Exploring Conflicting Viewpoints
Grade 8th Grade · ELA · 45 min
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can identify different perspectives on a single topic.
Warm-Up Video
CrashCourse · 9:01
Perspectives on Death: Crash Course Philosophy #17
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
- 1
Socrates believed that death was either a dreamless sleep which would be nice, or a passage to another life where he could philosophize with great thinkers.
- 2
Epicurus, an ancient Stoic philosopher, believed that death is the cessation of sensation and therefore cannot be good nor evil.
- 3
Thomas Nagel suggests that fearing death is like a philosophical FOMO, but asks why we don't feel a sense of loss for all the cool things we missed before we were born.
Practice Questions
8 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Name two different perspectives on death discussed in the video and briefly describe each.”
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