2019 Class

If you missed class or want to review:

• Begin by reading the update post above.
• Contact me for your class handout and homework assignment, and access to the recording.
• Use the following resources from the P&C website to flesh it out:
  • Do Human Beings Have Intrinsic Dignity? (PCS311)
  • Definitions of ...

Our next class meeting is Sunday, February 16.
(No class this Sunday.)

Last time:
We read aloud Act 2 of the play Robert & Emma, with students taking various roles, and then discussed it. (Summary: After a science class discussion about the personhood of the unborn, Robert learns ...

If you missed the class and want to catch up, please read the notes in the update above and then contact me. We do have print copies of the script that you may borrow and bring back to the following class meeting, and I have a recording of the discussion ...

If you missed class or want to review:

• Begin by reading the summary in the update post, above.
• Then check out these helpful "Quicklinks" at the Principles and Choices website:
  • Definitions for terms relating to social issues: PCS247.
  • Quotes to ponder: PCS1491 and 1492
• Read about the Dred Scott ...

Our next class will be Sunday, January 19.
(No class this Sunday.)

Last time:

We began with students sharing which were their favorite Truth Quotes and why. We then did a quick review of last time's discussion on Truth, and filling in the "Truth Notes" handout for those who missed ...

If you missed class or want to review:

• Begin by reading the summary in the class update, above.
• Then use these resources from the Principles and Choices website:
  • The four steps to a real definition: Quicklink PCS231
  • Definitions related to "Principles of Reason"
  • Definitions related to "Defining the Human ...

Our next class will be Sunday, January 5.
(No class the next two weeks. Enjoy your Christmas break!)

Last time:
We began with a brief discussion of the question the students were asked to consider for last time's homework.

We then continued to the main topic, Truth -- what it ...

If you missed class or want to review:

• Please print the class handouts that I emailed.
• Read the article: "Truth and Ice Cream" by Trent Horn
• The definitions of key terms at PCS116, Book2, Chapter 1: Truth will help you fill in the Truth Notes handout.
• Respond to the pro-euthanasia ...

Our next class will be Sunday, December 15.
(No class this Sunday, the 8th.)

Last time:
"Triple Entry Journal - Abortion" handout: We worked together to apply the 6 Principles of Happiness to come up with good pro-life responses to common arguments in support of abortion. These responses are only ...

If you missed the class or want to review, please read the summary above, then return here for the Morrie Schwartz video and other resources. Please contact me for the class handouts you missed.

A lower-quality version of the Morrie Schwartz interview clip we watched in class. :-)