THE ETHICAL DILEMMA 12th JULY

Trainer: Betty Aggeletaki
THE ETHICAL DILEMMA is a moral situation in which a choice has to be made between two equally undesirable options. There is an inner confrontation. Ethical dilemmas have to do with values. Using them in class make students get involved in the topic, the situation and try to defent their point of view. They are moving!
Our beloved trainer Betty gave us another lesson of good teaching practices and unforgettable quotes: People may not believe what you say but they will always believe what you do".
She made us participate in some ethical dilemma situations which were very enriching.

Betty explained Aristotle's virtue ethics for whom virtue is an intermediate state between the opposed vices of excess and deficiency. Too much and too little are always wrong. We have to find a balance and this is the key of ethical dilemma.
And after discussing and thinking...We playd a game! It was a brain exercise: THE HUMAN KNOT. We made a circle, hold each hand with another person in the circle and tried to undo the knot, which was impossible.
Apart from teaching our subjects, we  MUST TEACH VALUES, RESPECT AND TOLERANCE!
IDEC was piloting a course about TOLERANCE with us for some time that comes from the need to integrate the immigrants that come to Greece from Africa and to live together in a multicultural society. We will never forget how Betty told us to explain  TOLERANCE to our students:

HUMANS ARE LIKE M&Ms

We have differnt colours outside

But we have the same chocolate inside

WE ARE ALL EQUAL