Ethics: how do we know what is 'good'?
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Why this why now
Pupils will consider what makes life good. It allows for personal knowledge to be developed through consideration of philosophers and introduces the situation ethics in advance of the Messiah unit and natural and moral evil in preparation for the unit on the problem of evil at the end of the year.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will understand that philosophy involves using reason and logical thinking.
- Pupils will understand that people may have different worldviews; religious and non-religious
- Pupils will be able to explain what a worldview is.
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Why this why now
Pupils will consider what makes life good. It allows for personal knowledge to be developed through consideration of philosophers and introduces the situation ethics in advance of the Messiah unit and natural and moral evil in preparation for the unit on the problem of evil at the end of the year.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will understand that philosophy involves using reason and logical thinking.
- Pupils will understand that people may have different worldviews; religious and non-religious
- Pupils will be able to explain what a worldview is.
Philosophy
Ethics: how do we know what is 'good'?
In this unit pupils will use a philosophical lens to consider what we mean by good. They will examine various ethical answers given such deontology, utilitarianism and situation ethics. They will conclude by weighing up the issue of suffering in the world.
6 lessons in unit
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