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Big Question

Teaches sustained philosophical thinking — slows discussion down to the point where it becomes real.

Instructions

Pose a genuinely unanswerable question (e.g. "Is it ever right to break the law?" or "What do we owe each other?"). Students sit in silence for 2 minutes thinking. Then open discussion — but the rule is: you can only speak if you are building on or genuinely questioning what the previous person said. No new threads until the current one is exhausted.