A4: lesson 1 situation Ethics

• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Situation ethics

Lesson 1: Mr Van den Berg

What will we do today?

1. Introduction

2. what do you know about Ethics?

3. Ethics in politics and daily live

4. Three different approaches of ethics

5. situational ethics

6. What do you think of (situational) ethics? 

Todays lesson goals

1. A definition of ethics

2. Three different forms of ethics

3. You can link a moral dilemma to those different forms of ethics

4. You know the four presuppositions to use in a difficult moral situation

5. You have an opinion about (situational) ethics

Planning term 1

• We will study chapter 2.2 , 2.3 and 2.4
  
• After this term you will make a written test about those paragraphs
  
• You’ll also make a document about your personal moral and ethical development (more information in a few lessons)
  

Ethics?

Ethics

1. About morality

2. About the question: what should we do?

3. Good and bad.

4.  About the good way of life

5. About living together

6. About giving valid arguments for the first opinion

Ethics in society/politics

Moral dilemma's

1. Do we need to help Afghan refugees/ evacuees?

2. Do people have the right to end the lives (voltooid leven)?

3. Do people have the right to become a member of a party with undemocratic ideas?

4. another one

Three ethical approaches 

Read page 173/174

Describe in your own words the three approaches of ethical thinking

Which one do you like the most? Why?

In pairs:

Apply your knowledge (question on page 175)

Use on off the moral dilemma's on the past slide and apply the different approaches to this dilemma.

Three approaches of ethics (2)

1. legalistic (moral decisions based on rules/ laws)
2.  antinomian (anti "rules" or law, moral decision making without rules and law)
3.  situational ethics focused on the situation, not on fixed rules but also not anti rules)

Apply your knowledge

Apply your knowledge: / What do you think of situational ethics

Make question 8 through 11  page 184

What did you learn?