OUTLINE OF THIS COURSE
Part 1 Introduction
A. Meaning
1. Definition of ethics
2. Difference between ethics and morality
B. Ethics Compared with other sciences that deal with man
1. Ethics and Psychology
2. Ethics and Sociology
3. Ethics and Logic
4. Ethics and Anthropology
5. Ethics and moral theology
C. Morality and human existence
1. Man is the only moral being
2. Man as an animal
3. Man is a rational animal
4. Intellect compared with will
Part 2. An expose' of western and eastern ethics
A. Western ethics
1. Greek ethics
a. ethical teaching of
socrates
b. ethical teaching of plato
c. ethical teaching of aristotle
2. Christian Ethics
a. Ethical teachings of Jesus Christ
b. Ethical teachings of saint augustin
c. Ethical teachings of saint Thomas Acquinas
3. Ethical teachings of Immanuel Kant
4. Utilitarian Ethics
5. The existential ethics
6. Situation Ethics
7. Dialectical Ethics
8. Annalytic Ethics
B. Eastern Ethics
1. Ethical teachings of hinduism
2. Ethical teachings of budhism
3. Ethical teachings of Confusinism
4. Ethical teachings of taoism
5. Ethical teachings of Islam
Part 3. Divisions of Ethics
A. General Ethics
1. Values
a. Place and significance of values in ethics
b. meaning of values
b.1 axiology
b.2 definition of values
b.3 classifications of values
b.4 Moral values
2. Human Acts
a. Definition of human acts
b. Elements of human acts
c. classification of human acts
c.1 - human acts inrelation to the will.
1.1 - elicited
1.2 - commanded
c.2 Human in relation to reason
1.1 - Good acts
1.2 - evil acts
1.3 - indifferent acts
d. modifiers of human acts
e. the morality of human acts
e.1 - norms of morality
e.2 - determinance of morality
1.1 - object of morality
1.2 - end of morality
B. Special ethics
1. rights
a. meaning of rights
b. elements of rights
c. source of rights
d. kinds of rights
2. duties.
a. meaning of duties
b. kinds of duties
c. exemption from duty
3. Justice
a. meaning of justice
b. kinds of justice
4. bioethical issues and morality
a. sorrogate motherhood
b. drug addiction
c. suicide
d. murder
e. self defense
f. euthanasia
g. capital punishment (death penalty)
h. abortion
i. same sex marriage
j. sexual re-allignment
5. Human sexuality and morality
a. sexual pervertions
a.1- homosexuality
a.2 - lesbianism
a.3 - masturbation
a.4 - bestiality
a.5 - rape
a.6 - ina.7 - prostitution
a.8 - prostuition
b. immoral practices related to sex
b.1 - divorce
b.2 - adultery
b.3 - concubinage
b.4 - premarital sex
b.5 - contraception