Course Title : Ethics

Course Credit : 3 Units

Pre-requisite : None

Course Description : Principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other
shared resources.

Institutional Learning Outcomes General Education Outcomes Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the student is able to:

1. 1. Identify the ethical aspect of human life, using

appropriately the terms that are relevant to ethical
thinking, and identifying the difficulties in certain
commonly-held notions on ethics.

2. Identify, engage, and critique the different ethical

theories and models such as Utilitarianism, Natural
Law, Kantian deontology, and Aristotelian Ethics.
Course Plan

Weeks Topics Learning Outcomes Methodologies Assessment Tools

The Ethical Dimension of 1. Identify the ethical aspect of Case Study Class Participation and
Human Existence human life and the scope of Recitation
Class Lecture
ethical thinking.
Quiz
2. Define and explain the Personal Reflection
terms that are relevant to Reflection Paper
Week 1-3 Group Discussion
ethical thinking.
3. Evaluate the difficulties that Group Report
Case Analysis
are involved in maintaining
Case Analysis
certain commonly-held
notions on ethics.

Utilitarianism 1. Discuss the basic principles Case Study Class Participation and
of utilitarian ethics. Recitation
Class Lecture
2. Distinguish between two
Quiz
utilitarian models: the Personal Reflection
quantitative model of Reflection Paper
Jeremy Bentham and the Group Discussion
qualitative model of John Group Report
Week 4-6 Case Analysis
Stuart Mill.
Case Analysis
3. Apply utilitarianism in [Take note that at the end
understanding and of Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5,
evaluating local and an “Activity Page” is
international scenarios. provided to enhance the
relevant learning
outcomes.]
 Natural Law 1. Recognize how Thomas Case Study Class Participation and
Aquinas makes use of Recitation
Class Lecture
ancient Greek concepts to
Quiz
provide a rational grounding Personal Reflection
to an ethical theory based Reflection Paper
on the Christian faith. Group Discussion
2. Identify the natural law in Group Report
Case Analysis
Week 7-9 distinction from – but also in
Case Analysis
relation to – the other types [Take note that at the end
of law mentioned by of Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5,
Aquinas: eternal law, human an “Activity Page” is
law, and divine law. provided to enhance the
3. Apply the precepts of the relevant learning
natural law to contemporary outcomes.]
moral concerns.

Deontology 1. Discuss the basic principles Case Study Class Participation and
of deontology; Recitation
Class Lecture
2. Apply the concepts of
Quiz
agency and autonomy to Personal Reflection
one’s moral experience; and Reflection Paper
3. evaluate actions using the Group Discussion
universalizability test Group Report
Week 10-12 Case Analysis
Case Analysis
[Take note that at the end
of Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5,
an “Activity Page” is
provided to enhance the
relevant learning
outcomes.]

Virtue Ethics 1. Discuss the meaning and Case Study Class Participation and
basic principles of virtue
 ethics. Class Lecture Recitation
2. Distinguish virtuous acts
Personal Reflection Quiz
from non-virtuous acts.
3. Apply Aristotle’s ethics in Group Discussion Reflection Paper
understanding the Filipino
Week 13-15 character. Case Analysis Group Report

[Take note that at the end Case Analysis

of Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5,
an “Activity Page” is
provided to enhance the
relevant learning
outcomes.]

Synthesis : Making 1. Identify the different factors Case Study Class Participation and
Informed Decisions that shape an individual in Recitation
Class Lecture
her moral decision-making;
Quiz
2. Internalize the necessary Personal Reflection
steps toward making Reflection Paper
informed moral decisions; Group Discussion
Week 16-18 Group Report
and
Case Analysis
3. Apply the ethical theories or
Case Analysis
frameworks on moral issues
involving the self, society, Final Examination
and the non-human
environment.

Course Grading System

Performance Tasks
● Class Participation and Reflection (10%)
 ● Quizzes (15%)
● Reflection Papers (20%)
● Group Report (20%)
● Case Analysis (20%)

Midterm/ Final Examination (15%)

List of References

● Main Reference/Core Textbook

Bulaong, O.G., Calano, M.J.T., Lagliva, A., Mariano, M.N.E., & Principe, J.D.Z. (2018). Ethics: Foundations for moral valuation. Quezon City: Rex Bookstore.

● Other References

Allison, Henry. Kant’s Theory of Freedom. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Crisp, Roger. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism. London: Routledge, 1997.
Kohlberg, Lawrence. The Philosophy of Moral Development: Moral Stage and the Idea of Justice (Essays in Moral Development, Volume 1). New York: Harper
& Row, 1981.
Pope, Stephen J. (ed.). The Ethics of Aquinas. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2002.
Rachels, James. The Elements of Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986.
Wood, Allen. Kantian Ethics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Prepared by:

Oscar G. Bulaong Jr.

Mark Joseph T. Calano
Albert M. Lagliva
Michael Ner E. Mariano
Jesus Deogracias Z. Principe