This element involves students reasoning when making decisions and acting ethically.
Students consider the consequences of and reflect on ethical action. They analyse the reasoning behind stances when making ethical decisions and evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of actions in an increasing range of scenarios. Students articulate understandings of a range of ethical responses in social contexts. In developing and acting with ethical understanding, students:
- reason and make ethical decisions
- consider consequences
- reflect on ethical action.
Level 4
Typically by the end of Year 6, students:
Reason and make ethical decisions
explore the reasons behind there being a variety of ethical positions on a social issue
Consider consequences
evaluate the consequences of actions in familiar and hypothetical scenarios
Reflect on ethical action
articulate a range of ethical responses to situations in various social contexts
Level 5
Typically by the end of Year 8, students:
Reason and make ethical decisions
analyse inconsistencies in personal reasoning and societal ethical decision making
Consider consequences
investigate scenarios that highlight ways that personal dispositions and actions can affect consequences
Reflect on ethical action
analyse perceptions of occurrences and possible ethical response in challenging scenarios
Level 6
Typically by the end of Year 10, students:
Reason and make ethical decisions
investigate reasons for clashes of beliefs in issues of personal, social and global importance
Consider consequences
analyse the objectivity or subjectivity behind decision making where there are many possible consequences
Reflect on ethical action
evaluate diverse perceptions and ethical bases of action in complex contexts