The document emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in interpersonal relationships, highlighting how they build trust and moral character. It includes activities such as 'Two Truths and a Lie' and 'Honesty Circle' to engage students in recognizing and practicing honesty in their daily lives. Additionally, it discusses the role of conscience and moral reasoning in making honest decisions, supported by biblical teachings on truth and integrity.
The document emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in interpersonal relationships, highlighting how they build trust and moral character. It includes activities such as 'Two Truths and a Lie' and 'Honesty Circle' to engage students in recognizing and practicing honesty in their daily lives. Additionally, it discusses the role of conscience and moral reasoning in making honest decisions, supported by biblical teachings on truth and integrity.
The document emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in interpersonal relationships, highlighting how they build trust and moral character. It includes activities such as 'Two Truths and a Lie' and 'Honesty Circle' to engage students in recognizing and practicing honesty in their daily lives. Additionally, it discusses the role of conscience and moral reasoning in making honest decisions, supported by biblical teachings on truth and integrity.
The document emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in interpersonal relationships, highlighting how they build trust and moral character. It includes activities such as 'Two Truths and a Lie' and 'Honesty Circle' to engage students in recognizing and practicing honesty in their daily lives. Additionally, it discusses the role of conscience and moral reasoning in making honest decisions, supported by biblical teachings on truth and integrity.
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Building Trust through Honest
Connections: Nurturing Integrity
in Interpersonal Relationships VE: Purity in Words and Actions in Interpersonal Relations CL: Morality: Conscience, truth, and moral law; Discussing contemporary moral issues Values to be Developed: Honesty AT THE END OF THE LESSON, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY “I CAN.” Recognize examples of honesty in daily interactions. Value the importance of honesty in building trust. Show honesty in personal and school activities. Recognize the role of conscience in making honest decisions. Understand the importance of truth and moral law in daily life. Apply moral reasoning to contemporary issues. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How can I remain honest despite the many
challenging situations around me? TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
This game encourages participants to be honest while also testing
their ability to detect honesty in others. Instructions: 1. Students will take turns sharing three statements about themselves, two of which are true and one of which is false. 2. The rest of the students must guess which statement is a lie. 3. You may use the space provided below to write your statements. 4. Answer the reflection questions that follow. TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
2 Truths about Me:
1. 2. 1 Lie about Me: 1. TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
Reflection Questions: 1. How did you feel while formulating a lie about yourself? 2. Which do you find easier? Telling the truth or formulating a lie? Why? HONESTY CIRCLE
Every day of our lives, we make decisions, big and
small. From the moment we wake up, we will decide whether we get up immediately or spend a few more minutes in bed. During recess time, we deliberate over our food choices. As the day progresses, we are faced with more and more opportunities for decision-making. HONESTY CIRCLE
It is said that we make thousands of decisions each day;
some are easy, and some are challenging to make. For your next activity, you are going to recall an instance wherein you find decision-making difficult. You may also share with your groupmates how you came up with your decision. You may use the guide questions below to facilitate your group sharing. HONESTY CIRCLE
1. Was there ever a time when you had to make a
difficult decision? When was it? 2. What factors contributed to your decision- making process? Are there specific guidelines that you followed? Honesty is a fundamental value that we must live out. It involves telling the truth always and, in all ways, without exaggerating or omitting details. When you practice honesty in all your actions, people will trust you. Trust is an essential ingredient in building a healthy relationship, both personally and professionally. Being perceived as someone trustworthy will lead people to have confidence in you and your commitments and promises. This will establish your integrity. Being known as a person with integrity will help nurture your relationship with the people around you. Benjamin Franklin said, “Honesty is the best Policy.”, we are always being encouraged to be truthful in both our words and deeds. However, there may be situations where we find it hard to tell the truth. There may be times when we say lies to save ourselves from suffering and punishment. Are these actions acceptable? What does the bible have to say about honesty? The eighth commandment says: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbors.” The eighth commandment forbids misrepresenting the truth in our relations with others. This moral prescription flows from the vocation of the holy people to bear witness to their God, who is the truth and wills the truth. Offenses against the truth express by word or deed a refusal to commit oneself to moral uprightness: they are fundamental infidelities to God, and, in this sense, they undermine the foundations of the covenant. The Old Testament attests that God is the source of all truth. His Word is truth. His Law is truth. His “faithfulness endures to all generations.” Since God is “true,” the members of his people are called to live in the truth. The bible is keen on reminding us to always be truthful in our dealings. But how do we make sure that we are siding with the truth and that we are making an ‘honest’ decision? This is where a significant factor plays its part: conscience – our moral compass. “Deep within his conscience man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. Its voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right moment... For man has in his heart a law inscribed by God... His conscience is man’s most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depths.” Conscience is often considered the source of moral authority within individuals. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the morality of human acts depends on the following: • the object chosen; • the end in view or the intention; • the circumstances of the action.
The object, the intention, and the circumstances make
up the “sources,” or constitutive elements, of the morality of human acts. The object chosen is a good toward which the will deliberately directs itself. It is a matter of a human act. The object chosen morally specifies the act of the will insofar as reason recognizes and judges it to be or not to be in conformity with the true good. Objective norms of morality express the rational order of good and evil, attested to by conscience. The intention is a movement of the will toward the end: it is concerned with the goal of the activity. It aims to anticipate the good outcomes of the action undertaken. The intention is not limited to directing individual actions but can guide several actions toward the same purpose; it can orient one’s whole life toward its ultimate end. A good intention does not make behavior that is intrinsically disordered, such as lying and calumny, good or just the end doesn’t justify the means. The circumstances, including the consequences, are secondary elements of a moral act. They contribute to increasing or diminishing the moral goodness or evil of human acts. They can also reduce or increase the agent’s responsibility. Circumstances of themselves cannot change the moral quality of acts themselves; they can make neither good nor right an action that is in itself evil. By listening to our conscience and aligning our decisions with honesty and integrity, we can navigate life’s challenges with clarity, authenticity, and moral responsibility. HOW CAN I REMAIN HONEST DESPITE THE MANY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS AROUND ME?
You can exhibit honesty in the midst of the many challenging situations around you by being mindful, examining your conscience, and keeping in mind the Lord’s Commandments. Being honest may not always be easy, but it sure does make our lives easier. We do not have to make up stories, and we do not have to be afraid of building relationships with other people because we have nothing to hide. No skeleton in the closet needs to be constantly protected. We will be able to live more confidently and authentically without worrying, and we will be at peace knowing that we are not hiding anything. EXPLORING INTEGRITY: A REFLECTIVE JOURNEY ON HONESTY” Create a reflective journal entry discussing a personal experience where honesty was challenged and how moral reasoning guided your decision-making process. PRAYER:
“God our Father, guide us to live with honesty and
integrity, following Your truth and moral law in our words and actions. May we embrace honesty in our relationships and decisions, reflecting Your love and justice. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.”
