This week, a retelling of a classic double-dilemma which online classes have been finding engaging. A young man in occupied France in 1940 has to decide whether to flee to England to join the fight, or stay with his already-bereaved mother. He also has to decide how he should decide… The young man’s thoughts had […]
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Is Shame a Shame? This week, a session on shame developed for our online classes at www.p4he.org . It starts with the story of workers at a children’s home trying to introduce teenagers to the concept of shame by themselves acting ridiculously on public transport, allowing the youngsters to see in adults the norm-breaking behaviour they couldn’t see in themselves.  Shame is one of those philosophically interesting “good
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 A very successful session yesterday on The Ethics of Farting with 4S at Stivichall School, recently (the school featured in the Sticky Questions video). I was back to do some demos for staff who have joined since my last visit, and refresh how you can plan philosophical questions into your existing curriculum. The topic was “Burps,
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