PHIL 304 Ethics and Cultural Diversity by Sydney Morrow https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity Course schedule and materials en-us 2018-06-18 17:11:05 UTC 2023-02-05 07:08:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png "No, you are not entitled to your opinion" reading js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/267801042 2018-06-19 14:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/267801042 Tangerine Film js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/267811915 This movie is rated R for violent scenes and elicit sexuality. If you are concerned about viewing it, please email me for an alternate film assignment.]]> 2018-06-19 15:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/267811915 The one required textbook js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/267812357 2018-06-19 15:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/267812357 Discussion Thread #1 js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268146604 Welcome to the first discussion post! Each of you are expected to contribute a unique-to-you, 3-5 (or more if you like) sentence response to the discussion question before Friday at 11:59PM. Please read the two assigned readings for the week before answering the question

The word “feminism” evokes vastly different responses from different types of people. Why do you think that is? Do you think that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s argument for global feminism as being good for both women and men is convincing? Do you think that those who have not read feminist texts but have an opinion about those whom they think are characteristically feminist should participate in debates about the importance of feminism?
]]> 2018-06-21 20:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268146604 "Queers Without Money" by Hollibaugh js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268234529 FYI this piece is also included in textbooks on the subject. I thought this formatting would be better than a scanned pdf. :)]]> 2018-06-22 14:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268234529 Course Schedule and Materials js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268234950 2018-06-22 14:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268234950 "Heteronormativity and Homonormativity as Practical and Moral Resources..." js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268755027 To be read by Friday, June 29 and included in the response to Discussion Thread #2]]> 2018-06-27 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268755027 Discussion Thread #2 due Friday, June 29 at 11:59PM js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268759243
  • The film “Tangerine” and Rosenfeld’s article both bring attention to the ideas of heteronormativity and passing, but to differing ends. The homosexual elders Rosenfeld interviews desire to pass as heterosexual because it protects them from the discrimination and violence perpetrated against those who appear to transgress gender and sexual boundaries in a predominantly heterosexual society. The main characters in “Tangerine” hope to pass, or to convincingly enact, their roles as heterosexual women and by doing so risk exposing themselves to bigotry and transphobic violence. Interpret the following claim, based on the form of Rosenfeld’s argument, with reference to the article and the film: “Each utilizes heteronormativity to inform their personal actions, even while heteronormative structures are precisely those that disadvantage them socially.” 

    • ]]>     2018-06-27 17:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268759243     This touches on some themes we've been discussing so if you have the Netflix, I recommend it. Totally optional. :) js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268765053 2018-06-27 18:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268765053 "Would Confucianism Allow Two Men to Share a Peach..." js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268888760 2018-06-28 17:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/268888760 Please look this over and let me know if you have questions or concerns prior to the distribution of the midterm exam tomorrow, July 2. js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269091051 2018-07-01 20:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269091051 "On Taking Out the Trash..." js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269618112 2018-07-07 14:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269618112 Discussion Thread #3 due Monday, July 9 at 11:59PM js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269629801
  • The documentary The True Cost and Spelman’s book chapter “On Taking Out the Trash” discuss what we ought to think about and do with our waste. Spelman discusses the morality and dignity of removing trash from our lives and the revulsion of those who live among waste. If this paradigm were applied to the film The True Cost, how would that affect the portrayals of the garment workers and villagers affected by chemical pollution associated with the fashion industry? Do you think that the concept of “la poubelle agreé” is a benefit or a problem when is comes to dealing with the world’s waste? Why?

    • ]]>     2018-07-07 21:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269629801     For your consideration... js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269664624 "The main problem with a strong dichotomy is that there are intermediate cases that push the limits and ask us to figure out exactly where the dividing line is between males and females,” says Arthur Arnold at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies biological sex differences. “And that's often a very difficult problem, because sex can be defined a number of ways."]]> 2018-07-08 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269664624 js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269773709 2018-07-09 20:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/269773709 "Women Without Class..." js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270177808 2018-07-14 01:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270177808 Discussion Thread #4 due Monday, July 16 at 11:59PM js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270178823
  • Bettie’s article illustrates the overlap of class and race in the performative identities of high school girls in an ethnically mixed school. Hage's book chapter discusses the connection between specism and racism, namely the thought that considering animal life as inferior to human needs and desires leads to the idea that some people who are rendered animal-like get much the same treatment. In light of the readings in this course about trash, race, and power/ economic security, how do you think that performative identity and the worry about being considered invaluable (or trashy) enter in to contemporary understanding of ethnic identity in American society? 

    • ]]>     2018-07-14 01:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270178823     Final Essay Instructions js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270179243  
    1. Pick one of the modules (Gender & Sex OR Class & Trash OR Race & Incarceration *though you will have to read ahead to cover this topic by the due date of the Rough Draft*) and give a synopsis of the main arguments and viewpoints (You must cover all of the readings in the module, but you do not necessarily have to cover the films) (Title this section Background; 2 pages) 
    2. Give an example of how this content pressed/presses your personal beliefs and/or opinions about this topic and how you agree or disagree with the arguments presented. (Be sure to address the arguments made and not your take on the issues in general. You must make your own arguments and give your own examples here.) (Title this section according to the main claim(s) you are making. You may have more than one section title; 2 page)
    3. Introduce and conclude your paper by laying out what topics you are covering and arguments you are making and whether they agree or disagree with the arguments presented among the course materials (1/2 + 1/2 = 1 page)
    4. Cite all of your sources in-text and in a bibliography in the formatting style of your academic subject/field.

    ]]>     2018-07-14 01:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270179243     "Racial Profiling and Immigration Law Enforcement..." js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270484163 Reading to be completed by July 27]]> 2018-07-18 04:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270484163 "The Perversions of Prison..." js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270484219 Reading to be completed by July 23]]> 2018-07-18 04:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270484219 "Race" js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270484237 Reading to be completed by July 20]]> 2018-07-18 04:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270484237 Discussion Thread #5 due Monday, July 23 by 11:59PM js991 https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270724059
  • Please watch this short video ("https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDividedStatesofWomen%2Fvideos%2F141691756548973%2F&show_text=0&width=560" ). Do you think that the concept discussed in the video can be applied to the Romero reading? The DuBois reading? Will bringing this concept into social awareness help people to overcome biases that promote disrespect and violence against the poor and people of color? Or do you think that there is something more purposeful and explicit going on? (Use examples from the readings.)

    • ]]>     2018-07-20 20:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/js991/phil304ethicsandculturaldiversity/wish/270724059