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Syllabus On Ethics

This syllabus outlines an ethics course covering several topics: 1) The course aims to help students determine right from wrong using analytical tools and contribute to their intellectual and civic development. 2) Topics covered include definitions of ethics and morality, sources of ethical authority, ethical theories like utilitarianism and deontology, and frameworks for ethical decision-making. 3) Students will be assessed through quizzes, papers, midterms and a final exam covering these concepts and how to apply ethical reasoning.

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Syllabus On Ethics

This syllabus outlines an ethics course covering several topics: 1) The course aims to help students determine right from wrong using analytical tools and contribute to their intellectual and civic development. 2) Topics covered include definitions of ethics and morality, sources of ethical authority, ethical theories like utilitarianism and deontology, and frameworks for ethical decision-making. 3) Students will be assessed through quizzes, papers, midterms and a final exam covering these concepts and how to apply ethical reasoning.

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SYLLABUS ON ETHICS

First Semester 2019-2020

This course aims to help students determine for themselves what is right
and wrong using conceptual and analytical tools. The course further aims to
contribute to the development of the students intellectual competencies and civic
capacities, and to the development of their ability to comprehend the complexities
of the social and natural realities around us, as well as their ability to think
through the ethical and social implications of a given course of actions.

I. Introduction

II. What is Ethics

III. Clarifications and Terminology


a. Kinds of valuation
b. Ethics and Morals
c. Descriptive and Normative Study of Ethics
d. Issue, Decision, Judgment, and Dilemma

IV. Sources of Authority


a. Law
b. Religion
c. Culture

V. Theories about Ethics


a. Subjectivism
b. Psychological Egoism
c. Ethical Egoism

VI. Classical Ethical Frameworks

a. UTILITARIANISM
i. Principle of Utility
ii. Principle of the greatest number
iii. Justice and Moral rights

b. NATURAL LAW

i. Thomas Aquinas work


ii. The context of Aquinas Ethics
iii. The Essence and varieties of law

c. DEONTOLOGY
i. Duty and agency
ii. Autonomy
iii. Universalizability

d. VIRTUE ETHICS
i. Happiness and ultimate purpose
ii. Virtue as excellence
iii. Moral virtue and mesotes

VII. Making Informed Decisions


a. The moral agent and contexts
b. Ramon C. Reye’s five cross-points
c. Relationship between culture and ethics
d. Relationship between religion and ethics
e. Moral deliberation
f. Moral problems

VIII. Seven Step Method for Ethical Decision-Making

IX. The Value of Studying Ethical Theories or Frameworks

X. Justice and Fairness: Promoting the Common Good


a. The nature of the theory
b. Distributive justice
i. Egalitarian
ii. Capitalist
iii. Socialist
1. The state and citizens: responsibilities to each other
2. The principles of taxation and inclusive growth

Recommended Materials:

Book: ETHICS Foundations of Moral Valuation


by Oscar G. Bulaong, Mark Joseph T. Calano, Albert M. Lagliva,
Michael Ner E. Mariano, Jesus
News Clippings/Current Issues: Newspaper, YouTube, News

Assessment:

Quizzes and Orals: 10%


Reflection Paper/Essay: 30%
Midterms: 20%
Finals: 40%

Atty. Douglas J. Baldado Jr.


Instructor

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