Ethics Lesson 2 M2c

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Unit 8: Ethics

Lesson 2 

M2c

2025

Planning 

- 8.5 activities by yourself.  

- The objectives: (the law, secular law). 

- Activity: assignment about Irena Sendler. 

Make activities 8.5 (silence). 

Objectives

You will....

• explore the reasons why people keep the law
• explore religious attitudes to secular law
• consider whether it is ever right to break the law in the light of one's beliefs.

what is the difference between absolute and relative morality?

what is more importent values of your self or your friends values when you try to help that person?

Why do we have laws?

Why do people keep these laws?

Are there any laws which don't really
serve a purpose?

What might make you break a law?

What kind of laws are easy for religious people to keep?

Activity

To read page 225

Reasons for religious people to break the law.

Activity/ Homework

'Religious people should follow religious laws over society's laws.'

1. explain 2 reasons to agree with the statement
2. explain 2 reasons to disagree with the statement
3. Write a conclusion showing which point of view is stronger and why that is so.
4. Send to: [e-mail] 

Assingement 

To do:

• study page 224 + 225
• Research Irena Sendler (1910-2008). 
• Find out what she did, how it broke the law, and why she thought it was a good thing to break the 

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