning. In order to succeed at home and at school, you are supposed to identify all duties and activities. Then set a daily timetable and follow it accordingly. You are also supposed to set goals and asses the effectiveness of their implementation. In addition, you are supposed to avoid unacceptable behaviour and provide information about it. You should also collaborate with your fellow pupils and provide assistance to students or families. Read the following dialogue and answer the questions that follow. Journalist: How are you? Yusto: I’m fine, and you? Journalist: I’m fine. Please introduce yourself. Yusto: My name is Yusto, I’m a Class Five pupil, studying at Mkongotema Primary School Journalist: Congratulations Yusto for winning as a young poet in the country. Yusto: Thank you very much. Journalist: How do you feel about your victory? Yusto: I’m excited because my dream has become true. Journalist: So did you have a dream? Please tell us more about it. Yusto: Our Swahili teacher usually encouraged us to write good poems until we become competent like Mathias Mnyampala and Shaban Robert. Journalist: Enhee? What steps did you take? Yusto: First, he encouraged me to read poems published by others in newspapers and books. Journalist: Is that so! Have you ever written a poem and sent it to a newspaper for publication? Yusto: Yes! Several times. For example look at this one (Showing him a newspaper published his poem). There are also many others. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5 FINAL.indd 129 2021/08/04 15:44 | | || TTT ® oe || Journalist: Is there any editorial assistance you received before sending your poem to the newspaper? Yusto: | work with some of my friends. | give them my work for them to read through. Then, | take it to my teacher before | send it to a newspaper. Journalist: Congratulations! You are a good pupil with good plans and goals. 1. What dream did Yusto have? 2. What steps did Yusto take to realize his dreams? 3. What dreams do you have in your life? 4. What strategies do you have to achieve your dreams? 5. Who is it that can help you achieve your dreams? * OV qamp Discuss with your friends how you are going to fulfil your responsibilities ° at home and at school. Write your discussion in the exercise book and submit it to your subject teacher. Good behaviour Acts that are not questionable are those which do not show any signs of lies or illegalities. An ethical or moral person performs acts that cannot be questioned. This moral behaviour breeds trust and acceptance in the community. Such acts can be done at home and at school. For a student, the following acts can cause doubt and mistrust: | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 130 @ 2021/08/04 v6 | | || TTT ® oe || Secrecy Loneliness or silence Unusual appearance of some body organs, such as red eyes and drunk walking Always sleeping in class Crying Inability to read Having a lot of money Possessing a lot of valuable items The following acts do not lead to suspicion or bad behaviour: Being happy or joyful Participating well in tasks at home and at school Arriving early at school Going to bed early ®. Waking up early to prepare for school ® The best way to avoid behaviour that causes doubt at school and at home is to cooperate with your parents or guardians, teachers, and fellow pupils. You are also supposed to introduce your friends to your parents or guardians to focus on your studies and to maintain obedience. Why is it important to choose friends with good behaviour? In this story, which acts are questionable? How are you going to help your fellow pupils who are known to have bad behaviour? Investigate unacceptable kinds of behaviour which you doubt at school. Write them in the exercise book and submit it to your teacher. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 131 @ 2021/08/04 v5 | | || TTT ® oe || Transparency and accountability in fulfilling responsibilities You may have heard a friend telling you, “Tell me the truth.” You also might have heard people asking others to be transparent. Transparency and accountability are some of the most important aspects of morality. We will refer to these as truth and transparency in this part. Be Ask yourself What advantages did you get from knowing the truth? Transparency is a habit of speaking the truth without hiding anything. It denotes freedom of expressing acceptable ideas without breaking the law. It also indicates plans and acceptable policies by virtue of being made by people. Respect and transparency become a condition or an attitude of doing what is acceptable in society. Consider a person who does not tell you the truth. Truth has advantages. It is the impetus to denounce immoral acts in the society. A truthful person attracts attention and trust. He or she usually has the ability to criticize and denounce wrong acts or bad behaviour in the society. ® Some kinds of undesired behaviours at school are sedition, telling lies, © and hiding the truth. Information originating from a truthful and reliable person can be easily accepted. For instance, information originating from parents, guardians, and teachers can be easily implemented. Similarly, information provided by trusted media outlets is loved and trusted by many. Such information can come from radio, newspapers, television and social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp. More often, unreliable information originates from streets. Such information is not confirmed; it is thus not trustworthy. 1. Explain the importance of being a transparent and trustworthy person at school? 2. How will you help a person who is not trustworthy? 3. What disadvantage did you get from telling the truth? | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 132 @ 2021/08/04 v6 | | || ® QMO Activity 7 Discuss in groups on how to help your fellow pupils who are not trustworthy in the class. Write it in the exercise book and submit it to the subject teacher. Effects of being untrustworthy Lying is a habit of denying the truth or reality of something or an action. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Kaboga and Kajembe were fnends. They were in the same class. Both were good football players, but they had different academic abilities. Kajembe always came top of his class while Kaboga was always at the bottom of the class. Kaboga was, therefore, jealous of Kajembe and decided to do whatever possible for Kajembe to be expelled from school. As the pupils were in class, Kaboga asked to go to the toilet. Instead of doing so, he went to the dormitory, broke Kanene’s case, took his beautiful shirt, and placed it under Kajembe’s mattress. Upon noticing the incident, Kanene reported it to the teacher on duty. When interrogated, Kajembe denied being involved in it. However, Kaboga’s plan was not helpful as Kanene found Kaboga’s identity card in the broken case. Then it became evident that Kaboga was behind the incident. Therefore, stern measures , were taken against him. Exercise 8 1. | What do you think will be the outcome of Kaboga and Kajembe’s friendship? 2. What would have happened to Kajembe if Kaboga’s identity card had not been found in Kanene’s case? 3. Apart from being a liar, what other behaviour does Kaboga seem to have? What advice would you give to pupils who behave like Kaboga. JD (ns | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 133 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | || TTT ® oe || Ka Activity 8 Write two stanzas warning pupils against jealousy and untrustworthiness. Submit your work to the teacher. Effects of hypocrisy Hypocrisy is a behaviour of not showing one’s true feelings or ideas about a particular situation. It denotes the habit of hiding one’s true behaviour. This behaviour might have negative impacts to you and to others. Read the following conversation and answer the questions that follow. Kasenene: Hello Kadege! How are you? Kadege: I’m fine, my friend! Kasenene: You are my friend, and | don’t have any other friend that | trust more than you. Kadege: True, Kasenene! I’m more than a friend to you. Kasenene: Today, | want to confide something to you. Kadege: No problem. Just trust me. | won’t betray you. Kasenene: Today | managed to steal thirty thousand shillings from someone. Please keep the money for me, as | Suspect he will come to school to complain. Kadege: Is that all? Don’t worry — give me the money. | will give you when you need it back. Teacher on duty: There are students among you who have stolen money from this old man. Old man: (Passes to identify the one who snatched his money; Kasenene was standing) This is the one who stole my money. Teacher on duty: (/n the office with the old man and Kasenene) Kasenene please return the old man’s money. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 134 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | || TTT ® oe || Kasenene: Yes I’m the one who stole the 30,000 shillings, but | gave it all to my friend Kadege to keep it for me. Teacher on duty: (Ordering Kadege to be called) Kadege. It seems you are the one who kept the stolen money. Kadege: No, Teacher! | didn’t receive any money from Kasenene. Kasenene has never been my friend. | don’t cooperate with thieves. Headteacher: (When they were in the head teacher’s office) Kasenene you have shown bad behaviour, and you have tarnished the good name of our school. You are hereby suspended from school. Come with your parents to school on Monday with the money you stole. Ga , Who has shown hypocrisy? WN Was Kadege right to keep the stolen money? If Kadege was a good friend, what would he have done? What advice would you give to Kadege and Kasenene? @ fF List kinds of bad behaviour in your school apart from those a presented in this story. J XY K- amp Mention the risks that a hypocrite can face and submit your exercise book to your subject teacher. Doing justice Doing justice is an act of giving someone something that he or she deserves. For instance, a child deserves education, security, medical treatment, food, shelter, and attention. A society that does not respect human rights is full of selfishness and exploitation. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 135 @ 2021/08/04 v5 | | || TTT ® oe || Defending your rights and those of others equally Justice entails treating yourself and others according to the established rules. It entails respecting human rights. For instance, as a student, you have the right to education, right to be protected, right to freedom of expression, right to live, right to be consulted, right not to be segregated, and right to be listened. Although some children are denied these rights, in principle, every child deserves them. Accordingly, you have the obligation to defend those rights so that other children can have them. Note that rights go together with obligations. Therefore, for every right, there is an obligation. For example, if you have the right to education, you also have the obligation to read for more knowledge. Since school regulations aim at protecting the rights of every pupils, you have the obligation to obey school rules and regulations. Likewise since you have the right to be heard, parents, guardians, and teachers have the duty to listen to your concerns; you also have the duty to listen to others. Reporting information about violation of human rights to responsible authorities Reporting information about violation of human rights to responsible authorities is a fundamental step to ensure that justice is done. To achieve this, it is important to have sufficient evidence. Explain how you will defend your rights and the rights of others in school. What are the rights that you would prefer your parents, guardians and teachers to prioritize? What is your responsibility in each right identified in question 2 above? Gv Activity 10 Discuss with your fellow pupils the fundamental rights violated at your school. Write the strategies that you will use to defend those rights. Submit your work to the subject teacher. | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 136 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | | TT ® SECTION A Write True for a true statement and False for a false one. 1. All information from the Internet is moral. 2. If youuse the Internet wisely, you will get constructive knowledge and skills. 3. If you misuse the Internet, you will be charged according to the law. 4. The law refers to rules or regulations enacted by the competent authority not to guide particular actions or events. SECTION B Write the correct answer in your exercise book. 5. — Principles set at school and home help us in (a) following the rules and controlling obedience. 6 (b) child violence. C_) (c) parent and guardian arrogance. (d) bringing conflict. 6. Which of the following acts defend your rights and the rights of your fellow pupils? (a) Bad governance (b) Obeying laws but not using them (_) (c) Reporting to the respective organs or bodies (d) Crying in pain 7. | Which behaviour among the following shows disobedience to school rules? (a) Arriving at school early (6) Studying hard (c) Fighting and dodging (_) (d) Having a personal study session at home | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 137 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | | | TT ® What is hypocrisy? (a) Openness and transparency (b) Being responsible C_) (c) Untrustworthy and laziness (d) Pretending to be a friend while you are an enemy The following are the effects of not being transparent: (a) Being praised and destroyed (b) Bringing conflicts (c) Laziness and theft C_) (d) Brotherhood and laziness 10. Which among of the following organs is legally responsible for protecting human rights? (a) Police (b) Parliament C_) (c) School (d) Court 11. Which of the following reasons increase human rights violation? (a) Paying taxes responsibly (b) Not sending children to boarding schools (c) People taking the law into their own hands (_) (d)d) Love to people with special needs \Y Vocabulary Hypocrite a person who does not do things as he or she said or promised Technology _ scientific applied knowledge Transparency aspect or behaviour of speaking without hiding Useless man someone who does not have something to do, roaming here and there Confide to tell someone you trust about personal things | | CIVIC & MORAL STD 5FINAL.indd 138 @ 2021/08/04 15:44 | |