Content the concept of a game social roles of umpires, judges, law-makers and citizens the concept of fairness in games, and the role of umpires and other arbitrators in games the concept of fairness in a broader social context the concept of rights various sources of rights the concept of leadership various forms of leadership 8–10 Key teaching points Wellbeing and conflict of interest Fair play and games Self-interest and community interest The concept of rights The difference between natural rights and legal rights Aristotle and Natural Law Theory Social Contract Theory Content concepts of pleasure, happiness and wellbeing as examples of conceptual clarification the idea of personal autonomy the idea of authenticity Assessment Task 7: Construction of an argument 11–13 Key teaching points The pursuit of happiness as a natural right Film study The Pursuit of Happyness – Different cultural concepts of happiness US Declaration of Independence – Case study Aristotle and Eudemonia – Virtue ethics Content the ideas of pleasure, happiness, fulfilment and wellbeing different ideas of what is a good life and how to achieve it concepts of pleasure, happiness and wellbeing as examples of conceptual clarification Key teaching points 14–15 The concepts of pleasure and fulfilment Pleasure and the brain Higher and lower pleasures Mill – The pleasure principle Bentham – Utilitarianism in practice Singer – 16 Assessment Task 8: Test
8–10 Content the concept of a game social roles of umpires, judges, law-makers and citizens the concept of fairness in games, and the role of umpires and other arbitrators in games the concept of fairness in a broader social context the concept of rights various sources of rights the concept of leadership various forms of leadership Key teaching points Wellbeing and conflict of interest Fair play and games Self-interest and community interest The concept of rights The difference between natural rights and legal rights Aristotle and Natural Law Theory Social Contract Theory 11–13 Content concepts of pleasure, happiness and wellbeing as examples of conceptual clarification the idea of personal autonomy the idea of authenticity Assessment Task 7: Construction of an argument Key teaching points The pursuit of happiness as a natural right Film study – The Pursuit of Happyness Different cultural concepts of happiness – US Declaration of Independence Case study – Aristotle and Eudemonia Virtue ethics 14–15 Content the ideas of pleasure, happiness, fulfilment and wellbeing different ideas of what is a good life and how to achieve it concepts of pleasure, happiness and wellbeing as examples of conceptual clarification Key teaching points The concepts of pleasure and fulfilment Pleasure and the brain Higher and lower pleasures – Mill The pleasure principle – Bentham Utilitarianism in practice – Singer 16 Assessment Task 8: Test
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