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This document provides an overview of key concepts to review regarding ethics from several chapters of the book "Unraveling the Absolute Moral Principle: Ethics for Filipino Students". It outlines important topics, terms, and philosophers to familiarize oneself with from each chapter, including: [1] definitions of ethics, human acts, and moral agents; [2] the basis of moral character and theories of moral development; [3] stoicism and virtue ethics philosophies of Epicurus, Aristotle, and their foundations of morality and happiness. Key philosophers and concepts from each ethical school are highlighted for further study.

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Pointers To Review (Ethics)

This document provides an overview of key concepts to review regarding ethics from several chapters of the book "Unraveling the Absolute Moral Principle: Ethics for Filipino Students". It outlines important topics, terms, and philosophers to familiarize oneself with from each chapter, including: [1] definitions of ethics, human acts, and moral agents; [2] the basis of moral character and theories of moral development; [3] stoicism and virtue ethics philosophies of Epicurus, Aristotle, and their foundations of morality and happiness. Key philosophers and concepts from each ethical school are highlighted for further study.

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POINTERS TO REVIEW (ETHICS)

Philosophy: Its Introduction, Beginning (e.g. Ancient Philosophers like Thales, Anaximander,
Anaximenes…etc), and Historical Development of Philosophy (e.g. cosmocentric, theocentric,
ideocentric, and anthropocentric)

REFERENCE: Learning materials provided via LMS

REFERENCE Book: [Unraveling the Absolute Moral Principle: Ethics for Filipino Students]

INTRODUCTION

 What is a good life? (read and understand the difference between easterners and westerners
when it comes to philosophizing)
 Man as a Person of Goodness and Truth (Study those philosophers who gave their viewpoint on
what and who is a human person)
 The Need to Redefine Ethics (read this portion)

CHAPTER ONE: Ethics Defined

 Different meanings of Ethics (see page 7)


 Human Acts vs. Acts of Man (see page 8)
 Meaning of Voluntary Human Conduct and Value (see page 8 and 9)
 Division of Ethics (see page 14)

CHAPTER TWO: The Moral Agent

 Meaning of Dilemma, Cultural Relativism, Ethical/Moral Relativism


 Familiarize yourself to the all personalities (philosophers) and their corresponding philosophical
idea that are mentioned on this Chapter. (e.g. Paul Ricouer, Protagoras, Edmund Burke, etc.)
 Difference between Ethnocentrism and Theocentrism (see page 27)
 Filipino Morality – Its strengths and weaknesses (Read them)

CHAPTER THREE: The Development of Moral Character

 Basis of the Goodness of an Action (see page 35)


 Important terms to study – meaning of character, ethe, arete, Consensus of morality, and
Consensus Theory of Rightness
 Moral Ideas of Kohlberg and who influenced his moral ideas (see page 37)

CHAPTER FOUR: The Act

 Moral philosophy of David Hume


 Familiarize yourself to the various philosophers and their philosophical ideas regarding the
moral decision making that are mentioned on this chapter. (e.g. Thomas Nagel, Plato, Rene
Descartes, etc.)
 Bear in mind the 8 Steps to Moral Reasoning Process (see page 52)

CHAPTER FIVE: The Epicurean Ethics

 Hedonist Philosophy (Proponent/Founder, Concept, Basis of Morality, Basis of Attaining


Happiness) see page 61
 Epicurean Ethics (Proponent/Founder, Concept, Basis of Morality, Basis of Attaining Happiness)
see pages 61-66
 Types of pleasures (see page 64)
 Why epicureanism is considered as egoistic hedonism and self-centered philosophy?(see page
63 & 65)
 Do not forget to study the important terms for this chapter!

CHAPTER SIX: Stoicism

 Familiarize yourself to the different philosophers mentioned on this chapter (Antisthenes,


Zeno of Citium, Epictitus, Marcus Aurelius, Diogenes of Sinope, etc.)
 Stoicism (Proponent/Founder, Philosophy of Stoics, Basis of Morality, Basis of Attaining
Happiness) see page 69
 Concept of Human Drama (see page 75)
 Do not forget to study the important terms for this chapter! (those words that are italicized or
in bold)

CHAPTER SEVEN: The Virtue Ethics

 Familiarize yourself to the different philosophers mentioned on this chapter! I repeat study
them and their philosophical ideas. (e.g. Plato, Herodotus, Socrates, Protagoras, Aristotle etc.)
 The Virtue Ethics / Nicomachean Ethics (Proponent/Founder, Philosophy of Aristotle, Basis of
Morality, Basis of Attaining Happiness, and Criticisms on Virtue Ethics) see page 81
 Philosophy of Aristotle (Important terms to remember – Act and Potency; form and matter;
Hylomorphic Doctrine/ Hylomorphism) see page 84
 Concept of a Human Person by Aristotle (Body and Soul – the parts of the soul) see page 85
 Intrinsic End vs. Instrumental End (see page 86)
 Terms to remember about the Philosophy of Aristotle (Eudaimonia, Arete, mesotes, virtuous
act, act of contemplation, phronesis, Kalon, ergon, etc.)
 Do not forget to study the important terms for this chapter (those words that are italicized or
in bold)

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