LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM) - Ethics - 2023-2024 PDF

LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  Republic of the Philippines Laguna State Polytechnic University...

LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  Republic of the Philippines Laguna State Polytechnic University Province of Laguna LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM) Course ETHICS Sem/AY First Semester/2023-2024 Module No. 1 Lesson Title INTRODUCTION to ETHICS and VALUES Week 2-5 Duration Date August 26-30; September 2-6;September 9-13; September 16-20, 2024 This course covers the general concepts and foundations of ethics with right Filipino values. It is a Description of discussions gradually focus on the effects of ethics and values in the society. nd personality ·have the Lesson deep understanding of human existence Learning Outcomes Intended Students should be able to meet the following intended learning outcomes Learning Acquire the basic knowledge of foundation o ethics and values. Outcomes Targets/ At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Objectives Explain the difference between ethics and morality; character and personality Have deep understanding of the human existence Student Learning Strategies Online Activities A. Online Discussion via Google Meet (Synchronous/ You will be directed to attend in a One -Hour class discussion on the INTRODUCTION Asynchronous) to ETHICS and VALUES To have access to the Online Discussion, refer to this link: ____________________. The online discussion will happen on November___ and ___, 2024, from ________________AM. (For further instructions, refer to your Google Classroom and see the schedule of activities for this module) B. Learning Guide Questions: 1.Briefly explain when can an act or attitude is considered a. ethical and moral 2.What is the difference between human act or act of man Note: The insight that you will post on online discussion forum using Learning Management System (LMS) will receive additional scores in class participation. LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  Lecture Guide SLM1: INTRODUCTION to ETHICS and VALUES Understanding Ethics Four Disciplines/Divisions in Philosophy 1.1.1Character vs. Personality 1.1.2 Understanding Morality Ethics vs. Morality 1.1.4 Morality and Human Existence 1.1.5Understanding Values 1.1.6General Definition of Values 1.1.7Property of Values ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES 1.1.8Understanding human acts 1.1.9Three-fold elements of Human acts 1.1.10Human acts vs. Acts of man Introduction to Ethics and Values UNDERSTANDING ETHICS Etymologically, the word ethics is coined from the Greek word "ethicos", or that which pertains to "ethos", the English translation of which is "Custom" or "character". From this etymological meaning, ethics is taken to mean as a philosophical science that deals with the morality of human conduct or human acts. What do we mean by "morality of human acts?" Morality of human acts refers to the goodness of the badness, the rightness or the wrongness of human acts. Ethics is a philosophical science. This means that ethics is one of the many disciplines in philosophy. Enhancement reading: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/intro 1.shtml Four Disciplines / Divisions in Philosophy: 1. Descriptive or Speculative-a discipline in philosophy that posits the question: What is the nature of reality? (Metaphysics) 2. Normative-a discipline in philosophy that posits the question: What is good and what is bad? Or what is right action and wrong action? (Moral philosophy) 3. Practical philosophy -a discipline in philosophy which reflects upon truth in relation to action. (Logic) 4.Critical philosophy -a discipline in philosophy that posits the question: What is truth? (Epistemology) CHARACTER VS. PERSONALITY Character Personality It is objective in nature. It is within a It is It is subjective. It changes at point in time. subjective. It changes at point in time. person. A particular system of trait that is A set of A se of characteristics that each pers characteristics that each person permanent possesses. to each person. possesses. LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  It is molded depending on his It influences It influences how one behaves as well as how one behaves as well as one's one’s motivation motivation. environment. One's character shows on how the image The image hat one presents I front of other. that one presents in front of person acts and reacts to his or her other. UNDERSTANDING MORALITY Moral integrity is the only true measure of what man ought to be. The most successful professional, is nothing unless he too is morally upright. Thus, the philosophers speak of ethics as the "only necessary knowledge". Morality is the foundation of every human society. Without civic morality, communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value. Every culture admits the importance of morality as a standard of behavior. When the moral foundation of a nation is threatened, society itself is threatened. Morality s the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad or indifferent. ETHICS VS. MORALITY Ethics Morality What is it? The rules of conduct Principles or habits with recognized I research to a respect o right or wrong particular class of human conduct. It defines how actions or a particular things should work group, culture, etc. It defines according t an individual’s how things are according to ideas and principles. the rules Source Social system/External Individual/external Why we do it? Because society says it is the Because we believe in right thing to do something being right o wrong. Flexibility Ethics are dependent on Usually, consistent slhough others for definition. They can change if a individual’s tend o be consistent within a belief’s change certain context, but an vary between contexts, MORALITY AND HUMAN EXISENCE There is morality because there is man 1.Man is the only Moral Being by virtue of the flowing reasons a. Man is a being of action b. Man has intellect c. Man as a rational Animal 2. Msn as an Animal 3.Man as a Rational Anima 4. Intellect compared to will 5. Concrete Basis of Morality UNDERSTANDING VALUES Undeniably, there I a metaphysical dependence of vale in ethics, for values have ethics as one of their indispensable carriers. True enough, ethics ad value4 support each other. An ethics without values is hollow and shallow ad, therefore weal. Values without ethics is paralytic. LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  Needless to say, vales are values even if they are not up into practice because primarily-not absolutely-values are objective. If values are construed this way, it ca be inferred that they have nothing t do wit ethics. The contention can be justified inn view of the cut that not eyeing which is good is mora or ethical. In her words, not al value (God art necessarily moral. The good in glass water-because it satisfies our hirst-des not quality water as moral. Th good in four-because it satisfies our hunger-de not make for mora as well. General Definition of Values 1.Values are the object f human desire and striving; they are also the subjective assessment of a particular be insofar as it is God. 2. Values are of beliefs, those beliefs which we hold t be truths vales inspire us to struggle towards our proximate and limit ends. 3. Value refer to things, person, ideas or goals which re important t life; they enable us to direct, understand, and evaluate our lives. Thus, they refer to our ideals and or principles by which we live, Further, values are those why we like, approve, stem, enjoy and prize. PROPERTES OF VALUES 1.Values are subjective-when we say values are subjective, we mean that e existence and the validity of values are dependent on the fees or attitudes of the subject. 2. Values are objective-when we say values are objective, we mean hat the existence and the nature of values are independent of a subject. 3 Values are elative-this men that values have intrinsic limitation and imperfections. 4.Values are bipolar- this mean that values do not exist alone; they always exist with their center values. Thus, vales are either positive or negative. 5. Vaues are hierarchical- wen we ay values are hierarchical we do not classify values but rather we rank them. Wen we rank them. When e rank values, we establish rider of importance among them. The closest meaning o ranking values is prioritizing values. ORGANIZATIONAL VAUES Ever organization as values that are important to the group. It will help the organization to survive. Organizations develop values much the same as each individual has developed values. UNDERSTANDIING HUMAN ACTS Human acts are actions that proceed from the deliberate free will of an. Iin a broader perspective, the term human acts refer to any activity performed by man. This activity could either be physical, spiritual, internal, or external. Moral philosophy, however, treats the term human cannot I its broader butt in its stricter meaning. Moral philosophy, therefore, understands human acts as actions that are proper only to man. These actions are those which man dos not share with the brutes for human acts are rational and willed acts. Three-fold Elements of Huan Acts 1.Knowledge 2.Freedom 3.Voluntariness HUMAN ACTS vs ACTS OF MAN HUMAN ACTS ACTS OF MAN It requires man’s rationality It des not require n’s rationality It requires knowledge, freedom and Done without knowledge, without consent voluntariness’ (elements of human acts) and voluntarily It does not need n’s freedom and will Man takes responsibility of his action It does not take man responsible for his action ENGAGING ACTIVITIES Discuss and explain the following: LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  1.Briefly explain wen ca an act or attitude is considered a. ethical b. moral 2. Identify whether the following are human act or act of man a. Looking b. Seeing c. Dreaming d. Day dreaming e. Breathing Performance Tasks Based fom he learningg that ou have gained iin hiis module, what do ou hink could be genera; effect o onseqences f a person doesn’t follow or do w3hat is ethical snd what is moral. Aswer ths by uusing he able below. Limit your aswers o not more than 50 words (30 points) Ethical Moral What If a person doesn’t follow/do it? Understanding Directed Assess Determine whether the following acts are considered huma act or act o an. Put an X ark on the corresponding column in identifying your answers (15 points) HUMAN ACT ACT OF MAN 1. Killing by self defense 2. Theft by a kleptomania 3. Rape under the influence of drugs LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD  4. Cheating I order to pass 5. Sleep walking REFERENCES Becker, C. U. (2024). Business Ethics: Methods, Theories, and Application. Taylor & Francis. Gibson, K. (2023). Ethics and Business. Cambridge University Press. Dubbink, W., & van der Deijl, W. (Eds.). (2023). Business Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction. Springer Nature. Peter S. (2024). Ethics: Philosophy Besong, Brian (2018). An Introduction to Ethics: A Natural Law Approach. Cascade Books Morin A. LCSW (2023). What is Morality? Padilla R.A. PhD (2019). Ethics: A textbook for the New Geral Education Curriculum. Books Atbp. Publishing Corp http://www.bbc.uk/ethics/introduction/intro_1.shtml https://www.sideshare.net/espirituanna/huan-acts https://www.slideshare.com/rhys/introduction-to-ethics-values-and-attitudes LSPU SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE: GEC 108 ETHICS Prepared by: Ma. Rona D. Sahagun, EdD