Misconceptions & Reasoning
📋 What it is
Many "obvious" ethics beliefs are shaky — that ethics is just opinion, or that the majority is always right; check the reasoning.
🗣️ Coach says
Some ethics "common sense" doesn’t hold. "It’s all just opinion" ignores that we give REASONS; "the majority is always right" has been wrong many times in history. Beat a myth by asking for the reasoning behind it.
🧠 Memory hook
"Just opinion" and "majority = right" are myths. Ask for the reasons.
😂 Giggle
Why did the moral compass need batteries?
It kept losing its direction in tough situations!
😲 Whoa!
Throughout history, the majority has sometimes supported unfair rules later seen as clearly wrong — majority ≠ moral.
✅ Quick check: Why is "whatever most people think is right" a shaky ethical rule?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
History shows majorities have supported unfair things; ethics needs reasons and fairness, not just a head-count.
Correcting the "majority = right" myth builds independent moral reasoning.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Find an ethics saying people repeat and ask what reasoning actually backs it.