This week, a fun philosophical question inspired by a favourite fable. Stimulus:Â The donkey and its shadow, Aesop (Greece, c. 6th century BCE, retold by Graeme Kent) A traveller hired a donkey to take him to the next town. He agreed a fee with the owner of the donkey. The donkey’s owner went with him to bring […]
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This week, we share a simple and contentious question created by teachers on a recent training afternoon. It’s accessible for children of most ages: Do we dress for ourselves or for others? Your stimulus To focus minds about this question in particular, you can use any stimulus related to clothing: The Oscars red carpet Queen
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This week has a Northern Ireland theme, inspired by this statue of the famous giant Finn MacCool, of Giant’s Causeway fame at Belfast Airport. 1. What if giants were real?– What advantages would they have over average-sized people? – What disadvantages? – How would society be different to how it is? – How should society be different to
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