ETHICS or MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Dear Students!

Welcome to the course, Ethics!  This workbook online is very convenient for students taking synchronous (online) classes. This is also a good reading material for those taking asynchronous (offline) classes.  It is my ardent hope that --whether you are taking synchronous or asynchronous mode of learning, this workbook will help you a lot in your quest for the principles of what is right or wrong. 

Let me cite the Course Description of Ethics in CMO 20 s 2013:

Ethics deals with principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources.

Morality pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community.  The course discusses the context and principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of individual, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources.  The course also teaches students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral frameworks and by applying a seven-step moral reasoning model to analyze and solve moral dilemmas.

The course is organized according to the three (3) main elements of the moral experience: (a) agent, including context -cultural, communal, and environmental; (b) the act; and (c) reason or framework (for the act).

This course includes the mandatory topic on taxation.

The passage above reflects the nature of the course and its design to suit the needs of college students.  Thus, I try to divide the whole course into three (3) parts.  Part 1 covers some major ethical theories, namely: transcendent, aretaic (virtue), deontological, and utilitarian theories.  Part 2 covers the elements of moral experience.  Part 3 covers some traditional and modern ethical problems such as abortion, euthanasia, women's rights, environmental issues, genetic engineering, etc.  See the Course Outline below:

Introduction to the Course [Link]

1. Part 1: Ethical Theories [Link]
2. Part 2: The Elements of Moral Experience [Link]
3. Part 3: Traditional & Modern Moral Problems [Link]

(Note: Please open the link for its contents.)

The design of the course involves the discussion of some major ethical theories in the history of philosophy and the application of these theories to moral problems.  With this design, the methodology of teaching consists of lectures, panel discussions, class debates, and class deliberations on moral problems.

I wish all of you the best of luck in your study.  

Sir Roel

sample quiz (Link)