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PLATO

Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization

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Latest News

  • Job Opening at PLATO: Executive Director

    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

    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

    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 …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Protected: P4C – Ethics – Ownership (sharing)

    Protected: P4C – Ethics – Ownership (sharing)

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  • Activity: Keep the Question Going

    Activity: Keep the Question Going

    This game involves students generating questions collaboratively. The exercise runs easily for about ten minutes and can go for a …
  • Animal Minds: puzzling over Puppies and Parrots

    Animal Minds: puzzling over Puppies and Parrots

    For much of modern science, since the Enlightenment, animals were generally thought to be automatons:  materialist robots programmed to behave …
  • Ethical Relativism

    Ethical Relativism

    Moral Relativism Many students come to the classroom assuming values are variant.  Have you heard any of the following? After …
  • Protected: P4C – Distributive Justice – Fairness – equality vs equity

    Protected: P4C – Distributive Justice – Fairness – equality vs equity

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PLATO Resources

  • Philosophy Now: A Magazine of Ideas

  • TPM Online: The Philosopher’s Magazine

  • Teach-Think: Center for Teaching Thinking

  • Creating the Ethical School

  • Philosophy, University of Washington

  • International K-12 Courses (PDF)

  • Teaching Thinking: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom

  • Can We Teach Ethics?

  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

  • A Matter of Life and Debt

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