Cristian Lee R.

Ramirez
GED 412 Teaching Profession
Ronnie V. Amorado, PhD

CHARACTER
/S
Martin Blythe
(Student)

THE EMPERORS CLUB

ETHICAL DILEMMA
HUMAN ACT
At the dormitory. While
studying with friends, Bell
showed over to them
(including Martin) his (Bells)
nude magazines.
Will Martin reject an act of
offense to their school, or will
he go with them for peer
pressure?

Mr. Hundert
(Teacher)

Qualified quizzers. Mr.

Hundert checks the essays of
students and decides who to
qualify for the Julius Caesar
quiz bowl.
Will he be honest and stick to
the original qualified
students for the quiz bowl, or
alter the result since he
believes by giving chance to
Bell as one of the quizzers?

Mr. Hundert
(Teacher)

Quiz Bowl. Mr. Hundert finds

out Bell cheats in the quiz
bowl, and decides whether or
not to divulge Bells
pretension.
Will he divulge right away
Bells pretenses in order to
arrive at truth, or ignore in
order to avoid shame,
especially so when Bells
family (who was even there)
is prominent?

Mr. Hundert
(Teacher)

25 years later. For the second

time, Hundert finds Bell
cheating (in the quiz bowl)
during their gathering. Then
he decides powerfully

ETHICAL
PRINCIPLE

Martin rationally
detaches himself
from peer pressure
and abides with the
school policy as
contradistinctive with
his friends acts.

Authoritarian
ethics. Martins
decision is
anchored on
authority and force
as determinants of
the morality of an
act.

Mr. Hundert chooses

to give Bell a chance
to win the Julius
Caesar crown since
Mr. Hundert sees in
the child, in that
instance, the
perseverance to
achieve.

Utilitarian ethics.
Mr. Hundert
attempts at
maximizing the
good he can extract
from Bells
motivation.

Despite betrayal of
trust by the student
to his teacher, Mr.
Hundert chooses not
to disclose the truth
in public, and he
talks with Bell about
the issue instead.

Teleological
ethics.
The teacher is fully
aware of the
consequences in
case he divulged
the truth of the
matter. For the
good of the student
and even for the
institution, the act
of not revealing all
the lies in public is
still justified.
Virtue ethics.
Mr. Hundert is fully
determined that
moral life should be
based on

While he already
realized the virtue of
honesty long ago,
this time, Mr.
Hundert is

whether to tell Blythe the

truth about the past (about
Blythe, who is the supposed
candidate for the quiz bowl
instead of Bell.)
Will Mr. Hundert tell the truth
in order to free from bondage
of pretenses, or to still keep
it as secret in order not to
have misunderstanding
between him and Blythe?

CHARACTER/S
Mr. Escalante
(Teacher)

determined to
confess to Blythe his
misdeeds years
back, and is ready to
face whatever
bitterness Blythe has
for him.

STAND AND DELIVER

ETHICAL DILEMMA
HUMAN ACT
First day of class.
Students show aggressive
behaviors towards
everybody, even to their
teachers. It is a struggle
for Jaime (Escalante), a
teacher, on how to
respond to his students
attitudes.

Christmas eve. Jaime

informs his family that he
will later spend more
hours at school (that
includes review sessions
with his students at
Garfield High School, and
attending volunteer
classes in their
community). But his wife
doesnt like the idea.
Will he spend more time
with his family and
express loving concerns,

ETHICAL
PRINCIPLE

Mr. Escalante willfully

chooses not to punish
them. Alternatively,
he just goes with
them. He adjusts. And
he provides ways on
how to win their
attention.

Pragmatism.
Mr. Hundert does
not see
punishment as
an absolute
alternative in
order to redress
grievances. He is
open to the idea
that everything is
changeable and
depends only on
the context in
which they are
being used.

Mr. Escalante chooses

to spend most of his
time doing review
sessions with his
students at Garfield
and attending
volunteer classes in
their community.

Utilitarianism.
The greatest
good for the
greatest number
of people.

Will he punish students

for their behaviors or just
go with them and learn
how to adjust with their
attitudes?
Mr. Escalante
(Teacher)

cultivating virtuous
character, such as
honesty.

or will he extend the help

to the needy (students at
Garfield and the illiterates
in their community)
which, in a way, sets
aside his filial piety?
Students of Garfield
High School

At school. Students are

asked by the evaluators
to confess an act of
conspiracy in the said
exam.
Will they be consistent
with the truth, or admit
something they did not do
to end this hypocrisy?

Mr. Escalante
(Teacher)

Mr. Escalante is
deliberating whether to
quit teaching since
nobody would still believe
the achievements made
by his students, or to
pursue and aspire to
really change the system
of discrimination in their
community.

The students remain

consistent with the
truth and are never
afraid of whatever
consequences they
may suffer in telling
the truth.

Virtue ethics.
The focus is
instead upon
being rather than
doing

Mr. Escalante pursues

and chooses to stay in
order not to shatter
the full potentials of
his students towards
success.

Deontological
ethics.
Mr. Escalante
sees the sense of
duty to help
others as the
most rational
way to improve
life.

Despite peoples
perceptions about
them cheating the
exam if they re-take
it, the students of
Garfield High retook
the test.

Emotivism.
Moral statements
made by people
are simply
evoking from
their own
emotions.
Whether people
judge the
students as
cheaters or not,
the truth of the
matter remains

Will he quit and let go of

the dreams of his
students to succeed, or to
push through and reclaim
respect and self-worth of
his students?
Mr. Escalante
(Teacher)

Re-take. Will he let the

students re-take the exam
and assume they
cheated if they do, or not
to and if they dont,
everyone will assume
they cheated?

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