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| “Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.” |
| Seneca |
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| Big Idea |
| When students interact with others, they have lots of moral decisions to make. It’s hard for them to decide exactly how to treat other people, especially strangers, since many times they don’t have much information to go on and so they must rely on their intuitive judgements and best guesses. How they decide to act reflects deeply upon their characters. |
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| Step One: Claim |
| Roman stoic philosopher Seneca claims that we have a moral obligation to treat people with kindness. We should assume the best in people. |
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| Step Two: Counterclaim |
| Not all human beings deserve kindness and so the better attitude to have when you meet people is to treat them with polite suspicion until you know they are deserving of kindness. |
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| Step Three: Essential Question |
| Do all people deserve kindness? |
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