Ethics 109: What is a child?

Philosophy for Children Conference, hosted by NAACI, to be held June 2018 in Mexico
NAACI Conference on “Education in a world in crisis: How philosophy for/by children might respond” in collaboration with The Mexican …
Learn about the upcoming Southern California Philosophy Academy for High School Students!
The SoCal Philosophy Academy for high school students will be hosted at California Lutheran University and run by Dr. Brian …
Reflections on Philosophy Classes for School Teachers
An Interview with PLATO President, Thomas Wartenberg Since 2010, Thomas Wartenberg has led several Summer Seminars for School Teachers …
NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers on Existentialism
Fully Funded 3 Week Summer Training Opportunity in Philosophy for ALL K-12 Teachers Apply to the NEH Summer Seminar on …
Statement from the Board of Directors
February 2, 2017 PLATO (The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) is committed to supporting the efforts of educators worldwide …

Can We be Authentic in Everyday Life?
“Republic of Silence,” by Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre came to define post-war Existentialism. In this prominent editorial published shortly after …
On the Beautiful and the Sublime
On the Beautiful and the Sublime…Aesthetics as Subjective Experience One of the longstanding questions that’s been debated in the field …
What is art? An Art Activity
Have each student draw two pictures. One drawing must be a drawing they would call art, and the other one …
God: All-Good or All-Evil…is there any Difference?
A Topic Concerning the Question of Evil A long-simmering debate in theology involves the status of the classical definition of …
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 …