Ariel Sykes is the Director of Mindbridge Education. She is a member of PLATO's Board of Directors and has worked in the philosophy for children community for 17 years and specializes in dialogic teaching strategies, argumentation, and ethics instruction.
This roundtable is part of a PLATO series introducing educators to philosophy and will include a short reading.
The roundtable will examine Hobbes' view that humans are naturally self-interested and that without social contracts humans would be incapable of cooperating and flourishing. The discussion will engage topics that lend themselves well to high school History, Politics / U.S Government, English, and Psychology. We welcome educators with experience teaching Hobbes to join us and share their insights.
Reading: Leviathan Chapter 13