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Ethical Storyboard: PREEP Method Writing Exercise

๐Ÿ“บ Philosophers Tube

Learn Big Ideas from Smart Thinkers! Click on a card to learn more.

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Utilitarianism

Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill

Make choices that help the MOST people feel happy and safe!

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Duty Ethics

Immanuel Kant

Some rules should NEVER be broken, no matter what happens!

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Virtue Ethics

Aristotle

Be a good person with good habits, and you'll make good choices!

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Fairness & Rules

Thomas E. Wartenberg

Rules keep things fair. But what if the rule-maker is unfair?

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Justice & Fairness

Michael Sandel & John Rawls

What's the FAIR thing to do? Imagine you don't know who you'll be!

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Care Ethics

Carol Gilligan & Nel Noddings

Care about people's feelings and relationships when making choices!

๐Ÿ“š Children's Books for Philosophy (from Wartenberg's "Big Ideas for Little Kids")

Thomas Wartenberg uses these children's books to teach philosophy:

๐Ÿ‰ Dragons and Giants
Teaches: Ethics & Courage
๐Ÿฟ๏ธ Frederick
Teaches: Social & Political Philosophy
๐Ÿ“– The Important Book
Teaches: What Really Matters
๐ŸŒˆ The Wizard of Oz
Teaches: Mind & Thinking
๐ŸŒณ The Giving Tree
Teaches: Environmental Philosophy
๐Ÿฆ„ Morris the Moose
Teaches: What We Can Know
๐Ÿฐ Knuffle Bunny
Teaches: Language & Communication
๐ŸŽจ Emily's Art
Teaches: Beauty & Art

๐Ÿ“š Books We Learn From (In Your Folder!)

Big Ideas for Little Kids
Thomas E. Wartenberg - Uses children's books to teach philosophy!
A Little History of Philosophy
Nigel Warburton - Stories of great philosophers made simple
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Michael Sandel - Real dilemmas like the Trolley Problem
A Theory of Justice
John Rawls - The "Veil of Ignorance" thought experiment
Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Policy
Andrew I. Cohen - Ethics for government decisions
Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Scott Hershovitz - "Every kid is a philosopher!"
In a Different Voice
Carol Gilligan - Care ethics and relationships
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle - Virtue is a habit, find the "golden mean"
Principles of Morals and Legislation
Jeremy Bentham - "Greatest happiness for greatest number"

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Learn to write strong arguments using the PREEP Method.

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