Interactive Ethics Education - The Prindle Institute for Ethics

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The Prindle Institute for Ethics offers engaging lessons, workshops and materials that teach your students the skills necessary to be strong moral reasoners. Whether you teach civics to 10th graders or have a classroom full of curious second graders, our lessons introduce students to ethics and engage them on the key moral issues of our time. Explore the courses and lessons below, and contact us to get more information about our high school moral reasoning workshops or Teaching Children Philosophy class visits.

Flawed Democracy – Minority Rights – Electoral College

The Electoral College is one of the most confusing and unpopular parts of our election system… and also one believed to be vital by the Founders. In this module you’ll explore the ethics of the electoral college.

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Flawed Democracy – Voter Participation – Voter Apathy

If “didn’t vote” was a political party, it would win every time. Only around 60% of eligible voters actually come out to vote every four years. Should we judge non-voters for not voting?

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Ethical Concepts in the Age of Anthropocene

In this course, you'll gain an understanding of the various ways philosophers might assign value to an ecosystem, and then you can consider which you find most meaningful.

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Featured Lesson

Voting Rights in the United States

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“No taxation without representation” was a battle-cry during the Revolutionary War. American colonists did not want the British government to tax them without giving them representation in the British Parliament. Today there are millions of Americans living in Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the US Virgin Islands who are suffering the same fate as those revolutionary American patriots.

Sip Carefully

Was Starbucks' plastic straw ban actually a sustainable environmental choice? In this lesson, you will examine the plastic straw ban of 2018 from multiple perspectives.

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Moral Messages of Violence in the Media

In this course, you will read and respond to an article from The Prindle Post, Meredith McFadden's "The Moral Messages of Violence in the Media." You will learn about the difference between the law and ethics.

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Women, Representation, Revolution

What is important about the rise in the number of women politicians, especially on the Federal level? In this lesson, you will examine the recent upward trend of more women political nominees.

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Is the Filibuster Democratic?

Is the filibuster the "Soul of the Senate" or the death of democracy? In this lesson, you will examine the morality of the filibuster from multiple perspectives.

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Additional Content

High School Resources

Explore more content and resources to teach ethics in your high school classroom.

Teaching Children Philosophy

Interested in teaching philosophy and ethics to elementary school children? We’ve got over 200 discussion guides designed to help you introduce philosophy and ethics using popular children’s picture books.

Indiana High School Ethics Bowl

Ethics bowl is a debate-style competition that focuses on contemporary moral problems. We're home to a variety of opportunities to participate in ethics bowl programming.

Ethics Workshops

Learn more about our effective and engaging moral reasoning workshops. These workshops introduce high schoolers to key concepts in ethics and philosophy, and allow them to build up their skills in moral reasoning.

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