Introduction to Applied Ethics
Applied Ethics takeaways accessible to all teachers
On this page you will find easily accessible activities for Applied Ethics that get students talking, presenting, debating and creating. These activities can also be used by any teachers connected with the CP and contextualised to their subject matter. This is a great way for students to build understanding of ethical issues and dilemmas across their CP course and not limit it to one area of the core. You will find suggestions for stand alone lessons with suggestions on how connections can be made to their other subjects and the real world.
The Applied Ethics theme seems to find its way into everything in this course! There are so many exciting ways to engage students in this topic that this page connects to 10 lesson ideas for taking students through different aspects of Applied Ethics and enable them to embrace this area with confidence.
Understanding Applied Ethics in context
The theme of Applied Ethics can be a little intimidating when you know how important it is the reflective project. Sometimes a PPS teacher doubles as the RP coordinator; sometimes there are separate coordinators and timetabled reflective project lessons. What helps is for Applied Ethics to become a common theme across the whole CP programme - particularly the Career-related Studies - but also the DP courses too. It might well not be a situation where these specific exercises are taught in the CRS or DP subjects but the reflection part of the session is key for students to make connectiosn across their CP course.
Learning Engagement 1: Personal morality and Applied Ethics
Learning Engagement 2: Investigating ethical dimensions 1 - Looking at traditions of person, action and consequence based ethical frameworks can help you understand where your own ethical compass points.
Learning Engagement 3: Investigating ethical dimensions 2 - Looking at traditions of person, action and consequence based ethical frameworks can help you understand where your own ethical compass points.
Learning Engagement 4: What are my values?
Learning Engagement 5: Exploring your political compass. An extention of exploring your moral compass and building an idea of your overall values system is to explore your political values too.
Learning Engagement 6: Finding the Story - A Harvard Project Zero thinking routine.
Learning Engagement 7: Create your own ethical theory.
Learning Engagement 8: Research Skills
Learning Engagement 9: Developing Research Skills
Learning Engagement 10: Reflecting on the Learner Profile and Applied Ethics