The Moral Instinct

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 …
PLATO Toolkit Competition
Share your philosophical expertise with the community! The PLATO Toolkit offers free lesson plans to K-12 teachers on our website …
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
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
The Environmental Explorers Philosophy Summer Camp will be held June 3-7 PLATO would like to thank Rika Tsuji for contributing …

Searle’s Chinese Room: Do computers think?
Can a computer think? John Searle’s Chinese Room argument can be used to argue that computers do not “think,” that …
What is a Human Being?
The first half of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley depicts a socially programmed society in which advances in science and …
Can God be Happy or Sad?
One of the central questions in Theology involves the nature of God. While religious studies employs different standards of proof …
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ETHICS BOWL: Case archive: http://nhseb.unc.edu/resources/case-archive/ 2016-17 Ethics Bowl Cases: https://nhseb.unc.edu/files/2012/04/2016-17-Regional-Case-Set.pdf Squire Family Foundation Resources: http://squirefoundation.org/teaching-learning/ Center for Talented Youth: http://squirefoundation.org/curricula/ PACTISS …
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 …