Chapter 3 - Ethical Relativism ( Prt. 2)

Question 1

Negative: arrests, or inhibits one’s action, making timig, meek and weak

Positive: contributes to peace of mind and lack of stress by not even trying to achieve

Answer 1

Hiya (shame)

Question 2

Negative: it renders one inactive and unable to initiate things or to persevere
Positive: makes a person nonchalant, detached, indifferent, nonplussed, should anything go wrong hence conducive to peace and tranquility.

Answer 2

Ningas-cogon (procrastination)

Question 3

Negative: one closes one’s eyes to evil ( at the expense of one’s comfort)
Positive: because one lives for others; lack of dissension (disagreement)

Answer 3

Pakikisama (Group Loyalty)

Question 4

Negative: stubborn and resist all efforts at reconciliation
Positive: a sign that we know our rights and are not easily cowed into submission

Answer 4

Patigasan (Test of Strength)

Question 5

Negative: laziness disguised in religious garb.
Positive: humility, modesty, and lack of arrogance; rely on superior power

Answer 5

Bahala na (Resignation)

Question 6

Negative: disowns responsibility
Positive: never suffer from guilt

Answer 6

Kasi (Because, scapegoat)

Question 7

Negative: never accountable for anything
Positive: one’s psyche is saved from remorse of conscience

Answer 7

Saving Face

Question 8

Negative: relies on one’s family or relatives. It stunts the one’s growth on their own.
Positive: one stands/falls with them, caring for them

Answer 8

Sakop (Inclusion)

Question 9

Negative: postpones action, aggravates the situation, mentality: problem will go away by itself.
Positive: one learns to take what comes naturally

Answer 9

Manana or Bukas na/mamaya na

Question 10

Negative: do anything to please to repay the debt
Positive: to give back those who they were indebted to (who helped them).

Answer 10

Utang na loob (indebtedness)

Question 11

Negative: no regard for others
Positive: takes care of oneself and one’s family.

Answer 11

Kanya-kanya (self-centeredness)

Question 12

As these Filipino traits have both positive and negative sides, we can conclude that specific traits, character, or behavior is _______ or ____________

Answer 12

absolute
objective

Question 13

When right and wrong become relative, _____ cannot be judged.

Answer 13

truth

Question 14

In the legal system, right and wrong must be _________

Answer 14

absolute

Question 15

The very institutions that have taught us that there are no __________ are now the institutions we no longer believe.

Answer 15

moral absolutes

Question 16

We know when journalists biasedly select certain stories and “facts” to include that achieve a ________ end.

Answer 16

desired

Question 17

WE don’t believe the church that teaches moral relativism because some offer the same thing one can find for free. On __________

Answer 17

television

Question 18

Trying to learn Truth in a school which denies the existence of moral absolute is by definition, an ___________ task.

Answer 18

impossible