SANTA CRUZ MISSION SCHOOL INC.
College Department
Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
I. Learning Outcomes
By the end of the 60 – minute period, the students shall have done the following with 70%
accuracy:
a. Explain the moral dilemma as moral experience.
b. Distinguish between a moral dilemma and false dilemma.
c. Make intelligent decision in a certain situation.
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Moral Dilemma
B. Learning Materials: Laptop, textbook, pictures, chalk, handouts
III. Teaching Learning Activities (5 A’s)
A. Awareness
1. Preliminary Activities (Prayer, Greetings, Checking of Attendance, Review)
2. Setting of Objectives
3. Motivation (Brain Storming)
Are you confident that you'd always do the right thing in any situation? See how your
answers to these moral dilemmas compare to everyone else!
B. Activity
Present the Senario
You are at your best friend's wedding just an hour before the ceremony is to start.
Earlier that day, you came across definitive proof that your best friend's spouse-to-be is
having an affair with the best man/maid of honor, and you catch them sneaking out of a
room together looking disheveled. If you tell your friend about the affair, their day will be
ruined, but you don't want them to marry a cheater. What do you do?
Tell your best friend; sure the day will be ruined, but better a day ruined than an entire
life.
Say nothing; your job is to be supportive and participate in your friend's happiness.
The teacher will let the students give their own opinion.
2. Lesson Proper (Think-pair-share)
The teacher will devide the class into two goups. A member if the group will pick a strip
of paper containig:
a. Moral Dilemma as moral experience
In a moral dilemma, a person is forced to evaluate their moral beliefs and values in
order to make a decision. This process of evaluation and decision-making can be
considered a moral experience, as it involves reflecting on one's moral principles
and potentially learning or growing from the situation.
b. Moral Dilemm and false dilemma
In a real dilemma, the choice is between a wrong and another, roughly equal wrong.
The latter are situations in which the decision-maker has a moral duty to act in one
way but is tempted or pressured to act in another way. In a false dilemma, the
choice is actually between a right and a wrong.
Each Group will then given a handouts. After 5 mins the students will present their
discussion.
C. Analysis
The students will stay in their groups and the teacher will ask comprehension questions to get
students work on higher order thinkunh skills (HOTS) choose a random number for each group
to answer the questions.
a. How do you solve Moral Dilemma?
b. Why is Moral Dilemma important?
c. How to make smart decision?
D. Abstraction
Highlights the importance of Moral Dilemma.
Understanding Morality and Moral Standards.
E. Application
Choose one Moral Dilemma and and answer the following questions.
1. Robbin Hood
You are an eyewitness to a crime: A man has robbed a bank, but instead of keeping the
money for himself, he donates it to a poor orphanage that can now afford to feed,
clothe, and care for its children. You know who committed the crime. If you go to the
authorities with the information, there's a good chance the money will be returned to the
bank, leaving a lot of kids in need. What do you do? Turn the robber in to the
authorities; right is right. Say nothing since the money went to what you deem a good
cause.
2. A day at the beach
Your family is vacationing alone on a private stretch of beach with no lifeguard. Your
daughter and your niece, both 7, are best friends and eager to get into the water. You
caution them to wait until the water calms some, but they defy you and sneak in
anyway. You soon hear screams of distress and find them both caught in a strong
current. You are the only swimmer strong enough to save them, but you can only save
one at a time. Your niece is a very poor swimmer and likely won't make it much longer.
Your daughter is a stronger swimmer, but only has a 50% chance of holding on long
enough for you to come back for her. Who do you save first? Save your daughter first;
you know that your niece will probably die, but you can't bear to lose your child. Save
your niece first and hope that your daughter can hold on long enough for you to come
back for her.
3. A spouse and a lover
You are an EMT on the scene of a car crash that involves your spouse and the lover
you didn't know s/he had. They are both gravely injured, your spouse's injuries the worst
of them. You can tell it's unlikely s/he will pull through. Meanwhile, his/her lover has a
neck wound that will prove fatal if pressure isn't applied soon. Whom do you choose to
work on? Work on your spouse; even though s/he cheated and probably won't pull
through, your loyalty lies with them. Work on his/her lover; they can definitely be saved,
and even though you may hate them, saving them is your job.
IV. Evaluation
Quiz
V. Assignment
Study the next lesson.
Prepared by:
Susy May U. Bernaje
Instructress
