Global Ethical Challenges in Context of Climate Change PDF

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This document presents a lesson plan on global ethical challenges, specifically in the context of climate change. The document includes learning objectives, pre-assessments, activities, and key terms related to sustainability, globalisation, and responsibility. It explores issues like water security, and encourages students to analyze and evaluate ethical issues.

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Learning Objectives TOPIC: Global ethical challenges To master the methods To understand and of searching for name the key ethical advanced information challenges that about them. (Use humanity is facing. reliable sources on the...

Learning Objectives TOPIC: Global ethical challenges To master the methods To understand and of searching for name the key ethical advanced information challenges that about them. (Use humanity is facing. reliable sources on the Internet or elsewhere) Pre-Assessment Q1. What is Ethics? Q2. What is the difference between morality and ethics? Q3. Explain the ethical inquiry in the context of international relations. Learning Outcomes/Success Criteria You have fully understood the key ethical challenges which are faced by humanity and have mastered the methods of searching for advanced information about them (use reliable sources on the Internet or elsewhere) Learning Objectives: to understand the concepts 1. Water security: The average per capita share in a country, annually, of renewable and fresh water resources available to meet the KEY need for water in agriculture, industry and household consumption. TERMS 2. Sustainability: Continuation; unlikely to run out. 3. Responsibility: Undertaking duties, participation, cooperation and helping others in the family, school and society. It also involves assuming responsibility for your errors, acknowledging your mistakes, apologising for them and trying to fix any damage they might have caused. 4.Globalisation: The ideal of building a unified world based on unified standards, liberated international political and economic relations, interpreted cultures, freely shared information, globalised mutual production, shared advanced technologies and globalised media. Learning Objectives: To be able to recognize and recall facts As a global population, we face pressing ethical challenges and problems: for example, climate change, public health, freedom of expression, religious freedom, reparations, global justice, the value of democracy, immigration, and terrorism. Learning Objectives: To be able to analyze the key global issues that is faced by humanity in modern times. The increasing global interconnectedness and interdependence has given rise to the discussion on global ethics. The focus GLOBAL of conceptualizing ethics in a global ETHICS context should center on “seeking reasonable and responsible agreement on global problems, agreement based on possibly diverse moral grounds.” Yet, one major challenge is to determine what the boundaries are and what should be included and excluded. It is not just about adopting universal values applicable to all, but acknowledging globally connected obligations and responsibilities. Learning Objectives: to apply the concept learnt Explore, Explain and Extend Watch the video and analyse the global issues which is faced by humanity. Learning Activity- 2 (Application based) Analyze the key ethical challenges that is faced by humanity in modern time. Learning Objectives: to evaluate the concepts and apply them to answer case studies Independent Learning Task (Notebook work) Refer to page 57 and answer the following questions. What is the ethical problem of water desalination? Explain this, guided by the definition of “moral dilemma” b. Search on the web for water filtration methods, then chose one and perform it (homework). Learning Objectives: Analyze and evaluate the key ethical challenges faced by humanity. Reflection PLEANRY Explain any one ethical issue faced by humanity in modern time and what steps are taken by the UN to curb the problem? Learning Objectives: To be able to recognize and recall facts Refer to page 55 1. Suggest actions that you and your classmates could do at home and at school to limit global warming. Home 2. Conduct research about the most Assignment notable convention that the international community has established to limit the factors causing climate change. Identify one or more obstacles, which match the reasons given in this text, to the signing of this convention. Reflection of Learning Reflect- Extend – connect Learning Objectives: To understand and name the key ethical challenges that humanity is facing in modern times.

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