Course Portal • MCIE 1012 Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

Social Science Department

AASTU • College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Course Code: MCIE 1012

Moral and Civic Education

Foundations of ethical civic action, professional integrity, constitutional democracy, and human rights education at AASTU.

Chapter 1: Civics and Ethics

Defining civic education, ethics, morality, society, the significance of civic awareness, and the responsibilities of citizenship.

Chapter 2: Ethics and Morality

Theories of ethics, normative vs non-normative ethics, utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, and moral relativism.

Chapter 3: Ethical Decision Making & Moral Judgments

Frameworks for ethical decision making, moral reasoning in complex real-world dilemmas, professional codes of ethics, and engineering accountability.

Chapter 4: State, Government, & Citizenship

Theories of state origins, organs of government, forms of government, rights and duties of citizens, and modes of acquiring nationality.

Chapter 5: Constitution, Democracy & Human Rights

Constitutionalism, principles of constitutional democracy, generations of human rights, the FDRE constitution, and democratic institutions in Ethiopia.