This is the second lesson in a 10-part Introduction to Ethics course. The video presents reasons that have historically have been given for being moral, including reasons society needs morality and reasons one individually should be moral. Emphasizing a learner-centered approach, the lesson opens with a familiar story of a person stealing and asks students to investigate their reaction to it. The lesson then relates typical reactions to historically significant responses and illustrates these through Hollywood movies.
The lesson closes a knowledge gap between students’ internal sense of their moral knowledge-which they often equate with following rules they have unconsciously adopted-and their actual moral knowledge. Because the lesson doesn’t assume there is a basis for morality, it opens a space for ethical reflection by having students step outside of their moral beliefs. It also provides practice applying core concepts to concrete situations.
2 мар 2018
