Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Read the scenario so you will be comfortable presenting it. Post blank newsprint. Description of Activity Introduce this activity using these or similar words: Each workshop in this series will...

Consider these questions as you review the workshop with your co-leader: Which parts of the workshop most engaged participants? Why? Were there parts that did not work as well? What could we have done differently? Where was it easy for you to work together? Where was it difficult?...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Sample Unitarian Universalist congregational or small-group covenants, and descriptions of how each came to be written Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity If you have a congregational covenant,...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship table or designated space Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED/battery-operated candle Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Preparation for Activity Arrange the worship table or designated space. Description of...

Materials for Activity Handout 1, Schedule for Ethics Workshops Newsprint, markers, and tape Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Pocket folder, pen/pencil, and paper for each participant Name tags, single-use or durable Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Customize Handout 1, Schedule for...

Recall an important moral or ethical decision you have made, and use the following focus questions to help you think about your decision-making process: What was the dilemma and what decision did you make? What framework or ethical precepts guided your decision making?...

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Program Overview and Expectations 10 Activity 2: Opening Scenario 20 Activity 3: What Guides Me? 25 Activity 4: Emerson's Locus of Moral Authority 30 Activity 5: Group Covenant 20 Faith in Action: Covenants in Congregational Life...

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein We are regularly faced with the need to choose a course of action in response to a given situation. We must weigh a variety of factors, including competing interests, expediency, and moral or ethical values. This...

This program comprises ten 90-minute workshops. Although ideally the workshops will be presented as a full series, each workshop can stand alone or be combined with others for a shorter series....

Leaders should be attentive to the different life experiences and knowledge participants bring to a group, particularly if the group spans a wide age range....

Study the material. This curriculum draws from different ethical schools to lead participants into discussion. Take time to review the overall curriculum, its content, and its methodology. Determine the calendar schedule for workshops....

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. — Albert Schweitzer Find a family member, a friend, or another trusted conversation partner and share your reflections on what you learned in this program and the evolution of your own moral decision...

It is possible for there to be a dance with life, a creative response to its intrinsic limits and challenges... — Sharon Welch Contemplate the visual response you made to workshop questions about what it means to be a moral person. Share your thoughts, questions, doubts, and challenges with a...

No matter how personal we wish to make ethics, it always has a collective dimension. Ignoring or minimizing this dimension is the root of all injustices. — Miguel De La Torre, 21st-century ethicist Reflect on and plan how you will achieve "The Next Thing I Will Do" identified in the workshop.

Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents a realization of the experiences of other people. — Jane Addams, from Democracy and Social Ethics, 1907 Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round...

In the holding environment of true community, people share experiences of meaning—they share storylines, which are more compelling than the barriers or boundaries that separate them. These common narratives prepare the way for reconciliation. — Rev. Jacqueline Lewis, The Power of Stories Think...

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. — The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations on December 10, 1948 Think about how you act in support of certain rights. As you do so, consider these questions: What role do items like...

The moral virtues are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit....

All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient. — John Stuart Mill, 19th-century British philosopher and civil servant Between workshops, pay attention to policy...

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. — Immanuel Kant Before the next workshop, pay attention to statements made by family, friends, acquaintances, or public figures that express a universal, unchanging moral truth(s), from their point of view....