Justice Project Official Launch, y'all!

Starter: Review “Born Good? Babies Unlock the Origins of Morality” 
What do you remember learning about in the video we watched at the end of class yesterday about Yale's Baby Lab.

Discuss: What does the research in that 60 minutes video suggest about the formation of morality in humans? Specifically, these values: 

• Altruism (the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.)
• Selfishness
• Justice
• Bigotry (intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.)
• Kindness

WATCH: Short Youtube Video on Monkeys and Fairness (2 minutes)

• What are your reactions to this video? What are you taking away from this?

 Heinz dilemma (press pause after one minute)

1. Which of the three options do you think Heinz is morally obligated to choose? (See the video above). Why?
2. Would it change anything if Heinz did not love his wife?
3. What if the person dying was a stranger, would it make any difference?
4. Should the police arrest the chemist for murder if the woman died?

We’re not actually going to share out our responses. However, you should definitely think about your choice and how it may or may not relate to what we learn about later in class regarding Kohlber’s Theory of Moral Development. 

Short Lecture: Intro to Moral Psychology (10 minutes)

Read about Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development 

Small Groups- (6 in total): Discuss Kohlberg

1. CLARIFY: What confusions or questions do you have about the reading? If you can't answer them as a group, write them on the board for Ashley
2. ANSWER:  What, according to Kohlberg, is the essential feature of moral reasoning? I.E. The most important VALUE? 
3. SUMMARIZE: What was Kohlberg trying to accomplish with his theory?
4. DEFINE: Put each of the three LEVELS (pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional) into your own words
5. SUMMARIZE: Where do various responses to the Heinz Dilemma fall on the 6 stages? 
6. DISCUSS: What are the  criticisms of Kohlberg's theory? 

Apply Your Knowledge: If someone came up to you with answers to this year’s SAT or ACT exam, would you take a peek?

• Each group represents one of the 6 stages of Kohlberg’s Moral Development.  
• Your group needs to work together to come up with the appropriate response and justification based on that stage to the moral dilemma. 
• When your group is done, fill out THIS DOCUMENT with your answer!

IF TIME.....(doubtful!) We'll do the rest of what we have up here!  Otherwise, this will be for tomorrow. 

Revisit “What is Justice?” Freewrite
What did you write about in Tuesday's starter? Share it out!

John Greene crash course in justice (10 minute video)
Which definition of justice resonates most with you?

• Is it about fairness
• Equality
• getting what we deserve
• getting what we need?
• Is justice about harmony?
• Is justice about maximizing quality of life for all citizens?
• Or allowing citizens to be maximally free?

Take notes on:

• Distributive justice
• Justice as Equality
• Need-based Justice
• Merit-based Justice
• Justice as Fairness
• Robert Nozick
• Negative Rights
• Positive Rights
• Retributive Justice
• Welfare Maximization
• Restorative Justice

Independent time to capture notes on John Greene’s video  (10 minutes)

Debrief/Share out (20 minutes)

• Get in groups of 4-5 near you
• Pick a reporter
• Share out which definition of justice resonated with you
• Share out the definitions you were able to capture
• What questions do you have? Write them down!

Report out!
Reporter, report out on your group’s discussion  and go over questions as a class

Justice Project Overview
Let's read about this project!