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3 ways to approach teaching:
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1. illusory neutrality
2.agressive advocacy 3. open and honest engagement |
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political decisons that teachers have to make, not unbiased, there is no neautral ground to stand. will reflect teachers politic.impmossible to take position and would abandon obligation.
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illusory neutrality
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pretending to be neutral but you can never be neutral
aggressive advocacy |
illusory neutrality
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best approach. to be as honest as you can be in teaching so that students can form own ideas.
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open and honest engagement
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this is inappropriate. "i owe it to you to force you to think what I do."
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agressive advocacy
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3 modes of address:
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1)presenting relatively uncontroversial information.
2) surveying different interpretations 3) making an argument |
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Not degrading. argument has a structure. make clear assumptions which arguments are based off in classical sense.
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Making an argument
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_____most broadly define the distribution of power across a given society
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politics
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T/F Politics more than elections, and the nature and distributuion of power
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true
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you cannot separate ____ problems from politics.
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moral
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"Socrates had it wrong:it is not the unexamined life but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living."
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William Sloane Coffin, Jr
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Don’t Ask Me for That Love Again,
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
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“We Live in a Political World”
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Bob Dylan
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Dropping Keys
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Hafiz
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Three modes of inquiry:
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Philosophical- find truth through concepts.
Historical- remembering that truths can be bad (people used “truths” for deception) Sociological- how power works in the world |
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Three levels of inquiry:
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Empirical- gathering data, evidence,knowledge through sensory observations
Analytical- analyzing it’s importance and meaning Normative- making the judgements of “how the world should be” “no knowledge is pre-theoretical” |
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demokratia=demos (_____)+kratos(_____)
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people, rule
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"The Future"
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Leonard Cohen
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Democracy requires:
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-fair, free, open elections.
-freedom of association and assembly. -freedom of expression. |
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Concept of “polyarchy” (Dahl, 90)
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Derived from Greek words meaning “many” and “rule”, thus “rule by many.”
The term also means = representative democracy (Dahl, 85) |
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T/F society should support and protect journalists in their primary function as watchdogs on power.
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true
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t/f democracy is an idea that is always evolving.
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true
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: maximizing participation of ordinary people.
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popular democracy
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Institustionalizing elite control.
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managerial democracy
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"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people"
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
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said people would not be control of their own lives, even in the ideal system of democracy if it existed.
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Lipman Dewey debates
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"Democracy is a name for a life of free and enriching communion"
"There is some thing about being human that has a connection to community, communion" |
John Dewey
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He says in order for democracy to work, some people just have to accept that they are not part of the process. He believes democracy is threatened when people try to participate.
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Samuel P. Huntington
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T/F Today in the USA, system is designed against managerial lines, but there is still a push for a more hands on approach by the people.
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true
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"Those who take the meat from the table"
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Bertolt Brecht, "A german war primer"
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form of gov in which free and equal citizens justify decisions in a process in which they give one another reasons that are mutually acceptable and generally accessible w/ the aim of reaching conclusions that are binding in the presnet on all citizens, but open to challenge in the future.
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Deliberative Democracy
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An ___ is created by the gov via collective decision making.
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economy
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T/F The economy distribute wealth, whch affects the working gov.
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true
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term used for any economic activity w/ the exchange of goods and services. Not a synonym for any econimic activity. It's a modern system that emerged in Europe.
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Capitalism
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T/F Capitalism took over feudalism
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true
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-property including capital assests, is owned and controlled by private persons.
-most people must rent their labor power for money wages to survive. -most exchanges of goods and services occur through market. "Free market economy" |
Capitalism defined
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Beginning origins/stages of capitalism:
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industrialization
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money comes from financial section.
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financial economy
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___ primary drivers of capitalism
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Corporations
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Liberatarian Assertion: democracy and capitalism are essentially the same thing.
More common assertion: democracy and capitalism go forward together. 2nd assertion: democracy is incompatible w/ capitalism. |
true
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Wealth is generated from shift from ____ to financial sector.
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industrial
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T/F Statistics are reality based, but they are not reality.
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true
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T/F Most statistics tell you that there have always been wealth inequality in the US, but that is has steadily grown in the past years.
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true
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Wealth inequality has remained ____.
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racialized
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t/f People thing the system is much more equal than it is and they wish is were more equal.
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true
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"The city from here"
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Faiz Ahmend Faiz
"Roses or blood.." |
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No knowledge is ______
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pretheoretical
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DEMOCRACY REQUIRES:
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free fair and open elections
freedoms of association and assembly freedom of expression meaningful guarantees of freedom of expresson. (speech and press) |
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t/f- An independent journalism is CRUCIAL to help check the inevitable abuses of power in institutions and among leaders.
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true
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GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY: CLEARLY CONNECTED
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The economy is created by the collective decision making of the government.
- Government constructs the nature of the economy. - Economy distributes wealth, in return this effects government. |
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WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY??
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1) democracy depends on capitalism (the main belief) (democracy and capitalism are essentially the same thing) OR
2. Capitalism undermines democracy (democracy and capitalism are incompatible) |
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T/F top 20% of the wealthiest people in the U.S control 85% of the wealth in the U.S
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TRUE
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IDEAL DEMOCRACY: THREE POLITICAL PLATITUDES
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U.S is the greatest nation on earth- agreeable across the political spectrum. does not conform to the criteria of reality. America does not rank the highest in every spectrum. If you look at the facts, the claim is stupid that America is actually the greatest nation on earth.
2.The national interest- (to put away our special interests and focus on the national interest) easier to understand than the arrogant claim that the U.S is the greatest.There is no such thing as a national interest. There are 300 million people in the U.S and we can not all share the same interest. Political scam to make us not think for ourselves. Too many people with different backgrounds and ideas, and there is no single, mythical national interest that everyone should back up. 3. anti-american: people get called this when they don't support a majority decision |
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T/F The 3 common political platitudes have no substance.
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true. They are designed to undermine democracy.
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What are the criteria according to Dahl for a democratic process?
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1. Effective participation:before the policy is adopted by the association, all the members must have equal and effective opportunities for making their views known to the other members as to what the policy should be.
2. Voting equality 3. Enlightened Understanding. 4. Control of the agends 5. Inclusion of adults |
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"False alternatives" common in contemporary political discourse:
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“Let the free market work.” OR “Accept government control of the economy.”
“Support the national interest.” OR “Be selfish and act only out of self-interest.” “Be political and participate in electoral politics.” OR “Be apolitical and apathetic.” |
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Democracy is a concept/ it cannot be organized to a single system/ it is an ideal, not a method. We tend to say that democracy is a definition of the institutions within it, but democracy can't be reduced
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Douglas Lummis, Radical Democracy
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In Dahl Book, the "logic of equality" as developed in
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The Mediterranean : Greece, Rome , Italy
Northern Europe (local assemblies, from assemblies to parliaments) |
