Essential Questions

Community: Are there certain obligations for humanity to treat members of a community and the natural enviornment in a certain way? Are there constraints? If so, are the obligations and constraints based only on a concern for the indirect effects on humanity?

Justice: What are the justifications for, and implications of, claiming that there are universal standards for morality? When moral codes of individuals conflict, can criteria be developed for an international morality that transcends them?

Forgiveness: To what extent does the state of a person's knowledge play in deciding whether an act is right or wrong? Under what conditions would it be legitimate for a person to plead ignorance?

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Brave New World Chapter 1

Please post the answers to the following questions on your blog. Answers are due on October 26th for full credit.

1. What is the World State's Motto?
2. Please describe Bokanovsky's Process. Why does The Director call it the "major instrument of social stability?"
3. Why did the doctor wish to keep the Epsilon "embryo below par?"
4. What does Mr. Foster mean when he says: "We condition them to thrive in heat...that is the secret of happiness of virtue - liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny."? How does this connect to what is happening in Rack 10?
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