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Ethics

  • Assignment 2: Flow

    Please write 250-500 words (total) on the following questions.

    1. Please describe one segment of or image from the film Flow that you found powerful. What message did you get from it?
    2. Please critically reflect on the message in your own terms. Did you see connections with readings we have done so far on global justice, food security, food sovereignty, the social meaning of food/water, capitalism, labor justice?
    3. If you were to teach someone something you learned from the film, what would you tell them?
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  • Assignment 1: Pond and Charity

    In his essay, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," Singer argues that there is a close analogy between POND and CHARITY (see p. 38 of FES).

    1. What are the relevant similarities between POND and CHARITY for the purposes of Singer's argument?
    2. Do you think that the analogy supports his conclusion? Why or why not?
    3. Suppose someone objected: But in POND, there is one drowning child. In CHARITY, there are too many starving children to help by a single action, so I would have to give something additional up daily for my whole life. This is too much to ask. How would Singer respond?
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  • Discussion Question – Why Eat Less Meat

    The website Why Eat Less Meat cites four major reasons to eat less meat: the efficiency of the global food system, the environment, health (both personal and public), and animal welfare. Which of these reasons to eat less meat do you find most compelling? Are any of these reasons (or the combination of them) compelling enough to make you think you personally should eat less meat? Why or why not?

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