Ethics, Justice & Civic Life

Objectives

• D09.S1.12.01 Reason through a complex, real-world moral dilemma with no clean answer, weighing multiple frameworks and consequences, and defend a nuanced position.
• D09.S1.12.02 Reflect on their own evolving values, how they formed, and how they will test them in the world, holding questions open rather than settling them as creed.
• D09.S2.12.01 Weigh a real, contested question of justice and rights, locally and globally, and defend a reasoned position that accounts for multiple perspectives.
• D09.S2.12.02 Reflect on their own responsibilities to fairness and justice in their communities and in the wider world, and how they will act.
• D09.S3.12.01 Practice the habits of an engaged citizen by researching an issue, building coalitions, listening across disagreement, and acting collectively toward a fairer common life.
• D09.S3.12.02 Reflect on their own role in public life and craft a considered vision of how they will participate to build a more just and sustainable world.
• D09.S4.12.01 Practice the habits of peacemaking by listening across deep disagreement, taking responsibility for harm, and repairing relationships and communities.
• D09.S4.12.02 Reflect on how they can contribute to peace and repair in a divided world, locally and globally, with both honesty and hope.

Essential questions

• How do I reason through a real moral dilemma with no clean answer, and how have my values formed and how will I test them in the world?
• How do I weigh contested questions of justice and rights, locally and globally, and what are my responsibilities to fairness and justice?
• How do I practice the habits of an engaged citizen and a peacemaker — researching, building coalitions, listening across disagreement, and repairing harm?

Big ideas

• Real moral dilemmas often have no clean answer; reasoning with multiple frameworks and defending a nuanced position is the work of a mature conscience, and values are tested, not settled, in the world.
• Contested questions of justice and rights are weighed locally and globally, and fairness and justice carry personal responsibilities — in my communities and the wider world.
• Engaged citizenship and peacemaking are habits: researching an issue, building coalitions, listening across deep disagreement, taking responsibility for harm, and repairing relationships and communities.

Lessons

1. 1 Reasoning Through a Real Moral Dilemma 55 minutes
2. 2 Weighing Frameworks and Defending a Nuanced Position 55 minutes
3. 3 How My Values Formed 55 minutes
4. 4 Testing My Values in the World 55 minutes
5. 5 Weighing a Contested Question of Justice and Rights 55 minutes
6. 6 Defending a Reasoned Position Across Perspectives 55 minutes
7. 7 My Responsibilities to Fairness and Justice 55 minutes
8. 8 How I Will Act 55 minutes
9. 9 Researching, Building Coalitions, Listening 55 minutes
10. 10 Acting Collectively for a Fairer Common Life 55 minutes
11. 11 My Role in Public Life 55 minutes
12. 12 A Vision for a More Just, Sustainable World 55 minutes
13. 13 Listening, Taking Responsibility, Repairing 55 minutes
14. 14 Contributing to Peace and Repair with Honesty and Hope 55 minutes

Assessment plan

A no-clean-answer dilemma defense weighing multiple frameworks; an evolving-values reflection; a contested-justice defense accounting for multiple perspectives; a fairness-and-justice responsibilities reflection; an engaged-citizen action with research and coalitions; a public-life participation vision; a peacemaking practice record; and a peace-and-repair contribution reflection, gathered as capstone portfolio artifacts.