School Day of Non-violence and Peace

 The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace", and also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.

 It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.It is observed on January 30th or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.

 Its basic message is: "Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism, Non-violence is better than violence, and Peace is better than war".
 The method of teaching this activity of education in values it can be freely applied in each centre of education according to its own teaching style.


Our School is going to do different activities:


- A Charity Run.  It will take place on Monday  at 12:00 p.m.  
- A Jumble Sale. 
- Exhibitions
-  And other interesting activities... We'll sing the following song....

Give peace a chance by John Lennon

What is a moral dilemma?

Two different definitions:
A moral dilemma is the  situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more moral alternatives, and especially when the alternatives are equally undesirable.

An ethical dilemma is a situation that will often involve a conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. This is also called an ethical paradox since in moral philosophy, paradox plays a central role in ethics debates. 


Now, watch this video and try to understand as much as you can!  
Do not panic! you can watch it several times...  After...write  your opinion on this dilemma, and a short summary of what you have understood.

A funnier version of the trolley dilemma:

Watch this!:  The trolley problem

What is this all about...?

Ethical and civic education is a subject in which we try to learn the accumulated philosophical knowledge on ethics...

Ethics, also known as moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice, etc.

and on civics...

Civics is the study of rights and duties of citizenship. In other words, it is the study of government with attention to the role of citizens ― as opposed to external factors ― in the operation and oversight of government.

Within a given political or ethical tradition,civics refers to educating the citizens. The history of civics dates back to the earliest theories of civics by Confucius in ancient China and Plato in ancient Greece. These traditions in general have led to modern distinctions between the West and the East, and two very different concepts of right and justice and ethics in public life. (wikipedia)

Ethical theories

Yes, I´m  Aristotle and, as you can see, I'm thinking... 
What am I thinking about?  
I'm thinking about you, and how to explain to you my Theory of Virtue.
You should visit this web and read ONLY the introduction, please.
 It might help you!


http://www.iep.utm.edu/aris-eth/


After, could you write the definitions of the following concepts: 
moral virtue, habit, mean and character on your notebook?
And, could you find out or try to search how did I die, where and why?
Thank you!