Teaching Ethical Understanding
Secondary Resources for Teaching Theoretical Ethics

Audit- Click here for the Audit tool -Year 9 - 10

A Secondary School Course in Ethics
The field of Ethics concerns a wide range of questions about human conduct, right and wrong. This sample course offers
a survey of some interesting and important issues that have emerged in the area of Ethics.  Use the booklet provided and
the links below stimulus for running an ethical Community of Inquiry. The title and logo for this booklet has been left
blank so you can add your schools name and the subject title.
Click here for the booklet.

Week 1. Morals and Ethics  

Week 2  
Morality and Third World Poverty - COI

Week 3  Divine Command theory

Week 4. Natural Law

Week 5  
Is There a Right to be Rescued? - COI

Week 6. Proportionalism

Week 7. Situation Ethics

Week 8 Utilitarianism

Week 9
Some Arguments Against Capital Punishment - COI

Week 10 Assessment Task

Resources

- Preparation for Ethical Community of Inquiry - Games - 1

- Preparation for Ethical Community of Inquiry - Games - 2

- Preparation for Ethical Community of Inquiry - Meditation 1.

- Preparation for Ethical Community of Inquiry - Meditation 2.

- Guidelines for Ethical Community of Inquiry

- Information about the Middle School Ethics Bowl

- Click here for a useful guide outlining how to run a an Ethical Community of Inquiry.