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?

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

In Class Essay

Please use the entire time on Friday to answer the following question. the Essay must be presented to me Monday, December 7th on your blog and as a hard copy.


"People need to believe that order can be glimpsed in the chaos of events" (adapted from John Gray, Heresies, 2004). In what ways and to what extent would you say this claim is relevant in at least two areas of knowledge?

Your will be graded based on the Sturgis ToK Rubric.
You do not need to hand in anything on Friday, but the complete paper (It should look like an essay, NOT an outline!) should be beautiful by Monday!
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