Ethos Education

Category Archives: Making Moral Decisions


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Conclave: Is the best leader always the one who wants to lead?

Learning Objectives:            

  • Students will: consider the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope through the process of the conclave.
  • Examine a biblical view of leadership and guidance.
  • Reflect on how prayer and discernment sit alongside personal ambition.

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The Fabelmans: How Jesus used parables to teach and disciple

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding of how stories are used to teach as well as entertain
  • Comprehension of the Bible as a source of stories that teach about the kingdom of God
  • Awareness of Jesus’ use of parables
  • Consideration of how Jesus’ parables impact modern ethical thought

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Top Gun Maverick: Who decides whether technological advance is morally right?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding the role of warfare in technological advance.
  • Awareness of moral and ethical considerations in technological development.
  • Understand a Christian approach to questions of ethics and morality in conflict.

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Black Widow: How the Christian faith responds to modern slavery and human trafficking

Learning Objectives:            

  • Students will examine a Christian perspective on human trafficking and exploitation.
  • Understand the Bible’s teaching on the protection of vulnerable people and the role of Christians in campaigning and working with survivors of trafficking and exploitation.

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Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw: Who decides what’s right and wrong?

Learning Objectives:

  • Students will reflect on their values and where they come from.
  • Explore Nietzsche’s ideas about morality and the Superman.
  • Consider what it means for Christians to live according to the values taught by Jesus.
  • Give a personal response to the moral philosophies of Nietzsche and Jesus.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past: What makes a particular decision morally right or morally wrong?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand different concepts of right and wrong.
  • Understand the Christian worldview, as it relates to making moral decisions.

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Star Trek: Into Darkness: How do people decide what to do?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand different concepts of right and wrong.
  • Understand the Christian worldview, as it relates to making moral decisions.

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