1st Edition
Navigating the Moral Maze: A Teaching Guide to the Problems of Life, Death, Freedom and Justice
1. Reproduction 2. Euthanasia 3. Animals 4. Environment 5. War 6. Terrorism 7. Poverty 8. Wealth 9. Borders 10. Punishment 11. The State 12. Autonomy and Bodily Integrity
Biography
David Birch teaches philosophy and religion at Highgate School, UK. He also works for the Philosophy Foundation, an award-winning charity that brings philosophy to schools and the wider community.
‘In this clear and lively guide David Birch equips both teachers and pupils with the tools needed to tackle some of our most urgent moral problems. The well-chosen questions and activities will stimulate discussion, reflection and genuine understanding – Socrates would approve!'
Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, University of Sheffield
‘Imaginatively presented and well-written, David Birch’s latest book gives teachers and their pupils useful tools and activities on profoundly challenging topics. I highly recommend this teaching guide as an instrument for helping young people develop their thinking on the issues that affect us all.’
Emma Swinn MBE, Co-director of the UK’s National Charity for Philosophical Enquiry
‘Navigating the Moral Maze contains a multitude of engaging questions, extracts and scenarios that can get even the most disengaged class going. It offers teachers numerous scaffolding tools and activities that they can lift straight off the page to help their pupils think more clearly about the trickiest topics.’
Philip Gaydon, Head of Character Education, St Paul’s School
