Personhood: what does it mean to be alive?
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Why this why now
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that philosophers ask questions about reality.
- Pupils will understand Abrahamic and dharmic worldviews have different understandings of the soul.
- Pupils will know that philosophers and scientists test theories using evidence and logical arguments.
- Pupils will be able to listen to each other in debate.
Threads
Why this why now
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that philosophers ask questions about reality.
- Pupils will understand Abrahamic and dharmic worldviews have different understandings of the soul.
- Pupils will know that philosophers and scientists test theories using evidence and logical arguments.
- Pupils will be able to listen to each other in debate.
Philosophy
Personhood: what does it mean to be 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.
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