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Content description VCECU006

Ethical Capability / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding Concepts
Content description
Discuss the ways to identify ethical considerations in a range of problems
Elaborations
  1. considering questions such as ‘does this matter and why?’, ‘is this about something where the outcome can be judged good, bad, right or wrong?’ for usefulness in identifying an ethical problem
  2. identifying an ethical problem, such as whether to help a friend or stranger first and considering questions such as ‘Who is involved and how are they likely to be affected?’ and ‘Does this involve breaking a rule or other commitment?’
  3. using if…then reasoning to identify possible consequences as an ethical consideration in a situation, for example, if animals thought to be cuter were protected ahead of other animals then…
Code
VCECU006
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