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Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization

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  • Call for Proposals – APA Eastern Division Meeting

    Call for Proposals – APA Eastern Division Meeting

    Call for Proposals Philosophy Across the Generations APA Eastern Division Meeting January 5—January 8, 2022 Montreal, Canada The Philosophy Teaching …
  • Virtual Event: Why Kids Are Good for Philosophy

    Virtual Event: Why Kids Are Good for Philosophy

    Join us on June 15, 2021 at 7 pm EST/ 4 pm PST for a virtual event: Why Kids Are …
  • Meet the Authors of the Big Ideas for Young Thinkers Book Series

    Meet the Authors of the Big Ideas for Young Thinkers Book Series

    Join us on May 4th at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT to meet the authors of the Big Ideas for …
  • Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast

    Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast

    Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast, on New Orleans Public Radio, explores the rich and often surprising content of children’s books—and …
  • New Resources from the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University

    New Resources from the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University

    The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University (IAPC) is proud to announce three new, …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Should Driverless Cars Kill Their Passengers?

    Should Driverless Cars Kill Their Passengers?

    The new technology of driverless cards has opened up a real-world corollary to the 65 year old tradition of Trolley …
  • In-Class Ethics Bowl

    In-Class Ethics Bowl

    Materials needed: Prior to Bowl: A useful general description of ethics designed for High School Ethics Bowls – to use …
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  • The Trial of Socrates

    The Trial of Socrates

    Steven Goldberg / The Trial of Socrates  Topics: The compatibility of religious piety with philosophical inquiry; The question whether morality is …
  • 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 …

PLATO Resources

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  • On Becoming Responsible

  • MG Philosophy 2009-2010

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  • When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine

  • The Moral Instinct

  • The Cultivation of Philosophical Sensitivity

  • Facing History

  • Why How Matters

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