614+ ethical dilemmas.
9 philosophers.
Built for the classroom.
Age-appropriate moral reasoning scenarios from K-2 through 12th grade, with lesson plans, voting polls, and opinion-shift tracking.
Built for Educators
Everything you need to bring ethical reasoning into your classroom.
Lesson Plans
Standard, Quickfire (5-10 min), and Deep-dive (30-45 min) formats for every dilemma.
Interactive Voting
Students vote before and after discussion. Track how philosophical reflection shifts opinions.
Teacher Dashboard
Bookmark dilemmas, build collections, view class analytics, and export data as CSV.
Standards-Aligned
Mapped to educational standards across grade bands K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
Explore by Philosopher
Diverse voices spanning ancient wisdom to modern thought.
Aristotle
50 dilemmas
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath whose work profoundly influenced Western thought, covering logic, ethics, politics, biology, and metaphysics.
Confucius
50 dilemmas
Confucius (551-479 BCE) was an ancient Chinese philosopher, teacher, and political figure whose teachings, preserved in the Analects, founded Confucianism and profoundly shaped East Asian ethics, education, and social thought.
Epictetus
50 dilemmas
Influential Stoic philosopher of the Roman Imperial period, known for emphasizing the dichotomy of control and inner freedom as paths to eudaimonia.
Frederick Douglass
82 dilemmas
Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped slavery to become a leading voice for freedom and equality.
Immanuel Kant
0 dilemmas
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) was a German philosopher whose critical philosophy revolutionized ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, establishing the foundations of modern moral reasoning through the categorical imperative.
John Locke
50 dilemmas
English philosopher and political theorist, foundational to modern empiricism and liberalism, who argued for natural rights, government by consent, and religious toleration.
John Stuart Mill
0 dilemmas
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) was a British philosopher and political economist whose utilitarian ethics and passionate defense of individual liberty shaped modern democratic thought.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
50 dilemmas
Roman Emperor (161-180 CE) and Stoic philosopher, author of Meditations, a seminal work on Stoic ethics and personal reflection.
Mary Wollstonecraft
50 dilemmas
Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century English writer, philosopher, and advocate for women's rights, best known for 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'.
Perspective on Loss: Diego must choose to retrieve the ball or respect the neighbor's property.
Diego and Jae are in the school playground when Diego's soccer ball, a birthday gift from his grandfather, gets kicked over the fence into a neighbor'... Diego must choose to retrieve the ball or r...
How It Works
Three steps to deeper ethical thinking.
Pick a dilemma
Browse by philosopher, grade band, or topic. Each scenario takes under 60 seconds to read.
Vote & discuss
Students vote on the dilemma, read the philosopher's perspective, then discuss as a class.
Track the shift
Students vote again after discussion. See how philosophical reflection changes their thinking.
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