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Discovery

Outline of course

This page explores the question of 'what is a human being?', looking at some philosophical and religious responses. The slides below provide some details about each section:
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Return to RS (Ages 11-13)

What is philosophy?

Who Am I..?

This introductory section asks questions about 'what is a human being?' and how far our values define who we are.
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What Am I..?

This section considers whether we have a soul and introduces the philosophical issues of the mind-body problem and personal identity.
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What Is The Soul?  (from TrueTube)
Views of some students from Warminster School 

Which ideas do you agree or disagree with? Can you say why?

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Why Am I..?

This section raises the question 'why am I here?' and ideas about the meaning or purpose of life.
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from Holy Smoke :
'Why Are We Here?'

Which of these views do you agree or disagree with? Where possible, explain your reason(s) for agreeing or disagreeing. 

Survey

Where Am I..?

This section considers human beings in relation to their environment, including ideas about how life began and why certain places have special meaning to us.

Introduction

Creation stories

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Some Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning To Earth

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The design argument

Spiritual places

How Am I..?

This section looks at the extent to which human beings are defined by a desire to be happy and the role of morality in human existence.
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Sources
Creation stories from Worlds of Difference by Martin Palmer and Esther Bisset (1990, Blackie & Son Ltd.)
My Spiritual Place activity and template by Helen Aves
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