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Ethics 109: What is a child?

Ethics 109: What is a child?
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Latest News

  • Successful Philosophy in the Community Program in Montana

    Successful Philosophy in the Community Program in Montana

    Merlin CCC offers philosophy experiences in Helena, Montana for community members of all ages. This organization believes that philosophy can …
  • Philosophy for Children Program at California State University Bakersfield

    Philosophy for Children Program at California State University Bakersfield

    PLATO would like to thank Senem Saner, PhD from the Philosophy Department at California State University Bakersfield for taking the …
  • New Philosophy Summer Camp for Children Focusing on the Environment

    New Philosophy Summer Camp for Children Focusing on the Environment

    The Environmental Explorers Philosophy Summer Camp will be held June 3-7 PLATO would like to thank Rika Tsuji for contributing …
  • Longmont, Colorado Celebrates a Month of Philosophy

    Longmont, Colorado Celebrates a Month of Philosophy

    Grey Havens Philosophy ran the Longmont Thinks! Month was in April 2019 and will be followed by Summer of the …
  • 2019 PLATO Conference: Join us in Florida

    2019 PLATO Conference: Join us in Florida

        The 2019 PLATO Conference is getting ready to blast off! Come for an amazing conference, and experience the …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Aesthetics is for the Birds

    Aesthetics is for the Birds

    This is a photo of leaves on rocks. One can look at the content, nature, or the photographic composition, artifice. …
  • Personal Identity in Memento

    Personal Identity in Memento

      Personal Identity I ask students to bring their baby or early childhood pictures to class. After they try matching …
  • Fair or Equal?

    Fair or Equal?

    Materials needed List of roles and responsibilities (see below) A bag of candy   Description Begin the exercise by holding …
  • Activity: What’s Your Reason?

    Activity: What’s Your Reason?

    This game involves students writing down claims supported by reasons and then guessing each others’ claims after listening only to …
  • The Gaze: Power and Resistance in Flim

    The Gaze: Power and Resistance in Flim

    The Gaze: Power and Resistance in Film Read “The Oppositional Gaze” for homework the day before class.  It’s fairly long …

PLATO Resources

  • A review of Experiments in Ethics by Princeton’s Kwame Appiah

  • Philosophy Goes To School

  • Teaching Thinking: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom

  • Philosophy in Children’s Literature

  • Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking

  • Philosophy for Teens: Questioning Life’s Big Ideas

  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

  • Philosophy of Childhood

  • Uehiro Academy, University of Hawai’i

  • Institute for Learning Technologies: Digital Texts Projects

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