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, January 3, 2010

Brave New World Chapter 17

Please use these questions as a guide as you read Chapter 17. If you wish to answer them for extra credit, please post o your blog by January 4.

1. How does the controller feel about God? Why does he believe that the World State can be "independent of God" (p. 233)?

2. How does the controller feel about philosophy?

3. What does the controller mean when he says, "Christianity without tears-that's what soma is." (p. 238)?

4. What does John mean when he says, "Nothing costs enough here." (p. 239)?

5. Why does John claim the right to be unhappy?
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