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Activity Taken From The Book Ethics, Foundation of Moral Valuation P. 132

The document describes an activity from an ethics textbook about organ trafficking and human needs. It involves examining one's feelings about a scenario where a woman plans to sell her kidney to her husband. Students are asked to consider how factors like their physical, social, interpersonal, and historical experiences shape their views on this issue. They must also explain their perspective in a way that shows more developed moral reasoning beyond just self-interest. The document provides assessment questions about moral personhood, agency, emotions in decision-making, and social responsibility. It concludes with an assignment for students to work in groups to design an ideal society through brainstorming, diagramming, and presenting their ideas.

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Activity Taken From The Book Ethics, Foundation of Moral Valuation P. 132

The document describes an activity from an ethics textbook about organ trafficking and human needs. It involves examining one's feelings about a scenario where a woman plans to sell her kidney to her husband. Students are asked to consider how factors like their physical, social, interpersonal, and historical experiences shape their views on this issue. They must also explain their perspective in a way that shows more developed moral reasoning beyond just self-interest. The document provides assessment questions about moral personhood, agency, emotions in decision-making, and social responsibility. It concludes with an assignment for students to work in groups to design an ideal society through brainstorming, diagramming, and presenting their ideas.

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Activities

Activity 1: Organ Trafficking and Human Needs


(Activity taken from the Book Ethics, Foundation of Moral Valuation p. 132)

Directions.

1. Read and understand an essay on “Organ Trafficking and Human Needs” found
in the book, Ethics, Foundation of Moral Valuation. Then, answer the following
activity below: (The professor must provide the material)

a. Examine your feelings or emotions regarding the issue of organ trafficking. Did
you feel sympathetic to the woman who was about to sell her kidney to her Saudi
Arabian husband? Or were you morally repulsed by what she was planning to
do? Apply Ramon Reyes’s idea of the give cross-points that contribute to the
formation of who you are in order to understand your feelings about this
particular moral issue. List below the elements that make up each of your cross-
points

Physical Cross-point Social Cross-point

Interpersonal Cross-point Historical Cross-point

Existential Cross-point

2. Given the five cross-points that make up who you are, can you provide an
explanation below why you feel the way that you do toward the woman who was
about to sell here kidney? How can you make sure that your feelings about the
matter are not trapped in Kohlberg’s pre-conventional stage?
1) How did I feel toward the woman who was about to sell her kidney and why:
2) How do I make sure my feelings are morally mature and not trapped

Assessment

Directions: answer the following questions briefly

1. Are all human beings moral persons? Explain.


2. Why a person is considered a moral agent? And why is it that a moral agent is
accountable for his/her actions?
3. How does the fifth cross-point differs from the other four?
4. How realistic is Kohlberg’s ideal of the highest stage of post-conventional
morality, that of universal ethical principles, given that feelings and emotions
are inseparable from human choice?
5. What is social responsibility? Explain

Reflection

Direction: In an short bond paper, write a reflection entitled , “ I am a Moral Agent


because…..” Submit your reflection to the Google classroom.

Assignment

Group Activity / Assignment

Directions. The aim of this group assignment is to allow the student to build their own
ideal society. To be guided by this activity, the students should follow the following
steps:

1) Brainstorming. The group will share their ideas in order to come up with a
unified thought.
2) Create a Diagram. The group will put their ideas through a diagram.
3) Explanation. After putting ideas in a diagram, the group must provide a short
explanation of their work.
4) Reporting: the group will put their ideas into a presentation (PowerPoint, videos,
etc) and present it during the synchronous class (Google meet) in the
succeeding meeting.
5) Submission. The group secretary will submit the soft copy, together with the
PowerPoint presentation to the google classroom. (note: only the secretary will
mark it as done, or turn in)

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