Eudaemonia, Living A Good Life & The Nature of Human Flourishing [P4C Philosophy Lesson]

This ‘Fun Philosophy Lesson’ is focused what it means to live a good life. It’s ideal for students aged 8-16 and will help them to think deeply about what they want (and should want) to get out of their lives!

This interactive multi-use learning session is useful as a part of your schools SMSC (Social, Moral, Spiritual & Cultural) education provision and is of particular interest to teachers of PSHE, Philosophy, Ethics, & Citizenship it focuses on a wide range of topics such as:

• What it means to live a ‘good life’
• The nature of success
• The role of ethics and morality in leading a fulfilled life
• Living without regrets
   
  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 relation to law, crime, policing, justice, and the criminal justice system!

The big question asked in this session is “What does living your best possible life look like?”. Using a variety of engaging activities students will discuss and debate a wide range of other philosophical and ethical questions such as:

• How would you describe ‘a good life’?

• Is being rich and financially successful the same as living a good life?

• To what extent does our happiness depend on our circumstances?

• Why are some people happy whilst other people are not?

• Is it possible for a hermit who lives alone in the mountains to be truly happy and to life a good life?
   
  Students will also analyse and evaluate an eclectic mix of philosophical and ethical claims such as:

• “The secret to living a good life is owning the most stuff”

• “Most people are happy”

• “Ultimately, it is the quality of our relationships with others that leads to a good life”

• “Good mental and emotional health depends on good physical health”

• “It’s okay to be selfish sometimes”

• “Our relationship to technology can be an obstacle to a good life”
   
  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. With a massive selection of activities designed to trigger philosophical discussions, debates and reflections: you can re-use the resource numerous times with the same group. For teachers wishing to run ‘P4C’ (Philosophy for Children) sessions these resources are ideal!

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!