Reflecting on rules and choices
I can explain how different people use rules to make good choices and reflect on my own worldview.
Reflecting on rules and choices
I can explain how different people use rules to make good choices and reflect on my own worldview.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Many religious and non-religious worldviews have ideas about making good choices.
- Christians, Jews and Hindus look to God whilst humanists look to humans to live well today and make good choices.
- Learning from other worldviews can help other people reflect on their own worldview.
Keywords
Worldview - the way you understand and live in the world around you
Choices - decisions we make about what we do or say
God - a divine being that is worshipped by believers
Reflection - thinking about ideas and why you have them
Common misconception
Everyone believes in God.
Some people believe in God, and some people don’t. Everyone has their own way of thinking.
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