Philosophy for Young Children : A Practical Guide (Paperback)

Introduction  1. Political Philosophy: Fairness and Rules  * The Teddy Bears’ Picnic ? Fairness: Equality versus Need  * Gavin Builds a Sandpit ? Fairness and Refusing to Help  * The Animal Snack ? Sharing Fairly and Prudence  * School Rules ? Obeying the Rules  2. Environmental Philosophy: Green Land, Waste and Recycling  * Greenhill Village ? Use of Green Land  * Emerald the Elephant ? Wasting Water  * Benny the Bin ? Recycling  3. Social Philosophy: Friends and Relationships * Teddy’s Friends ? Characteristics of a Good Friend  * William and Arthur ? Friendship and Sharing * Emma and Sally ? Cooperation  * Maisie the Sheep ? Being Different from Others  * Big Teddy’s New School ? Inclusion  4. Ethics: Virtues and Vices  * Sam’s Kind Day ? Kindness  * Kirsty ? Telling the Truth  * The Magic Words ? Saying Thank You  * Teddy Scrooge ? Giving Presents  * The Selfish Hippo ? Selfishness  * Charlotte the Lazy Caterpillar ? Laziness  * Pancake the Greedy Rabbit ? Greed  5. Aesthetics: Beauty, Pictures and Stories  * Beautiful Things ? Beauty  * Cats ? Photographs and Drawings  * A Walk on the Beach ? Fantasy and Realistic Stories  * The Cave Monster ? Enjoying Scary Stories  6. Philosophy of Mind: Emotions, Beliefs and Persons  * Patch and his Friends ? Anger  * Rabbit and Mouse ? Fear  * Happy Suzy ? Happiness  * Sad Teddy ? Sadness  * Andy’s Accident ? Pain  * Giants ? Pretending and Believing  * Isaac the Robot ? Persons  * 7. Epistemology: Dreams and Illusions  * Milly’s Bad Dream ? Things in Dreams Do Not Really Happen  * Dreaming of School ? Are You Dreaming Now?  * A Stick in the Water ? Visual Illusions * 8. Metaphysics: What is Real?   * Angus the Cat ? Do the Animals in a Story Really Exist?  * Numbers ? Are Numbers Real?  * Theseus’s Ship ? When are Things the Same?  Further Reading