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Enacting caring democracy: a school-focused workshop

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A unique workshop on the ethics of care by prof. dr. Joan Tronto for the Dutch Philosophy Olympiad 2020.
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Love and Relations toward Others

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There are many types of Love and in principle such relation between Me and the Other opens different ethical questions
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Knowledge and Belief

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Difference between knowing and beliving is a well known philosophical concept, but in ethics it can be related to different social aspects.
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Egoism

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Egoism and Solipsism and their role in our understanding of our own Self
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Ecology as new Ideology

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Questioning main ideas of Slavoj Žižek on Ecology and notion of Ideology
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The ethical problem of human shields

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A case study that focuses on various examples of human shields during warfare. Students develop a moral continuum of paradigmatic cases of human shields.
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Economics and Ethical Education

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The book deals with topics such as economical values and ethics and serves as an inspiration for teachers of Ethical Education.
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Cross-curricular Themes in Ethical Education

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The web page is dedicated to selected cross-curricular topics that can be implemented into Ethical Education.
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Science and Responsibility

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Workshop with questioning the role of science and it's relation to ethical issues
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Tolerance

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This handbook for teachers offers several activities and games focused on various aspects of tolerance.
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Homophobic bullying and ethical education

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This handbook for teachers deals with the problems of bullying and homophobia in relation to ethical education.
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Business ethics

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Handbook for teachers of ethical education and civics, but also for teachers of economical subjects focused on ethical aspects in business and economics.
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Development of reading literacy through working with texts focused on personal development and ethical aspects

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These texts serve as a handbook for teachers and offers strategies and activities for the development of reading literacy, analytical skills, personality and ethical reasoning.
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Nudges – Boosts – Challenges

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This paper comprises a sequence of 10 lessons for grade 11 in the Bavarian gymnasium where - in the context of the general question of freedom and determination - the concept of nudging is introduced, applied and evaluated. Each of the lessons is described in detail.
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Culture and Identity

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Examining cultural positions and personal identity and confronting it with others who surround us
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Death and Dying

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This class represents a short look into ethical relations toward human death and dying
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Ethics Walk: Nature

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Walking group workshop with the discussion on Nature and what it means for us.
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Critical thinking (in relation to ethics of politics and media ethics)

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The text deals with the problem of manipulation in media and politics.
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Moral values and moral norms

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Moral values and norms are central cathegories in ethics and ethical education. The supplementary textbook created by Methodical- pedagogical centre deals with the description of values and moral norms. The author offers moreover some activities that were implemented during education of high school students.
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Plato’s basic positions and his Allegory of the Cave

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This paper comprises a sequence of 6 lessons ( 3 double lessons) in grade 10 where students learn about Plato's basic positions and his Allegory of the Cave.
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Medical Ethics

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This paper comprises a sequence of 14 lessons ( 7 double lessons) in grade 10 where students learn about basic concepts in medical ethics and discuss several concrete cases.
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Public Engagement

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Define and show to participants what public engagement is and how it can change local environment and peoples' relationship toward self and others.
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Antropocentrism Vs Biocentrism

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Anthropocentrism Vs Biocentrism
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Man and the animal world

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Showing the main relationship between man and other animals and answering the question whether we are also animals
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The murder of a tyrant is not a crime

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Analysis of the claim that "From the point of view of the higher principle of morality the murderer of a tyrant is not a crime".
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From Ape to Anthropocene – an Ethical Issue?

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This paper comprises a sequence of 14 lessons for grade 10 in FOS/BOS (Fachoberschule/Berufsoberschule) where the development of humans and its ethical signifcance are reflected. The sequence was especially created to serve the needs of an integration class where most of the pupils have just recently learned German. Each of the lessons is described in detail.
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Restriction of freedom by the example of smoking

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This paper describes a lesson for grade 11 where students reflect upon the restriction of freedom using the example of smoking. The lesson is integrated into a sequence of 13 lessons with the topic "extent and limits of state intervention".".
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Peace Ethics: Non-violent Communication

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This paper comprises a sequence of 9 lessons for grade 9 where the ideas of "non-violent communication" by Marshall B. Rosenberg are introduced, discussed and practised. Each of the lessons is described in detail. This paper is used as a sample for teacher training by the senior advisor for the subject ethics in Bavaria.
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Working conditions

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This paper describes a lesson for grade 9 where students reflect upon work, especially on poor working conditions. The lesson is integrated into a sequence of five lessons with the topic "Alienation - an accurate diagnosis?".
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Happiness and environmental protection

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This paper describes a lesson for grades 8-10 where pupils have a panel discussion on the relation between happiness and environmental protection. In that discussion they represent the points of view of Aristotle, Epicurus and Aristippus. The lesson is integrated into a sequence of lessons with the topic "My happiness, your happiness, our happiness - how the globe influences human happiness".
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Hedonism

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Lesson plan with a mixed methodology (frontal lecture and group work) offers an insight into basic premises of hedonistic ethical theory as well as critical argumentative "pro et contra" evaluation of hedonism as an ethical position.
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A Global State of Nature!?

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This paper describes a lesson in grade 11 that deals with the problem of a higher-level state of nature of sovereigns according to the state theory of Thomas Hobbes and the speculative development of problem solutions by the students. In addition, the lesson is integrated into a longer sequence of lessons with the general topic "from the state of nature to world domestic politics".
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Pinocchio or Introduction to Ethics

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Lesson introduces students to the field of ethics and Kantian theoretical perspective through moderated discussion on autonomy/freedom and innovative reading/interpretation of Pinocchio (original movie from 1940)
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Ethics of the Real: Kant with Lacan

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Lesson plan for a worksop on advanced Lacanian analysis of Kantian ethics. Students discussed basic parts of Kantian conceptual apparatus and were introduced to the main ethics-related concepts from Lacanian psychoanalysis. The main goal was to grasp alternative interpretation of Kantian ethics – “ethics of the Real” as developed in Ljubljana Lacanian school by Alenka Zupančič.
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