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SEC Ethics focuses on the acceptability or otherwise of the statements in an argument as distinct from their truth – this is where they learn that evaluation becomes more subjective, since acceptability is subjective. It also delves into the approach or perspective (of rights, consequences, duty, truth, correspondence with virtue) from which the argument is entered which is also subjective. The students learn to write their own reflective commentaries on articles, opinion columns or blogs, stories, and other texts, taken from the print, social media, on topics and issues related to the themes addressed in the programme.
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The study area SEC Ethics is informed by the National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
The primary aim of the Ethics programme is that of a moral education; that is, socializing students into the contemporary moral culture of our society, teaching them to think and deal reflectively with moral matters, to understand the moral issues they will encounter in their daily lives as adult members of Maltese society and of the world human community, to exercise practical wisdom in articulating their moral judgement, to understand and tolerate cultures, life-styles, outlooks, and life choices different from their own, to offer solidarity to those in their community and elsewhere who suffer injustice, to commit themselves to the peaceful resolution of moral conflict where this occurs, and to respect and support human rights, social justice, and democratic practice.
At the end of the programme, the student will be able to:
SEC Ethics will cover all of the subject’s core syllabus including: Self and Others, Self-Respect, Respect for Others, The Ethics of Care, The Ethics of Dependence, The Value of Life, and Life and Death Issues. For a detailed breakdown of what each syllabus entails, click the links below:
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