UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY
Biglang Awa St., Corner Catleya St., EDSA, Caloocan City
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
ETHICS
SUBJECT CODE: GED008
TOPIC OR LESSON 1: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ETHICS
WEEK:
SUB-TOPIC/S:
OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC
On the previous chapters, you learned about General Ethics and its importance. On the next chapters,
you will learn about Ethics on different field such as Environment, Business, Feminist and Biomedical.
Why is ethics important to these fields? What advantages do you get from learning the ethics on these
different areas? How important are these special ethics in your life as a student, citizen of your country
and as a human being?
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
At the end of the lesson, the students can:
a. provide an overview of special topics in ethics – environmental, business, gender equality, and
biomedical; and
b. value the relevance of learning the ethics in various fields and profession.
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
a. analyze the videos and come up with an inforraphics;
b. retort formative questions;
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ENGAGE
DIRECTIONS: Kindly retort the following questions in a concise manner (maximum of three sentences).
a. What are some of the important things/matters you have learned during the midterm part?
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b. What are the things which you want to learn during this final term in relation to ethics?
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EXPLORE
DIRECTIONS: Enumerate at least two general facts, acceptable considerations, behaviors or act in the
following fields or professions. Share your view and perspective towards it in a concise manner.
ENVIRONMENTA BIOMEDICAL
BUSINESS FIELD FEMINIST FIELD
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EXPLAIN
The great philosophers realized that the fullness of human existence is dependent on man’s ability
to live according to the principles that determine being human. These philosophers also tried to show that
human action and self-realization are not purely automatic or mechanical. Although not absolutely free,
people do act based on choice and reflection. All the most human actions are determined by free choices
founded on thought. Thus, their ethics focused on articulating the most basic principles that realize the
good – or the actions that most realize what it means to be a free being capable of thought and choice.
The ethical theories of particular philosophers earlier discussed are the most influential in the
field of ethics and they are also the most representative of what kind of theories exist. Aristotle explains
how human action is oriented toward the realization of human happiness by realizing one’s telos. He
shows that realizing a life toward one’s telos entails habituation in human excellences so that virtue
shaped human lives. St. Thomas explains that there is an order of good that frames all being. Whatever it
is, it is determined by natural law and all human beings must act in a way that respects and realizes this
order. Kant shows a way of realizing the good by legislating it for one’s self. He shows how people must
legislate for themselves what is good action and what is duty by using reason in determining the ought.
Utilitarians show that a calculus of greatest happiness for most of people determines the ought for human
beings. For any person who seriously seeks to realize the good in their lives, it is important to have an
understanding of these principles because they give a clear basis for deciding what is the most humane of
just actions.
This section explores how contemporary thinkers have responded to the complex ethical
questions that face modern people. This is brief survey of contemporary ethical thinking about problems
that are not new but have taken on a particular character in contemporary times. For instance, most
women have experienced some form of oppression and there may have been moves toward emancipation.
However, the theorizing of that oppression and movements toward the emancipation of women in a
sustained and global manner is only a recent phenomenon. There are many theories about why women are
oppressed and how they should be emancipated. The theories continue to develop and it is important for
students to know the basic issues and the foundational theories of feminism.
The same is true for ecology, medical ethics, business ethics, and other fields featured here. It is
the aim of this section to expose the student to the main currents of the foundational theories in these
fields, give them a perspective form which to read these realities, and have enough basic theory with
which to understand on their own the evolving theories they may want to research on.
ELABORAT
E
Watch videos on the different special ethics:
Environmental Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiVIV67fclc
Business Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmUag1ri6U
Feminist Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iaCpAFypq8
Biomedical Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY-7gwnWESk
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Create a Venn Diagram of the 4 special ethics.
RUBRICS FOR VENN DIAGRAM:
SCOR
RUBRIC FOR EVALUATION
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VA points toward the details contribute to details contribute to rough transition of
NC topic. the development of the development of the idea. The details are
the topic. topic. not relevant to the
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topic.
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correct/valid correct/valid correct/valid evidences most 2 correct/valid explanation
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AR good flow of has a good transition, has a rough transition clear and has a very explanation
IT discussion, every most of the details from one idea to rough transition of
Y detail is connected to are connected to each another. ideas.
each other. other.
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TE 2 – The explanation 1.5 – The 1 – The explanation 1.5 – The 0–
CH has no error in explanation has 1 to has 3 to 4 errors in explanation has at Has no
grammar, spelling, 2 errors in grammar, grammar, spelling, and least 5 errors in explanation
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and punctuations. spelling, and punctuations. grammar, spelling,
CA punctuations. and punctuations.
LI
TY
OVERALL SCORE:
EVALUATE
From the videos you have viewed about special ethics. Create an infographics about the special ethics.
RUBRICS FOR INFOGRAPHICS
RUBRIC FOR INFOGRAPHIC
5 4 3 2 COMMEN
TS
All details Most details Few details No details to
support the main support main support main support the
idea idea, has accurate idea, lacks main idea,
appropriately; information for accurate information
information are almost all subject information is inaccurate
Content accurate and matter and the and does not and does not
detailed; and information clearly support the
information mostly adequate support visual’s
adequately and supportive of visual’s purpose
supports the visual’s purpose purpose
purpose of visual
Focus Topic and title Most of the topic Topic and title Topic and
are clear and can and title are clear are difficult to titles are not
be easily and can easily be identify, the clearly
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identified, the identified, the main idea is identified,
main idea is also main idea is not clearly there is no
clear and is appropriate to the stated, and main idea
appropriate to topic, and most few identified,
the topic, and all illustrations illustrations and
illustrations compliment the compliment illustrations
compliment the purpose of the the purpose of do not
purpose of the visual the visual complement
visual the purpose
of the visual
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design, and design, and space color, design little attempt
space is is adequate and and space is to use color,
outstanding, the overall design inappropriate, design and
have an original is mostly the design space
and creative harmonious and lacks appropriatel
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harmonious and the overall presentation
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and the
presentation is
unpleasing
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grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors and the errors and the errors and the errors and
words used are words used are presentation is elements are
Mechani
legible and mostly legible illegible and distractive
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pertinent to the and pertinent to confusing and the use
topic the topic of
illustration is
ineffective
Lifted from: http://piktochart.com/
REFERENCE
S
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Marc Oliver D. Pasco, V. Fulluente Suarez, and Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2018) Ethics C & E
Publishing Company (pp. 129 – 131)
ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS
Videos on Youtube:
Environmental Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiVIV67fclc
Business Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmUag1ri6U
Feminist Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iaCpAFypq8
Biomedical Ethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY-7gwnWESk
PREPARED BY:
JOSHUA JAY O. EDEN, LPT
ROSALIE D. ESTEBAN, MAEd
MARILYN M. MIRAFLOR, Ed.D.
JOVANNY L. CORNELIA, DEM
FLORA B. SAN MIGUEL
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