Explore ethical issues and develop critical thinking skills as we discuss a range of cases and ask questions such as: 'Is it ever okay to lie?' and 'Should animal testing be banned?'

This class will introduce ethics through a range of cases and philosophical discussions. Students will be encouraged to think for themselves and refine their views with clarity and care. Students will learn to:

• Listen and understand diverse ideas, applying the principle of charity.
• Investigate values and moral intuitions.
• Communicate effectively in philosophical discourse.
• Argue in respectful and productive ways.

Students will share their thinking and learning through Zoom discussion and Google Classroom.

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Key Competencies: Thinking
• Analyse and consider a variety of possible approaches to the issue at hand
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• Integrate sources of information, processes, and strategies purposefully, confidently, and precisely to identify, form, and express increasingly sophisticated ideas.
• Select, develop, and communicate sustained and insightful ideas on a range of topics.

eTeacher Cristy Yonetani

Kia ora, I'm Cristy Yonetani and I love philosophy, especially ethics.

I completed my Master of Arts (Philosophy) at the University of Otago and I am now a Kaiako Pūmanawa, Specialist Teacher Gifted, in Ōtautahi Christchurch. I am looking forward to working with students from all over Aotearoa New Zealand.