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UNIT 5 REMOTE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS

Keep up with the assignments! Philosophy class work is now assigned on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Pace yourself as you see fit, but keep working!

8. Work Posted 6/4:

There will be no Unit 5 test and no new assignments posted after today.

I will post some final thoughts Friday or Monday. Your final tasks:

1. Take the Units 3 and 4 tests if you haven't already!

2. EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Email me or post as a doc on google classroom: What are the most important things you learned in Philosophy class? What conclusions have you drawn from taking this course?

7. Work Posted 6/2:

Review our ETHICS NOTES carefully.

WATCH: Ethics Defined: Moral Relativism

WATCH: Ethics Defined: Moral Absolutism

WATCH: Relativism: Is it wrong to judge other cultures? | A-Z of ISMs Episode 18 - BBC Ideas

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.

6. Work Posted 5/28:

All of our studies have led us to this point. What is morality? How can we know right and wrong? Is morality purely a matter of opinion, or are there universal moral truths? Consider what you have learned in this class about truth, thinking, humanity, freedom,

equality, rights... all of these topics come together is philosophical discussions in our last division of philosophy: ethics.

Please read and think about our ETHICS NOTES carefully.

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.

5. Work Posted 5/26:

Philosophers, economists, and politicians have always explored and debated the issue of rights. This discussion has profound implications for freedom, equality, politics, and morality. TASKS: read our notes on RIGHTS. Then watch and think about the short videos below. The first video comes from a somewhat collectivist premise; the second video from a natural rights premise.

Read carefully and think about our RIGHTS notes Packet.

WATCH: Human rights in two minutes- Amnesty Switzerland

WATCH: Positive Rights vs. Negative Rights - Learn Liberty

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.

4. Work posted 5/21:

Read carefully and think about our PROPERTY notes Packet.

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.

3. Work posted 5/19:

Philosophers, economists, and politicians have always explored and debated the issue of property ownership. This discussion has profound implications for freedom, equality, rights, and morality. Watch and think about the short videos below:

WATCH: The Philosophy of Liberty: Property

WATCH: POLITICAL THEORY - Karl Marx

WATCH: The Power of Property Rights

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.

2. Work posted 5/14:

Carefully read and think about our EQUALITY CLASS NOTES PACKET.

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.

1. Work posted 5/12:

For our next philosophical inquiry, we will examine another power word: EQUALITY.

The United States is founded upon the two ideals of freedom and equality, but we have had to struggle to make these ideals a reality for everyone in our society.

Your first task is to think about three questions, and email me your answers to them. Explain carefully! The Questions:

What is equality?

How equal should we be?

Can equality be taken to far?

Your second task: watch the 26 minute video below, based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1962 short story, Harrison Bergeron.

WATCH: 2081: Finally Equal

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Email your comments and questions to Pennino.