
This ‘Fun Philosophy Lesson’ is focused on philosophical and ethical issues that relate to music: its production, appreciation, value, evaluation and role in human life. This philosophy teaching resource is designed for students aged 8-16.
This download uses our innovative new format for philosophy education, you can download a FREE SAMPLE by clicking here. It is one of over fifty new philosophy & ethics teaching resources that uses this format. The resource cannot be edited.
This interactive multi-use learning session is of particular interest to Music Teachers; it focuses on a wide range of topics such as:
- The value of music
- Objectivity vs subjectivity in music appreciation
- Different ways of evaluating music
- The role of music in human life and
- How musicians contribute to society
- Ethical issues relating to music production
We’ve aimed to cover as many issues as possible when it comes to finding engaging philosophical and ethical issues for young learners to debate and discuss in the music classroom!
The big question asked in this session is “Is some music objectively better than other music or is it just a matter of opinion?”. Using a variety of engaging activities students will discuss and debate a wide range of other philosophical and ethical questions such as:
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What is the difference between music and noise?
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Why do we sometimes enjoy listening to music that evokes unpleasant emotions such as sadness or anger?
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Why do people have different tastes in music?
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Can music be objectively evaluated, or is it entirely subjective?
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What role, if any, should AI have in the production of music? and
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What would happen to people and to society if music was outlawed?
Students will also analyse and evaluate an eclectic mix of philosophical and ethical claims such as: -
“It is morally wrong to download copyrighted music illegally”
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“Our tastes in music are simply the product of our environment”
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“Live music is the ultimate way of experiencing music”
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“A truly talented artist should never use autotune”
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“You can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to” and
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“All genres of music are equally valuable”
This session uses our unique format for philosophy teaching resources and features an integrated menu that allows teachers to select from a variety of starter, main, plenary, assessment and end-of-lesson reflection activities.
The file is a non-editable PowerPoint Show: no planning or preparation is required, just run the file and the intuitive menu system will make delivering a powerful philosophy session very easy!
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