tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515713317068251331.post5609422631350501554..comments2024-02-02T00:21:02.687+13:00Comments on stargazer: day 7: ethicsstargazerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430290445762377335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515713317068251331.post-34696371637103415652010-08-17T23:02:19.046+12:002010-08-17T23:02:19.046+12:00thanx deborah. sure is complicated. i've fou...thanx deborah. sure is complicated. i've found that most of the posts have come pretty easily to me, but as i said in the post, this one was extremely difficult to write.<br /><br />i'd love for ethics to be more widely taught. unfortunately the curriculum and school day is already so full that there's hardly room for anything else. but i would so much rather my children learned about the stuff you teach than about multiplying fractions, for example. the latter they can pick when they need to, but the former really requires conscious deliberation.stargazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430290445762377335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515713317068251331.post-15382644625493280552010-08-17T22:51:42.598+12:002010-08-17T22:51:42.598+12:00I'm getting so much out of these posts, anjum....I'm getting so much out of these posts, anjum.<br /><br />I've taught a few ethics workshops in the last few years, and it's always a challenge to give some useful tools to people who probably don't have any other training in formal ethics. One of the things I aim to do is to get people to recognise that ethics is hard, that there are very few black and white answers, if only because most situations are very nuanced. People are usually clear that stealing is wrong, until they start to worry about people stealing to feed their children, or what to do about a son or daughter who is caught stealing, or how to manage a relationship with a neighbour who is known to receive stolen goods... I count it as a successful day if I get them to realise that ethics is complicated, and it takes careful thinking, and then, reflection on decisions taken, and whether they were right or wrong, and why.<br /><br />It's complicated.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.com