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Ages 9-12.

Meets on Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-1:30pm Pacific Time, for two weeks, Starting Tuesday June 23rd, 2020.

Led by Paradox Lab founder, Dr. Iris Oved.

This is a 4-session discussion class that may be extended upon request. Students will explore philosophical puzzles about morality. The facilitator will not share her own views, or the views of other philosophers; rather, the students will be given the space to generate and discuss their own hypotheses, reasons, and challenges. Topics will be real-life (or realistic) scenarios that stimulate questions such as: Is it ever morally OK to cheat on a test? Are kids morally obligated to do what their parents/guardians say? Do we owe more to friends in need than to strangers in need? Is it ever morally OK to break a promise? Is it morally OK to gather in groups during a pandemic in order to protest against systemic racism?

Refund Policy: Full refund up to 48 hours prior to first session. Pro-rated if request to cancel.

Each lesson will include the following 5 parts, commonly used in Philosophy for Children classes (see https://www.montclair.edu/iapc/what-is-philosophy-for-children/).

(1) Stimulus: We will start each session by considering a real or realistic scenario.

(2) Questions: Students will collect a list of questions, generated by the instructor and/or by the students themselves.

(3) Vote: Students will choose a question to discuss together.

(4) Inquiry: Students will take turns making contributions and labeling them (hypothesis, reason, challenge, assumption, observation, analogy, distinction, clarification, etc.), calling on one another, and filling out an Inquiry Diagram (shown in the image on this page) to map the discussion.

(5) Evaluate: Students will then reflect on the discussion, sharing whether they felt heard, felt that they listened, and thought it was productive, fair, open, and respectful.

[Class cover image of Equality vs Equity comes from Interaction Institute for Social Change | Artist: Angus Maguire.]