The Good, the Bad and the Ethical (Years 9–11

CEP’s long-standing study, The Good, the Bad and the Ethical has proved so topical with Year 11s that it has been easy to engage our students and diversify into current events.

Noel Oakey Frederick Irwin Anglican School, WA

In Australia we do not lack the ability to solve poverty; we lack the will. And the richer we become as a society the more unwilling we are to sympathise with those at the bottom of the heap.

Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss—Affluenza

Why teach on ethics? A systematic study of the major ethical frameworks, this unit helps students become reflective and intentional in their ethical and moral decisions. Extremely practical, it examines numerous issues from the global to the personal.

How does The Good, the Bad and the Ethical fit within a broader RE program? The higher order thinking skills required to identify and analyse one’s motives and prejudices are a valuable tool in many senior subjects. Additionally, a sound ethical framework is crucial for young men and women as they negotiate their way through life.

Unit outcomes By the end of this unit, students will be able to: • explain different approaches to ethics, and critique them for strengths, weaknesses and limitations • assess ethical questions from the point of view of a range of ethical systems and processes • bring a biblical model to ethics to formulate a Christian response, even if such a response is not their own.

Duration 16 lessons offering at least two terms’ worth of work.

Teacher’s manual $54.95 Code 5560 Student handbook $9.75 Code 5561 Digital student handbook $8.45 Code E5561