Unpacking the ToK title- Graphic organizer
This graphic organizer is designed to help you unpack the following TOK title and better address the TOK essay.
OLD TITLE EXAMPLE “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility.” Evaluate this claim
Action
Term/Command term
Evaluate
Identify Key Words and
Phrases
Possession of knowledge
Ethical responsibility
Assumptions in the
Title
Simply knowing
something makes us
responsible for it
Concepts from AOKS linked
to this title
Different Ethical
Positions may have
different views on
“Responsibility”
WOK or AOK based
AOK based because
it is about Ethics as an area of
knowledge
Rephrase the Title to Check Your
Understanding
If we have knowledge of something
do we have the responsibility ?
The quote assumes that possession of
knowledge carries an ethical
responsibility i.e. that simply knowing
something makes you ethically
responsible. Ethical responsibility
refers to the idea that you should do
something to correct a harmful
situation or prevent harm from
happening
Define Key/Ambiguous
Words
Possession: what does this
imply or include?
Responsibility: what does it
mean to be responsible
Identify possible knowledge
questions
Does the ownership or
creation of knowledge imply
ethical responsibility?
Title: 1.
Action
Term/Command term
Identify Key Words and
Phrases
WOK or AOK based
Define Key/Ambiguous
Words
Assumptions in the
Title
Concepts from AOKS linked
to this title
Rephrase the Title to Check Your
Understanding
Identify possible knowledge
questions
Title: 2.
Action
Term/Command term
Identify Key Words and
Phrases
WOK or AOK based
Define Key/Ambiguous
Words
Assumptions in the
Title
Concepts from AOKS linked
to this title
Rephrase the Title to Check Your
Understanding
Identify possible knowledge
questions