Truth

by Maymin, Zak

• ISBN13: 9781456431518
• ISBN10: 145643151X
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-04
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

Ages 4#xE2;#xAC;#x1C;14. Reading with a parent. Color Edition.This is the first book in the Ethics for Your Child series. The purpose of the series is to start a discussion of the most important topics for your child: what is good and what is bad? What is right and what is wrong? What is the Golden Rule and is it truly golden? What are laws? Are there bad laws? What are rights?Each book is written in the form of exercises. For each exercise, the child has to make a moral judgment on a conflict in a simple everyday situation and explain his or her position.This particular book deals with Truth. Why should you tell the truth? When is a joke not a joke but a lie? When is it okay to not tell the truth? What does it mean to be true to yourself?The series starts with Truth for two reasons. The concept of Truth establishes the method for studying the rest of the series and provides your child with the most powerful framework for achieving life#xE2;#xAC;"s goals.This book is for children, but they will benefit much more if you read the book with them. You and your child will enjoy discussing the general issues behind hypothetical examples and #xE2;#xAC;#x1C; who knows? - you may also learn something from this book. For example, do you know why it is important to tell the truth? Have you ever even asked yourself this question?Here#xE2;#xAC;"s another example: when is a lie just a joke? Is it when the person who tells the joke thinks it is a joke, or when the person to whom he tells the joke thinks it is a joke? Or must some objective third party be convinced that it is a joke? Or perhaps all of this is unimportant and something else entirely determines whether a particular statement is a joke or a lie.Discussing such questions will stimulate and develop the critical thinking of your child and will train your child#xE2;#xAC;"s character and behavior.The author is a Ph.D. in mathematics who uses his mathematical training to develop a logical first-principles approach to ethics and to present it through the Socratic method.