May Philosophical Question

Posted May 15, 2024

Can kindness change the world? Karma is the idea, put very simply, that if you act well, things will be good, and if you act badly, things will be bad. Do you agree with this? Is it good to be kind all the time to everyone? What do you think would happen if everyone did […]

May Ethical Thinking – Split or Steal

Posted May 15, 2024

Watch THIS VIDEO. Share your thoughts from an ethical perspective. Then consider the mathematical aspect of the player’s choice.

May Philosophy Thinking

Posted May 1, 2024

April Philosophical Question

Posted April 15, 2024

Is everything connected? Thinkers from all ages and countries have discussed the idea that we are all connected and that everything we do affects everything else – what do you think about this? Imagine if you dropped a piece of litter by accident – what might happen to it? What might happen to that piece […]

April Ethical Thinking – Gr. 7/8

Posted April 15, 2024

You and your parent are in your self-driving car traveling at the speed limit down a main road on a bridge. Suddenly, 20 pedestrians appear ahead, in the direct path of the car. The car could be programmed to: swerve off to the side of road, where it will impact a barrier and plunge into […]

April Ethical Thinking

Posted April 1, 2024

March Philosophical Question

Posted March 18, 2024

How should we treat animals? Is it possible that some animals (dolphins, chimps, birds, dogs etc) have sophisticated languages that we aren’t able to interpret YET? (But we might be able to in the future.) Animals might not “think” in the way we do because they experience the world differently, but does this mean they […]

March Philosophy Thinking

Posted March 1, 2024

March 3 is World Wildlife Day!  Consider this question:

Pink Shirt Day

Posted February 26, 2024

“In Nova Scotia in 2007, David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink shirt]… [They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by […]

February Ethical Thinking – Mountain Goats

Posted February 15, 2024

Mountain goats are not native to Olympic National Park, which is in the United States, just south of Victoria, British Columbia. They were introduced to the area in the 1930s to encourage an increase of tourism via hunting. Shortly after, Olympic National Park was established. Under Park jurisdiction, hunting of any kind is forbidden, so […]

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