Ethics

Ethics 9 Semester course

For Class 9

Ethics provides an opportunity for students beginning their secondary school experience to identify and examine many of the forces influencing adolescents today. Reflecting the personal, physical, and spiritual development before them, the course helps students to discuss a broad array of topics and to develop organizational and leadership skills. Discussions develop around good judgment and honesty; class, race, and gender; family life; wellness; substance abuse; relationships; and the difference between right and wrong. Students also consider case studies of moral dilemmas, both hypothetical and real, and learn to distinguish sound arguments from specious ones. Along with class discussion and selected readings, related activities include critiquing various information and entertainment media, preparing arguments, and working on group projects. It is expected that current affairs and students’ interests will determine some of the direction the course takes.