This week’s blogpost is a dialogue between teenagers about the tedium of lockdown. They discuss different approaches to comparing your situation with others, and to “positive thinking”. The philosophical crux of the dialogue is this exchange (bold in the PDF): TIM You’re always in charge of yourself. So, it’s up to you how you think.LUCY […]
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Whether you’re waking up to a new lockdown, or having to carry on as if there isn’t one, being marooned on a desert island like the characters in this story is unusually appealing at the moment. I’ve been using it as part of a session about punishments and rewards at p4he.org this week. There’s a philosophical question
This week’s blog post is about the concept of “utopia”. I’ve run this session with youngsters and adults at www.giftcourses.co.uk and it features in the November programme for www.p4he.org Here is some context and key questions. A utopia means a perfect world. It comes from the book, Utopia, written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More, who was Lord Chancellor (most important official)
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