The Importance of Morality

• Religion
• Secondary Education
• Age 13

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• Respect (don't record or forward the lesson to anyone)
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• Make sure homework is complete
• Do your work in a timely manner (same as in-class)
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The Importance of Morality

The Importance

 of Morality

Materials you will need for this class:

- Your Religion copy

- Your pencil case (pens for note taking)

- Google Docs & Google Classroom

-This slideshow, activities are in here for you!

-Jamboard

Brainstorm Activity

• Take 2 minutes to think about why morality is important in everyday life
  
• Open this worksheet
  
• Answer the questions on the Google Doc
  
• Submit your answers to Google Classroom
  

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to...

• Understand that we all make choices in life
  
• Understand the sources of Morality in detail
  
• Briefly describe what Euthanasia is
  
• Analyze a moral issue and answer questions relating to it
  
• Evaluate a moral issue
  

Factors that influence our Moral Decisions

1. Feeling guilty
   
2. Fear of being caught
   
3. The laws of a country
   
4. The laws of a Religion
   
5. Gut instinct
   
6. Following the crowd
   
7. Obeying orders
   

Feeling guilty

• If we choose to do something that we fell or know is wrong, we may feel a sense of guilt
  

• Guilt can cause us to feel bad about ourselves or our actions
  

• We may feel that we are to blame or are responsible and regret our choice
  

• To avoid this feeling of guilt, we choose to do the right thing
  

Fear of being caught

• When we do something wrong, there is a chance that we will be caught

• We may be caught by those in charge of us such as our parents

• If we are caught, we will probably get into trouble

• We don’t want others to think badly of us

• Therefore this fear of being caught may make us                                            choose the moral or right thing

The Laws of a Country

• Every society or country has laws
  
• The people living there must follow these laws
  
• Laws are there to protect us and to help everyone live in peace
  
• If we break these laws, there may be a very strict punishment
  
• These laws can guide us in what is right or wrong
  

Jamboard!!

The Importance of Laws

1. Open the link

2. Create a sticky note with your name and answer(s)

The Laws of a Religion

• The laws of a Religion tell us how our God wants us to act and behave
  
• They show us what our religion sees as right and wrong
  
• When making a moral decision, we look at our Religion’s moral code
  
• It can help us to make the right decision, as we want to follow our religion
  

Gut Instinct

• When we are faced with a moral decision, our gut instinct often guides us
  
• We may not fully understand why an action is wrong, but something inside us is telling us it is
  
• This is often referred to as a sixth sense
  
• The right or moral thing may feel natural, while the                                          wrong or ‘immoral’ thing may make you feel uneasy

Following the crowd

• We all like to feel like we belong
  
• What others think of us can influence us greatly
• We can think that whatever the majority is doing must be right
  
• However, we must be careful as this is not always the case
  
• If we are unsure what is right or wrong, looking to the crowd or other people to see what they are doing isn't always a good idea
  

Obeying Orders

• Sometimes we are told by others what to do.Instead of deciding for ourselves what is right or wrong, we follow the orders of others
• If we are told to do something, we might think it’s definitely the moral thing to do, sometimes it is not easy to follow orders.
• If we have a difficult moral decision to make, it might be easier to obey and do what others tell us, but we should ask ourselves if the orders we are being given are right or moral
• Often people can have a combination of these reasons for deciding what is morally right
  

Question Time!

Complete this worksheet as best as you can by editing the Google Doc.

Don't forget to upload your finished work to Google Classroom!

Euthanasia

• Euthanasia- when someone who is really sick and will never get better is helped to die by another person
• This practice is illegal in Ireland and in many countries

Keywords

• Majority- most people
• Combination- a mix/mixture of…
  
• Illegal- contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law
  
• Euthanasia- the painless killing of a patient suffering from an     incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma
  

In our next lesson we will cover...

• The Prodigal Son
  
• Sources of Morality in the 5 Major World Religions
  
• Moral Code
  
• The Ten Commandments
  

Homework

For homework you will complete the following questions

These questions are based on your reading of the                                debate on Euthanasia

Upload your homework to google classroom                                           when you are done

Traffic Lights

Consider these points and complete the Quiz in the next slide:

• I can describe how we make choices constantly throughout life & explain how they influence us
• I can identify the factors that influence Morality
• I can define the term ‘Euthanasia’
• I can question a moral issue and argue or defend it

Traffic Lights

1. I understand
2. I kind of understand
3. I don't really understand
4. I don't understand