state or fact of being considered a person such as having awareness or conciousness

different parts or things connected or related to each other

something that is freely given which creates a responsibility to be shared

from a particular place or culture that lived prior to European colonisation

Indigenous worldviews and personhood

Religious education

Self: what makes us who we are?

Consciousness: are we just brains in a vat?

Sentience and animal consciousness

Reflection: Is a river alive?

Pupils will consider what it is that makes a person who they are by examining religious and philsophical explanations for self and conciousness. Next, they will examine the idea of sentience in animals before evauating whether non-human objects of nature, such as rivers, can be said to be alive.

Personhood: what does it mean to be alive?

a state or fact of being considered a person

different parts connected or related to each other

from a place or culture that lived prior to European colonisation

Indigenous worldviews come from peoples {{}} to particular places.

What do indigenous perspectives often view humans as?

Some Indigenous worldviews see rivers and mountains as {{}} with their own agency.

Asking questions about personhood helps us understand:

Consciousness involves being {{}} of thoughts and surroundings.

People who think animals are conscious point to:

Critics say complex animal behaviours may be learned or...

Sentience means the ability to feel pain or...

What does Peter Singer argue should guide moral decisions?

Starter Quiz

Consciousness involves being of thoughts and surroundings.