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1. Comment on the statement: ‘Morality not necessarily religious in nature.’ Give your reasons and specific examples.
2. Should moral values be taught at school and how?
3. Do the suggested questionnaire.
QUESTIONNAIRE: moral values Student A
Read through the sentences below, then put a circle around the number which most closely coincides with your opinion. The lower the number you choose, the less wrong you think it is, while the higher the number you choose, the more wrong you think it is.
| Least wrong Most wrong | |
| Killing someone in self-defence. | |
| Driving a car over the speed-limit. | |
| Not declaring all your income when filling in a tax return. | 123456789 10 |
| Refusing to fight when your country is at war. | 123456789 10 |
| Keeping Hr10 change given by a shop assistant by mistake. | 1 2 345678910 |
| Not voting in a national election. | 123456789 10 |
| Throwing litter in the street. | 123456789 10 |
| Forging a cheque. | 123456789 10 |
| Parking in a no parking street. | 123456789 10 |
| Hitting a naughty child. | 123 456789 10 |
| Driving after having drunk alcohol. | 123456789 10 |
| Euthanasia (helping someone suffering from an incurable disease or illness to die.) | 12345678 9 10 |
| Not keeping promises. | 123456789 10 |
| Using DNA techniques to produce healthy, intelligent babies. | 1234 56789 10 |
| Marrying someone of a different religion. | 123456789 10 |
| Lying about your qualifications in a job interview. | 123456789 10 |
| Stealing a bar of chocolate from a large department store. | 123456789 10 |
| Copying someone's answers in a test or exam. | 123456789 10 |
When you have finished, compare your answers with Student B. Try to discuss each point — giving reasons why you think it is wrong or not. Finally, working together, think up at least five other sentences to add to the above questionnaire. Write them down on a separate piece of paper and give them to another group to try out!
QUESTIONNAIRE: moral values Student B
Read through the sentences below, then put a circle around the number which most closely coincides with your opinion. The lower the number you choose, the less wrong you think it is, while the higher the number you choose, the more wrong you think it is.
| Least wrong Most wrong | |
| Killing someone in self-defence. | 123456789 10 |
| Driving a car over the speed-limit. | 123456789 10 |
| Not declaring all your income when filling in a tax return. | 123456789 10 |
| Refusing to fight when your country is at war. | 123456789 10 |
| Keeping £10 change given by a shop assistant by mistake. | 1-2 3456789 10 |
| Not voting in a national election. | 123456789 10 |
| Throwing litter in the street. | 123456789 10 |
| Forging a cheque. | 123456789 10 |
| Parking in a no parking street. | 123456789 10 |
| Hitting a naughty child. | 123 4 5 6 78910 |
| Driving after having drunk alcohol. | 123456789 10 |
| Euthanasia (helping someone suffering from an incurable disease or illness to die.) | 123456789 10 |
| Not keeping promises. | 123456789 10 |
| Using DNA techniques to produce healthy, intelligent babies. | 1234 56789 10 |
| Marrying someone of a different religion. | 123456789 10 |
| Lying about your qualifications in a job interview. | 123456789 10 |
| Stealing a bar of chocolate from a large department store. | 123456789 10 |
| Copying someone's answers in a test or exam. | 123456789 10 |
When you have finished, compare your answers with Student A. Try to discuss each point — giving reasons why you think it is wrong or not. Finally, working together, think up at least five other sentences to add to the above questionnaire. Write them down on a separate piece of paper and give them to another group to try out!
Do you think that such questions can be suggested for the discussion of moral values at school? Make up your own questionnaire with at least 10 situations to interview high school students.
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