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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Part One

Decision-making isn't easy
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How do you solve complex problems and make better decisions? Well, Dr. Kerry Bowman might be able to help. He’s a world-renowned ethicist and quite possibly the most interesting man in the world. Kerry took the time to join us in conversation to discuss the art of decision-making.

We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

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  • What do you think defines good ethics?
  • Do we do a good enough job of considering ethics when we make decisions? Why or why not?
  • When we talk about ethics, do we realize different regions and different people hold different ethical values? How should we weigh different ethical standards when making decisions?
  • What are the social, cultural, economic and biological ramifications of including ethics in our decision-making processes? What are the ramifications if we don't?
  • What role should ethics play in visual storytelling? Do we worry too much about ethical stories? Or are too many visual stories unethical?
  • How will you apply lessons learned in this story to this class and your life?

Part Two

The following activities will help you better understand the concepts you need to learn in this class. Your teacher will select which activities you need to complete below.

Decision Time

Decisions aren't easy! Try your hand at reaching a consensus agreement between different perspectives.

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Story Strategies

How to create a visual story that sparks emotion? We've got the tools to help you.

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Artist Decisions

Learn how artists develop and use different strategies to tell their stories to diverse audiences.

How?

Problem Solving

You've done your research and now it's time to decide on the problem you want to solve. *Recommended

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Part Three

HOW DOES THIS CLASS RELATE TO REAL-WORLD ISSUES?

Inquiry Media

Are we loving nature to death?

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

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Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

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Chapter Five

Here’s How

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Chapter Six

Your Turn

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Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

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Chapter Eight

Be Better

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Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

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Chapter Ten

Keep Going

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Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

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Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

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