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, November 9, 2009

Brave New World Chapter 5

Please answer the following questions and post them to your blog. All posts must be completed by November 10 for full credit.

1. What would Michael Pollan (Remember? The Omnivore's Dilemma) say about the first paragraph in Chapter 5?
2. Do you see any similarities with how the World State views death as compared to the Hindus? How does Lenina's remembrance of hypopedia compare with what is discussed in Plato's Republic?
3. What do you think of Lenina's and Henry night out on the town?
4. Why do you think Huxley uses the word "pneumatic" to refer to some female characters?
5. What is Solidarity Service and what are Bernard's feelings towards it?
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