WELCOME TO

PHILOSOPHY AND

ETHICS

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

It is about world religions

It is like GCSE R.E/ PSHE/ Citizenship

Just discuss students opinions

It’s easy

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

Philosophers starting with the ancient

Greeks Plato and Aristotle, moving

through to Religious believers St Thomas

Aquinas and famous Atheists such as

David Hume.

Ethics explorers similar philosophers

such as Kant and students adapt

philosophers views in relation to topical

issues such as war.

Discussions of the strengths and

weaknesses of philosophers ideas

Debates on which philosophers

have a stronger argument and whether

they personally agree with them or not.

Power points and essay writing

P H I L O S O P H Y A N D E T H I C S

What do learners learn about? What do learners do?

Students developing the

confidence to share their views in

class

Develop students opinions into

justified arguments

Change the way students think

– think outside the box

Dominant characters in discussions

Students that cannot politely

articulate themselves

Students who struggle to write

essays/ weak grasp of English

Students who find it hard when

there is no right answer/ no black and

white

PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS

Highlights Difficulties

Essay writing

Willingness to listen to others

Open minded

Handful go onto University to study

Theology, Religion and Ethics

Increasingly popular to join philosophy

with others subjects e.g. history/ politics/

English/ art/ maths

Jobs: social care, teaching, counselling,

medical, army, police force,

PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS

What skills are useful for

students joining the course What do students progress to

PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS

“I think therefore I am.”- Descartes (but how do you know anyone

else exists? - existentialism)

How do you know that you are not still dreaming? (Film Inception)

Do we have freewill or are our paths determined?

Are we God’s puppets? Why is there evil if God is all loving/

powerful?

Is this world real or an illusion? – Plato (Film Matrix)

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