This lecture notes discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of research designs, research methods, and research techniques, as well as the similarities and differences between and among them.

This lecture notes discusses extensively the meaning, nature, and dynamics of quantitative research methods, as well as its major types. Quantitative research method refers to the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena by gathering quantifiable data and performing computational, mathematical, and statistical techniques.

This lecture notes discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of qualitative research method, including some of its major types. Qualitative research is a type of research that involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences.

This lecture notes discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of a research gap, as well as the concrete steps in identifying it. It specifically addresses the following questions: What is a research gap? What is the importance of identifying the research gap? How to identify a research gap?

This lecture notes discusses the meaning and key concepts in research methods, research methodology, and research design, as well as the similarities and differences between and among them.

This lecture notes discusses the meaning of ethics and its application to research. The notes include discussions on some major ethical principles that guide the conduct of research.

This lecture notes discusses the meaning, characteristics, and types of research. It specifically addresses the question “What is Research?”.

This learning resource discusses the meaning or definition of Utilitarianism or utilitarian ethics as well as its key concepts. This topic is one of the key concepts in the course General Ethics.

This learning resource discusses the nature and dynamics of Natural Law ethics. Natural Law ethics is also known as Christian Ethics or St. Thomas Aquinas’s Christian Ethics obviously becuase it was developed by Aquinas himself.

This learning resource discusses the difference between moral standards and non-moral standards, including their meaning, nature, and dynamics. This topic is one of the key concepts in ethics.

This learning resource discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of ethical relativism or moral relativism, including its major types. This topic is one of the key concepts in General Ethics.

This lecture notes discusses William David Ross’s moral philosophy, with emphasis on the notion of “prima facie duty”.

This learning resource discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of pragmatic ethics. This topic is one of the key concepts in the course General Ethics.

This learning resource discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of Aristotle’s virtue ethics. This topic is one of the key concepts in the course General Ethics.

This lecture notes discusses John Rawls’s moral teachings which can be gleaned from his seminal theory of justice.

This lecture notes discusses the key concepts of Immanuel Kant’s ethics, famously known as the Categorical Imperative.

This lecture notes discusses the key concepts of Kantian ethics, famously known as the Categorical Imperative.

This learning resource discusses the meaning, nature, and dynamics of moral dilemmas or ethical dilemmas. It also discusses the major types of moral dilemmas, namely, 1) epistemic and ontological dilemmas, 2) self-imposed and world-imposed dilemmas, 3) obligation dilemmas and prohibition dilemmas, and 4) single agent and multi-person dilemmas.

This lecture notes discusses the nature and dynamics of a background of the study in research, as well as the concrete steps in writing it. The “background of the study” in research is also known as the “rationale of the study”.

This learning resource clearly distinguishes morality from ethics by explaining the meaning, nature, and dynamics of morality. Hence, these notes will briefly address the question “What is morality?”.

This learning resource discusses the question “What is ethics?” as well as the different types of ethics, namely, normative ethics, meta-ethics, and applied ethics.