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1. Morality and the Foundational
Moral Principle

2. Introduction This lesson will provide you some
concepts about morality and its existence. It
also gives you a discussion on the foundational
moral principles from different perspectives.
Specifically, you will find in this lesson how
these principles are viewed by Christians,
Islam, and Buddhists. In the end, you will find
yourself mapping out the difference of these
foundational moral principles.

3. ABSTRACTION What is Morality?
Many authors defined morality as
simply referring to a “code of conduct
put forward by an actual group,
including a society” (Standford, 2002).
It is also defined as “a body of
standards or principles derived from a
code of conduct from a particular
philosophy religion, or culture.

4. (Long and Sedley, 1987). It is actually synonymous with
„goodness‟ and „rightness‟ (Standard University, 2011).
Apparently, morality is the “quality of human acts in
which we call them right wrong, good or evil” (Panizo,
1964). Based on these definitions, we could say that
morality deals with human and his conduct in relation to
a code of conduct accepted by a particular group or
culture. Existence of Morality But the question on how
did it come to existence still lingers our mind. Morality
comes from the Greek word moralis which means
customs or manners (Perle, 2004).

5. This has something to do with ethics which deals with right or
wrong, good or bad. We usually mean ethical or moral when
the conduct is good and right, while we mean unethical and
immoral when the conduct is bad or wrong. Man‟s actions,
whether good or bad, is governed by his intellect and free will.
His intellect will give him the discernment and right judgment
of the morality of his conduct because he is capable of
thinking and reasoning.

6. His free will is his ability to choose for
certain conduct of action or character.
Intellect and free will make humans
different from all other animals. Thus any
human action is good when it is completely
done as a natural man, and it is immoral
when it runs counter to human nature.

7. Foundational Principles of Morality The principle of morality
issue differs from each group of culture, religion, or group.
The word principle came from the word princeps, which
means the source or the beginning.
Foundational principles mean the universal accepted norms
by which all principles of rightness or wrongness of actions
are built upon. These are based on natural law. The natural
law is „already written in the hearts of man‟ (Romans 2:15). Fo
the theist or believers, it is a „man‟s share in the Eternal Law
of God‟ (Panizo, 1964.).

8. In short, the foundational moral principles are
„„do good and avoid evil.‟

9. 1. The Golden Rule – „Do unto others what you want them to do
unto you.‟
2. The Two Great Commandments – „Love God with all your heart,
with all your souls, and all your might‟ and “ Love your neighbor as
yourself.‟ This is especially true to the followers of Christ who are
called the Christians. So, when you love God you will be faithful to
Him; when you love your fellowmen, you will not do harm to them.
3. Immanuel Kant – „Act in such a way that your maxim can be the
maxim of all.‟
4. Buddhist – „Hatred does cease by hatred, but hatred ceases only
by love.‟ With this principle,
5. Muslim – The Islamic Qur‟an „forbids, lying, stealing, adultery,
and murder.

10. Let‟s elaborate some perspectives of morality for
these three big groups of religion through aschematic
diagram:
A. Christianity – They are believers of the Bible as God-
breathed Scripture, which consists of the Old and New
Testament. They are believers of the Ten
Commandments that God gave to Moses, as reflected
in Exodus 20. These 10 commandments are also called
the Law of Moses

11. Ten Commandments 1. You shall have no other Gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourselves an idol.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false testimony.
10. You shall not covet. Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and
with all your strength. Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
B. Islam for Muslims- This group of religion is a believer of the Qur‟an. They
are believers on the following Islamic principles:

12. Qur’an Principles 1.The Islamic Qur’an ‘forbids, lying, stealing,
adultery, and murder. Five Pillars of Islam
1. Prayer
2.It teaches ‘honor to parents, kindness to slaves, protection for the
orphaned and the widowed, and charity for the poor.”
Self-purification by fasting.
3. It teaches ‘virtues of faith in God, pateince, kindness, honesty,
indutry, honor, and generosity’.
4. Alms-giving It also condems ‘mistrust, impatience, and cruelty.
3. Fasting
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca. C. Buddhist Perspective - showing
devotion to the Buddha through ceremonies, festivals, different
types of meditation and retreats.

13. Eight-fold Path 5 Moral Principles of
Buddhism
1. You shall not kill.
2. You shall steal.
3. You shall not misuse you senses or
engage in sexual misconduct.
4. You shall not speak lies or gossip.
5. You shall not take intoxicants that cloud
the mind (drugs, alcohol).

14. 1.Strive to know the truth.
2. Strive to resist evil.
3. Say nothing to hurt others.
4. Respect life, morality, and property.
5. Engage in a job that does not injure others.
6. Strive to free you mind from evil.
7. Control your feelings and thoughts.
8. Practice proper forms of concentration. Looking at
the foundational principles of morality, it can be gleaned
that morality is applied into four areas such as:

15. 1. Religion. Morality is determined by the relationship between
man and his God.
2. Nature. Morality is determined by the relationship between
man and the creation around him.
3. Individuality. Morality is determined by the relationship the
individual has to him or herself.
4. Society. Morality is determined by the relationship between
man and his society. Notice then the similarities and
differences of the foundational principles of morality in each
perspective.
As future teachers of the young, and as a person in society,
you must be guided with proper principles of morality so that
you can be called worthy of to your chosen profession.
APPLICATION: Mind Mapping At the center of the mind map,
write the word morality; around it, map its different
foundational principles by writing the keywords associated
with each.

16. Thankyou!