​Welcome to SEE's Reasoning with Ethics page.  The following case (scroll down) and linked pages (right margin)  are provided to help support class discussions or essay assignments with a focus on ethical reasoning, which is a supporting factor for ethical functioning and character formation.  

​SEE will respond to your free subscription with a weekly email that includes a current events case and guided questions to support ethical discussions during the school year. SEE encourages the strategy describe here to be applied beyond current events to included analysis of relevant cases in history, literature and life.
This ethics blog is designed to encourage student application of ethical core values in a larger process of ethical functioning.
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Ethical functioning is defined here to include:​​
  1. recognize when an ethical issue exists through analysis with a lens of core ethical values,
  2. apply core values to determine what an ethical person would do while specifically resisting rationalizations,
  3. cultivate a commitment to ethical action and recognize the skills (moral and performance) required to support ethical action. 
​The Teacher Resources link offers professional development files to use the weekly cases to strengthen student ethical functioning.  Additional consulting services are also available to support the use of these cases.
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Cases can be used as

• Class discussion starters
• Reading lessons
• Essay prompts 
• Social studies, health or      ethics class analysis

Current Case

Ethics in War Zones
October 15, 2018

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been announced and the two winners who will share the prize are Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege. Ms. Murad is an ethnic Yazidi who was captured by ISIS and subsequently escaped to fight against the brutal, sexual exploitation of women in war zones.  Dr. Mukwege, is a medical doctor who has sought to resist rape as a strategy of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  He has been brutalized too but has continued to remain in the Congo and recognized to have treated tens of thousands of rape victims.
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 ​Courage is clearly a value demonstrated by both Murad and Mukwege as they risk their own lives in their 

​advocacy for women in war zones.  What other core values do they demonstrate in this real-world face of evil? The CBS video (11:30 min) provides additional background information to offer evidence of values that may motivate Dr. Mukwege in his fight for women and peace.

An additional question is suggested regarding the ethical responsibility of the international community. Short of military intervention, are there  actions that individuals/agencies in other nations can do to mitigate these type of circumstances?
Thoughts on the case? We want to hear them!

​​​Ethics in action creates character