How We Decide

Black lives always matter
Dear PLATO Community: Together we grieve the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and …
2020 PLATO Conference in San Diego is Postponed
Dear PLATO members and Conference community, The past few weeks have been confusing and challenging for all of us. Everyday …
Introducing PLATO’s Executive Director, Debi Talukdar
Dear PLATO Community I am honored to serve as PLATO’s first Executive Director, and excited to introduce myself to …
PLATO Toolkit Competition Extended
We are also happy to announce that we are extending the PLATO Toolkit Competition. So, keep sending in your lesson …
Job Opening at PLATO: Executive Director
PLATO is Hiring! Interested candidates should send an email message describing their interest in the position, along with an attached …

Are we in control? Hegel’s Lordship & Bondage
Quite often we find ourselves in situations where we know we are not in control, such as being a student, …
Protected: P4C – Ethics – Trolley problem – Utilitarian & Categorical Morality (2)
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James Joyce’s “Araby”: Coming out of the Cave
“Araby” is one of the most widely taught short stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Told in the first person from …
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. …
Snooping Around Snopes: Assessing Fake News
This lesson revolves around reading and discussing Carl Sagan’s “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection” and then sending students to …