M1 Summative Test

Ethics and Its Branches

DESCRIPTION:

This activity is designed to help students familiarize the definition of ethics and its branches.

OBJECTIVES:

• To identify the branches of ethics

• To differentiate ethics from morals
• To acquire wisdom in the light of acceptable and unacceptable actions of people in
society.
(ONLINE ACTIVITY)
Come up with the following moral arguments on (If you agree, then why. If not, why also.
Include your personal arguments):
1. Is it moral to take the organ of a dying baby to be donated to other babies for them to survive?
2. A lawyer is hired by a hardened criminal to defend him in the court of law in spite of his
record and strong evidences against him.
a. Is it okay for a lawyer to defend the criminal?
b. What are the ethical and moral issues surrounding the situation.
c. Can a lawyer perform effectively his duty to defend the criminal without
compromising his moral integrity?

EVALUATION:
The activity will be presented through the discussion board in canvas. Student are free to respond
constructively in the discussion board.

Rubric for Grading

 CATEGORY 10 8 6 4
Amount of All topics are All topics are All topics are One or more
Information addressed, and addressed, and addressed, and topics were not
all questions most questions most questions addressed.
answered with at answered with at answered with 1
least 2 sentences least 2 sentences sentence about
about each. about each. each.
Quality of Information Information Information Information has
Information clearly relates to clearly relates to clearly relates to little or nothing
the main topic. It the main topic. It the main topic. to do with the
includes several provides 1-2 No details and/or main topic.
supporting supporting examples are
details and/or details and/or given.
examples. examples.
Organization Information is Information is Information is The information
very organized organized with organized, but appears to be
with well- well-constructed paragraphs are disorganized. 8)
constructed paragraphs. not well-
paragraphs and constructed.
subheadings.
Mechanics No grammatical, Almost no A few Many
spelling or grammatical, grammatical grammatical,
punctuation spelling or spellings, or spelling, or
errors. punctuation punctuation punctuation
errors errors. errors.