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Moral taste buds

In this lesson students explore the causes and functions of, as well as ways to flexibly relate to our moral intuitions by engaging the analogy to our taste buds.

Teaching material type Analogy mapping, Full lesson plan, Tinbergen's questions

Subject Areas Biology, Ethics, Social Studies, Social-Emotional Learning

Learning Goals Evaluation Competency, Evolutionary Thinking, Intercultural Competence, Self-Regulation Competency

Suitable Grade Levels 9-12

Concepts Development of behavior, Function of behavior, Identity, Mismatch, Moral cognition, Phylogeny, Psychological flexibility

Content Anchors Ancient Ancestors, Our Mind

Author: Susan Hanisch

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