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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you Robert – I should have provided that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Hind<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 September 2012 4:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Ethical decision making<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Robert Hind (Retired) OOF, GOM, COF<br>
ex Ashwood and Traralgon<br>
<a>robert@yinnar.com</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au)" title="itapps@edulists.com.au">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List (itapps@edulists.com.au)</a> ;
<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au)" title="sofdev@edulists.com.au">Year 12 Software Development Teachers' MailingList (sofdev@edulists.com.au)</a> ;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:41
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> [Year 12 SofDev] Ethical decision
making<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As we only too well know, students often have difficulty handling ethics-based questions, whether in exams or for school-based assessment. The other day I came across a segment within an article that focuses on types of thinking when making
ethical decisions, and I like it. These may be useful tools when students are unpacking a scenario and trying to determine the basis of an ethical outcome – they give students handles on which they can attack a situation and justify their decision.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Whitehead, D (2008) <i>International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education</i>, ‘Justifying the design and selection of literacy and thinking tools’, Vol 1, Issue 1, October 2008<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Whitehead believes that there are five types of ethical thinking that can be used when making ethical decisions. These are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>‘ends-based’ thinking, where the learner selects an action that they believe will result in the greatest good for the greatest number<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>‘fair and just’ thinking, where the learner considers whether an action treats everyone in the same way or whether it favours some people without justifiable cause<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>‘rule-based’ thinking, where the learner decides what to do based on a rule, e.g. legal, religious, cultural, personal<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>‘care-based’ thinking, where the learner decides what to do based on the idea that this is what they would want other people to do to them<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>‘common good’ thinking, where the learner believes that an action should be linked to the common good – for the benefit of society.<o:p></o:p></p>
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