Educational Resources
This selection of resources are designed to support educators, students, and anyone interested in exploring ethical concepts and discussions. These tools offer a range of materials from conversation guides to case studies, helping to bring practical ethics into classrooms and everyday life.
Ethical Case Studies & Teaching Resources
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A collection of accessible videos and materials exploring key ethical concepts and cases.
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Justice in Schools creates and distributes resources to help educators and policy makers develop their capacity to understand and and challenge dilemmas of educational ethics. Their ethical case studies are organized by topic and age group.
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PLATO’s mission is to nurture young people’s curiosity, critical thinking, and desire to explore big questions, through philosophy and ethics programs for students, educators, and families. Resources dedicated to the promotion of philosophy education.
Conversation & Deliberation Tools
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An abundance of conversation starters and activities designed to promote respectful dialogue.
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A course created by philosophers to foster more productive disagreement about controversial topics.
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The Parr Center for Ethics and TED-Ed have teamed up to create an ethical dilemma video series. These videos invite learners of all ages to explore complex moral questions while fostering intellectual humility, curiosity, and moral sensitivity. Each video includes teaching resources to support classroom discussions.
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In this thought-provoking animated lesson from TED-Ed, Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud explore the ethical trade-offs between safety and privacy. Faced with rising traffic violations and deadly hovercar accidents, a government proposes assigning "driver credit scores"—but at the cost of constant surveillance. Would safer roads justify the loss of personal privacy? This lesson challenges learners to weigh the benefits and consequences of security measures in a rapidly evolving world.
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Resources For Younger Audiences
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Short philosophical reviews of children’s stories designed to spark critical thinking.
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Children’s stories that incorporate philosophical lessons, accompanied by reader’s resources.
Ethics Bowl Prep
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Complex ethical situations, taken from the real world, presented with nuance and citations. This library of cases from the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics stretches all the way back to 2001.
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From the National High School Ethics Bowl, this library of more than 300 case studies render some of the most complex and controversial moral and political issues of our time.
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A set of cases specifically designed for middle school students.
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The Senior Military College (SMC) Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl is a one-day competition bringing together all six U.S. Senior Military Colleges to debate and discuss ethical issues facing the military. In partnership with the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), this event challenges participants to engage with real-world dilemmas, sharpening their moral reasoning and ethical decision-making skills. Explore these case studies to delve into the complex ethical questions shaping military leadership and policy.
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Our Videos
View videos from the Center for Practical Ethics various programs and events. To see all videos, visit our YouTube Channel.