Difficult Ethical Choices
Understand that ethical decisions are not always black and white — that sometimes there is no perfect answer and reasonable people can disagree — and practise weighing up competing values when making difficult choices
Typical age: 9–11 years
“If your child's friend tells them a secret but the secret involves something dangerous, can your child think through the tension between loyalty to their friend and the need to keep someone safe?”
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Needs first
- Using evidence to answer questions
The SEL skill of navigating ethical grey areas benefits from scientific thinking: using evidence to identify differences, similarities, and changes before drawing conclusions
- Mixed and Conflicting Emotions
Ethical grey areas benefit from understanding mixed/conflicting emotions
- Community Rights and Responsibilities
Ethical grey areas benefit from understanding rights/responsibilities
- Stop, Think, Then ChooseREQUIRED
Ethical grey areas builds on basic decision-making process