One of the better fringe benefits of teaching my senior honors elective, "The History of Ideas," is that I get to spend ample chunks of time online seeking out cool resources under the pretense of "lesson prep."
I've found a number of good websites since the summer, many of which I hope to pass along on this blog.
While researching ethics, I came across two interactive morality quizzes. They proved to be good discussion starters if for no other reason than their many defects. Teaching high school, I never cease to be impressed by my students' seemingly innate ability to call "bullshit" when they see it. I guess we don't learn how to start shoveling it until college.
Got a few minutes? Try out Harvard's Moral Sense Test and Time Magazine's Morality Quiz. Post a comment with your scores/choices and your general impression of the experience. My own opinion is that these tests, like many others, are deeply flawed. They are rigid, ill-defined, and (worst of all) often arbitrary in the guise of being objective.
But don't listen to me. Make up your own mind. It's the will to power and it works out pretty well for Calvin:
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