Marilyn M. Cabungcal 11:00-12:30 Prof.

Mario Sarmiento

Enrichment Activity Output in Fundamental Problems of Ethics

1. There are good actions and there are evil actions. Their realities do not
come from the mind in spite of some people saying Evil is all in the
mind. A government official believes accepting bribe is a privilege of
his office. How will you apply human law that must conform with divine
laws?

-Both of these laws, human law and divine law can be applied by
always creating laws that is in conformity with the divine law because
divine law is created by god which is the supreme being. The human
law must not have statutes and rules that are in opposite with the
divine law. The man, who is the creator of the human law must keep in
mind the rules of the divine law that it must be prioritized above all
laws.

2. Explain the following:

A. Moral law- moral law is a law that is based on the divine law. It is
concerned with doing the right deed with the right motive that will
result in good actions.
B. Common Good- it is a kind of good that is concerned with the benefit
and what will result to good effects to a certain group or society. It is
concerned to what is good to the welfare of the many.
C. Command Responsibility- a responsibility that is burdened upon a
leader for he is liable to all of the misdeed and wrong actions that his
subordinates or co-members will commit. He has the responsibility to
correct his member because he is entitle t this responsibility.
D. Negative law- a unconstitutional law, a law that is not properly
published and created out of beliefs and is not recognized by law.
E. Postive Law- is a law that was published a created by the government.
It is also promulgated and passed by proper authorities. It can be also
revised.
3. Expound your answer: he did the right thing from the wrong motive.
How will you say that agent of action is immoral?
- The persons action is still immoral. Why? His reasons for doing that
action is still wrong. Even if his actions is good but done out of bad
will it is immoral. A deed can be only moral if its done out of good
will and good actions so it will have good effect. The example given
 has bad motive so the effect of the said action even its good will be
bad.
4. Is there really a desire to do what is right as such, or is the opinion that
there is mistaken? Is it the case that, whenever a person thinks that he
is attracted towards a course of action by the belief that it would be
right from it by the belief that it would be wrong, he is really being
attracted or repelled , not by the beliefs be wrong he is really being
attracted or repelled, not by these beliefs but by beliefs about certain
non-moral features of the act or its consequences?

-Yes, a person can do a bad deed if he is attracted to its bad

consequences that will please him because man is defined as a
pleasure seeking entity. He will do what pleases him but in ethics,
whether the consequences of a deed will not please the person who
did the act as long as it is right and from right action and motive it will
still have good consequences which matters the most.

5. Supposing that there is a desire to do what is right as such, is it ever

sufficient to determine ones actions or does it always needto be
supported by some non-moral motive such as desire for praise or fear
of punishment?
-No, Whether out of praise or fear of punishment, a person must do the
right deed because it is the morally right. A person must do this
because it is in the divine law and not just because he wanted to avoid
punishment and he wanted to be praised. He must do this because it is
the right thing to do whether it will benefit him directly as long as the
deed is good and will result to good consequences.