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?

Monday, October 26, 2009

Brave New World Chapter 2

Please read Chapter 2 and answer the following questions. Answers must be posted by October 27th to receive full credit.

1. How do babies sent to the Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms develop an "instinctive hatred of books and flowers?" Why were Deltas exposed to such treatment?
2. What is a State Conditioning Center? Does it remind you of anything from Plato's Republic?
3. What is hypnopaedia? Why wasn't it used for Science? What was it used for? Does it remind you of anything from Plato's Republic?
3. How does the Caste system work in the World State? What are the similarities and differences between this and the Hindu Caste system?
4. What does the Director mean when he says, "Not so much like drops of water....rather, drops of liquid sealing wax."?
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