Group Discussions are an opportunity for you to answer questions and discuss the readings in "Applied Ethics" that most apply to your service learning while interacting with other students who are currently involved in similar service learning experiences. There are four group discussions total. Each of you are required to read the assigned specific essay from the text (see below), post your ANSWER to the question no later than wednesday of that week on the discussion board and RESPOND/INTERACT with the answers from at least one other student in your group no later than friday of that week. You can post many times as you like as long as you are always contributing to the discussion. Check the Calendar for Due Dates and check the grading rubric below for how to post.
Each of you are assigned by the instructor into a specific group (hunger and poverty; war and violence; justice and rights; environmental ethis; racial and ethnic discrimination; gender, sexuality and family) after you choose your service learning site and inform the instructor. Check with the instructor if you do not know what group you are in. Each group will have different assignments from the Applied Ethics textbook specific for your focus area.
Group Discussions are worth 30% of your final grade. They will be graded on a 0-10 point scale, 10 being the highest. You are required to answer the question in a thorough manner and respond/interact with other students. If not, your grade will be reduced. You will find a grading rubric at the end of this page. You will be graded holistically on all your posts, not just
your first answer.
Discussion One (250 words):
Hunger and Poverty Group: read Garrett Hardin "Carrying Capacity as an Ethical Concept" in Applied Ethics, pages 232 and 239,
post your answer to Study Question One on page 292, and
post at least one additional reply/response/question to
another post.
War and Violence Group: read Douglas P. Lackey's "Just War Theory" in Applied Ethics pages 298-306 AND Gregory S. Kavka's "Was the First Gulf War a Just War" in Applied Ethics, pages 307-317,
post your answer to Study Question One on page 363, and
post at least one additional reply/response/question to
another post.
Justice and Rights Group: read "The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights" in Applied Ethics on pages 80-84 AND Charlotte Bunch's "Women's Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Re-Vision of Human Rights" in Applied Ethics on pages 92-100,
post your answer to Study Question 3 on page 158, and
post at least one additional reply/response/question to
another post.
Environmental Ethics Group: read Aldo Leopold's "The Land Ethic" in Applied Ethics on pages 165-175 AND William Baxter's "A Good Environment: Just One of the Set of Human Objectives" in Applied Ethics on pages 186-190,
post your answer to Study Question One on page 225, and
post at least one additional reply/response/question to
another post.
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Group: read Naomi Zack's "Philosophical and Social Implications of Race" in Applied Ethics on pages 439-448,
post your answer to Study Question One on page 504, and
post at least one additional reply/response/question to
another post.
Gender, Sexuality, and Family Group: read Marilyn Friedman's "Domestic Violence Against Women and Autonomy" in Applied Ethics on pages 368-379,
post your answer to Study Question One on page 430, and
post at least one additional reply/response/question to
another post.
Discussion Two (250 words):
Hunger and Poverty Group: read Peter Singer's "Famine, Affluence and Morality" in Applied Ethics, pages 254-262 and answer Study Question Three on page 293.
War and Violence Group: read Haig Khatchadourian's "Terrorism and Morality" in Applied Ethics on pages 328-336 AND Burleigh Wilkins' "Can Terrorism be Justified?" in Applied Ethics on pages 337-344 and answer Study Question 4 on page 364
Justice and Rights Group: read Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim's "Islam, Islamic Law and the Dilemma of Cultural Legitimacy for Universal Human Rights" in Applied Ethics on pages 101-110 and answer Study Question 4 on page 158.
Environmental Ethics Group: read Gregory Cajete's "Look to the Mountain: Reflections" in Applied Ethics on pages 191-199 and answer Study Question 4 on page 225
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Group: read Peggy McIntosh's "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies" in Applied Ethics on pages 449-457 and answer Study Question two on page 504
Gender, Sexuality, and Family Group: read David Blankenhorn's "The Unnecessary Father" in Applied Ethics on pages 380-388 AND Joel Anderson's "Is Equality Tearing Families Apart" in Applied Ethics on pages 389-398" and answer Study Question two on page 430
Discussion Three (250 words):
Hunger and Poverty Group: read Jan Narveson's "Feeding the Hungry" in Applied Ethics, pages 263-270 and answer Study Question Four on page 293.
War and Violence Group: read Sara Ruddick's "A Women's Politics of Resistance" in Applied Ethics on pages 345-352 and answer the Study Question 6 on page 364
Justice and Rights Group: read Claude Ake's "The African Context of Human Rights" in Applied Ethics on page 111-116 and answer Study Question 5 on page 158
Environmental Ethics Group: read Shari Collins-Chobanian's "Environmental Racism, American Indians, and Monitored Retrievable Storage Sites for Radioactive Waste" in Applied Ethics on pages 208-216 and answer Study Question 6 on page 225.
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Group: read Shelby Steele's "Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference" in Applied Ethics on pages 466-472 AND Gloria Holguin Cuadraz's "Stories of Access and Luck: Chicana/os, Higher Education, and the Politics of Incorporation" in Applied Ethics on pages 473-848 and answer Study Question 5 on page 504
Gender, Sexuality, and Family Group: read Angela Bolte's "Do Wedding Dresses Come in Lavender?" in Applied Ethics on pages 399-412 AND Jeff Jordan's "Is it wrong to discriminate on the basis of homosexuality" in Applied Ethics on pages 413-422" and answer Study Question three on page 430
Discussion Four (250 words):
Hunger and Poverty Group: read Carlo Filice's "On the Obligation to Keep Informed about Distant Atrocities" in Applied Ethics, pages 271-281 and answer Study Question five on page 293.
War and Violence Group: read Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from the Birmingham City Jail" in Applied Ethics on pages 353-363 and answer Study Question seven on page 364.
Justice and Rights Group: read Kenneth K. Inada's "A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights" in Applied Ethics on pages 133-142 AND Charles' Taylor's "Conditions of an Unforced Consensus on Human Rights" in Applied ethics on pages 143-158 and answer Study Question 8 on page 158.
Environmental Ethics Group: read Vandana Shiva's "Development, Ecology and Women" in Applied Ethics on pages 217-225 and answer Study Question 7 on page 225
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Group: read Kwanme Anthony Appiah's "Racisms" in Applied Ethics on pages 485-496 and answer Study Question 6 on page 504.
Gender, Sexuality, and Family Group: read Lila Abu-Lughod's "A Community of Secrets: The Separate World of Bedouin Women" in Applied Ethics on pages 423-430 and answer Study Question four on page 430
Group Discussions Grading Rubric
I will grade your Group Discussions holistically, using a 0-10 point scale. Here are the grading criteria:
Points |
Rating |
Description |
10-9 |
Excellent |
The answer and response(s) is fully and thoughtfully developed. The writer uses evidence from the readings to support answer. The writer interacts with other posts. Organization makes the writing easy to follow. The writing has few or no errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and sentence structure. The writer posted at least two times.
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8-7 |
Satisfactory |
The submission follows instructions for the assignment, but it may not be fully developed. The writing may not include enough evidence from readings to support main ideas convincingly. The writer interacts with other posts. Organization may make the writing somewhat difficult to follow. There may be distracting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and sentence structure. The writer posts only once.
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6-5 |
Unsatisfactory |
The submission may not follow instructions for the assignment. The writing may be poorly developed, without evidence from readings to support main ideas. The writer does not interact with other students. Organization may make the writing hard to follow. The writing may be full of distracting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and sentence structure. The writer posts only once.
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0 |
No response |
No journal entry was submitted, or it was submitted past deadline.
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