​Welcome to SEE's Reasoning with Ethics page.  The following case  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 student character formation.  

​A free subscription with a weekly email that includes a current events case and guided questions to support ethical discussions is available.

​SEE encourages the strategy described here to be applied beyond current events cases and to included analysis of relevant cases in history, literature and life.

Current Case
​Teacher Resources
Archived Cases
Reasoning with Ethics Quotes​ (temp closed)
​Regional Ethics Bowl
Cases can be used as
• Class discussion starters
• Reading lessons
• Essay prompts 
• Social studies, health or      ethics class analysis
Reflecting on Heroic Character
October 21, 2019
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​​​CBS News reports on the successful outcome of a coach/security guard, Keanon Lowe at Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon who disarmed a troubled student who came to school with a loaded shotgun. The student was heard to have made suicidal statements and Mr. Lowe was sent to find him. The school’s security footage reveals when the student came into a classroom and a coach/security guard intervened to take the shotgun away.  With the shotgun removed from the situation, Mr. Lowe then embraced the student to calm him down. This is another example of the heroic character that is often demonstrated by adults and 
Follow the following link for more background-
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/coach-who-disarmed-embraced-student-i-just-wanted-to-let-him-know-that-i-was-there-for-him/
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For more ideas to develop personal character visit: http://bit.ly/IntegrityWorks
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students during actual or potential school shooting incidents.

SEE asks students to consider how is heroic character is formed in a person’s life? In ancient Greece, heroic character was an ethical obligation of citizens. Today, we marvel when it is demonstrated and ask why some folks run into danger and some run away.
And whether it is the direct threat of a weapon, or the threat of social stigma by resisting peer pressure, are there strategies that students can practice to strengthen ethical courage? One strategy SEE suggests is to visualize one’s choices in response to challenges. What strategies might students suggest to develop the capacity for ethical courage? Finally, is courage in the face of risk an ethical responsibility?
Thoughts on the case? We want to hear them!

​​​Ethics in action creates character