Moral Dilemma Lesson Plan For use in Religious Education

							 Moral
Dilemma
Lesson
  Plan
 For use in Religious
Education lessons with
  students aged 13+


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Moral Dilemma.. Who would
         you save?
             Q1. A building is on fire containing
                six of the following people:
             • A celebrity
             • A spiritual leader
             • A political leader
             • A pregnant woman
             • A pioneering scientist
             • A nuclear physicist

             You are only able to save one person
             from the building.
             Who would it be and why?
    Would you save..   Your Favourite Celebrity?



                             •    Give two reasons why
                                  you WOULD save your
                                  favourite celebrity over
                                  the other individuals in the
Example
                                  building?
FOR:
This celeb
                             •    Give two reasons why
may donate
                                  you WOULD NOT save
generously to
                                  your favourite celebrity
charity
                                  over the other individuals
                                  in the building?
Example
AGAINST:                     Other individuals in the building include:
                             •    Spiritual leader
Celebrities                  •    Political leader
have no life                 •    Pregnant woman
affirming skills             •    Pioneering scientist
                             •    Nuclear physicist
        Would you save..           A Spiritual Leader?



                                      •    Give two reasons why
                                           you WOULD save a
                                           spiritual leader over the
                                           other individuals in the
Example          Example                   building?
FOR: Will        AGAINST:
sadden many      Many people          •    Give two reasons why
peoples lives    follow                    you WOULD NOT save a
who follow       different                 spiritual leader over the
them.            faiths, saving            other individuals in the
                 one spiritual             building?
                 leader will not
                 benefit              Other individuals in the building include:
                 everybody            •    Your favourite celebrity
                                      •    Political leader
                                      •    Pregnant woman
                                      •    Pioneering scientist
                                      •    Nuclear physicist
          Would you save..                   A Political Leader?



                                                •    Give two reasons why
                                                     you WOULD save a
                                                     political leader over the
                                                     other individuals in the
   Example
 Example FOR:              Example                   building?
 FOR: Will                 AGAINST:
   Loss of a leader
 sadden many               Many people          •    Give two reasons why
   could spark
 peoples lives             follow                    you WOULD NOT save
   economic instability
 who follow                different                 your political leader over
 them.
Example AGAINST:           faiths, saving            the other individuals in the
                           one spiritual             building?
A political leader could   leader will not
be easily replaced by      benefit
somebody in their                               Other individuals in the building include:
                           everybody            •    Your favourite celebrity
party.
                                                •    Spiritual leader
                                                •    Pregnant woman
                                                •    Pioneering scientist
                                                •    Nuclear physicist
     Would you save..   A pregnant woman?



                           •    Give two reasons why
                                you WOULD save a
                                pregnant woman over
                                the other individuals in the
 Example FOR:                   building?
 You would be
 saving two lives          •    Give two reasons why
 over just one.                 you WOULD NOT save
                                your pregnant woman
                                over the other individuals
Example AGAINST:                in the building?

The baby may die in
                           Other individuals in the building include:
childbirth.                •    Your favourite celebrity
                           •    Spiritual leader
                           •    Political leader
                           •    Pioneering scientist
                           •    Nuclear physicist
     Would you save..        A Pioneering Scientist?



                                   •    Give two reasons why
                                        you WOULD save a
                                        pioneering scientist
                                        over the other individuals
Example                                 in the building?
FOR:            Example
                AGAINST:
May come                           •    Give two reasons why
up with the     May use                 you WOULD NOT save a
cure for        extensive               pioneering scientist
millions of     animal                  over the other individuals
life            testing to              in the building?
threatening     carry out
diseases        research           Other individuals in the building include:
                                   •    Your favourite celebrity
                                   •    Spiritual leader
                                   •    Political leader
                                   •    A pregnant woman
                                   •    Nuclear physicist
Would you save..               A Nuclear Physicist



                                   •    Give two reasons why
                                        you WOULD save a
                   Example              nuclear physicist over
                   AGAINST:             the other individuals in the
                    The same            building?
                    research
       Example      may be         •    Give two reasons why
       FOR:         used to             you WOULD NOT save a
       May create a create              nuclear physicist over
       method of    nuclear             the other individuals in the
       creating     warheads            building?
       green
       energy to                   Other individuals in the building include:
       improve our                 •    Your favourite celebrity
                                   •    Spiritual leader
       planet
                                   •    Political leader
                                   •    A pregnant woman
                                   •    Pioneering scientist
Would you save..   Rank in order



                    You have now saved one
                    individual and the remaining
                    characters make it in to one
                    room together. Your rescue
                    equipment only allows you to
                    save the remaining victims
                    one at a time.
                    Which order do you save
                    them in?

                    1………………………………
                    2………………………………
                    3……………………………….
                    4………………………………..
                    5.………………………………
                    6.………………………………
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