Key teaching points Human action, the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain Identifying pleasure, pain and appropriate action e.g. how do we know if a pleasure/pain is good or bad and how do we act accordingly? Desire, need, reason and the idea of intentional action e.g. something you will willingly Desire, need and the concept of good The concept of rights and the concept of e.g. individuals pursue natural rights and persons ‘person’ have social/civil/legal rights Person, reason and action virtues, consequences and duties e.g. concept of practical – Aristotle’s wisdom Unit content the nature of laws the basis for rights the concept of fairness and its relation to rights the concepts of legal and moral rights moral and legal duties to others the distinction between laws and rules Assessment Task 3: Construction of argument 10–11 Key teaching points Moral reasoning and moral action Natural rights versus social/civil rights The idea of fairness as a natural right that humans pursue The concept of fairness at the heart of social/civil rights The decision making process in human social relations e.g. mediation, arbitration, negotiation The distinction between a moral duty and a legal duty Practising the community of inquiry: Rights, obligations and happiness by the WA Government Leavers and the Law – Rights and obligations between persons in school as a microcosm of civil society Unit content the concepts of work, leisure and play the value of work to individuals, families and more broadly, what counts as good work relationship between work and community life various kinds of paid and unpaid work voluntary community work 12–15 Key teaching points [see Bk. I, Chapters 1—4 and Chapter 13 (Households Aristotle’s Politics make states; household management; property; virtues).] [see Bk. X, Chapter 7, 1177a11–1177a18 to Bk. X, Chapter 8, Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle’s 1178b33–1179a33 (Relationship between work, leisure and human happiness).] 16 Assessment Task 4: Test Semester 2 – Unit 2 – Reason and happiness Week Key teaching points Content 1–2 types of inquiry: elenchus
Key teaching points Human action, the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain Identifying pleasure, pain and appropriate action e.g. how do we know if a pleasure/pain is good or bad and how do we act accordingly? Desire, need, reason and the idea of intentional action e.g. something you will willingly Desire, need and the concept of good The concept of rights and the concept of ‘person’ e.g. individuals pursue natural rights and persons have social/civil/legal rights Person, reason and action – virtues, consequences and duties e.g. Aristotle’s concept of practical wisdom 10–11 Unit content the nature of laws the basis for rights the concept of fairness and its relation to rights the concepts of legal and moral rights moral and legal duties to others the distinction between laws and rules Assessment Task 3: Construction of argument Key teaching points Moral reasoning and moral action Natural rights versus social/civil rights The idea of fairness as a natural right that humans pursue The concept of fairness at the heart of social/civil rights The decision making process in human social relations e.g. mediation, arbitration, negotiation The distinction between a moral duty and a legal duty Practising the community of inquiry: Rights, obligations and happiness – Leavers and the Law by the WA Government Rights and obligations between persons in school as a microcosm of civil society 12–15 Unit content the concepts of work, leisure and play the value of work to individuals, families and more broadly, what counts as good work relationship between work and community life various kinds of paid and unpaid work voluntary community work Key teaching points Aristotle’s Politics [see Bk. I, Chapters 1—4 and Chapter 13 (Households make states; household management; property; virtues).] Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics [see Bk. X, Chapter 7, 1177a11–1177a18 to Bk. X, Chapter 8, 1178b33–1179a33 (Relationship between work, leisure and human happiness).] 16 Assessment Task 4: Test Semester 2 – Unit 2 – Reason and happiness Week Key teaching points 1–2 Content types of inquiry: elenchus
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