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Daryl Bambic

Dangerously Irrelevant | Ruminations on technology, leadership and the future... - 0 views

dangerouslyirrelevant.org

objectivity subjectivity

shared by Daryl Bambic on 27 Sep 10 - Cached
  • "The learning of a dead subject requires a technical act of carving the knowledge into teachable bites so that they can be fed to the students one at a time by a teacher, and this leads straight into the traditional paraphernalia of curriculum, hierarchy, and control." The standards movement also narrows the curriculum immensely and in its comprehensive inclusion of benchmarks that need to be taught eliminates an infinite number of types of learning to occur or subjects to be examined.
  • I simply cannot escape the question: Why that millionth in particular?" Seymour Papert (1993)
  • "The planning of new educational systems...must not start with the question, 'What should someone learn,' but the question, 'What kind of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?'" Ivan Illich (1970)
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  • "The capability of banking education to minimize or annul the students' creative power and to stimulate their credulity serves the interests of the oppressors, who care neither to have the world revealed nor to see it transformed." Paulo Freire (1970)
  • The truth is we have internalized this struggle between subjective values and objective assessment.
Kelsey Adams

The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan - 2 views

www.animal-rights-library.com/...regan03.htm

shared by Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10
     
    This is an actual case which demonstrated the various points as to why the use of animals as a resource is wrong. Tom Reagan explains that the people who are against the right of animals believe that their only purpose in our world is to be eaten, surgically manipulated and to be exploited for sport or money. It even sounds awful to say such a thing.
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  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Where is this from? This is a file on the web but who publishes it and who is Tom Regan?
  • Kelsey Adams on 30 Nov 10
     
    Tom Regan is an American philosopher who specializes in animal rights theory. He teaches at North Carolina State University. He is the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights. His studies, books and cases have significantly influenced the modern animal liberation movement.
  • Kelsey Adams on 01 Dec 10
     
    I was not able to sticky note the page but here are some parts i would have highlighted: Singer and Frey both offer arguments that are motivated by utilitarian concerns Regan offers his own Rights View as an adequate moral theory: to respect the rights of an individual is to treat that individual as if she was inherently valuable rather than merely useful (improvement on utilitarianism) Nothing less than the abolition of using animals as food, in science, and in industry is morally acceptable according to Regan
  • Kelsey Adams on 01 Dec 10
mira ahmad

CBC News - Canada - The fight for the right to die - 1 views

www.cbc.ca/...f-assisted-suicide.html

shared by mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10 - Cached
  • If I cannot give consent to my own death, whose body is this? Who owns my life?
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      mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
       
      This quote said by Ms. Rodriguez states that she is in charge of her own body and should be allowed to make her own decisions. Why should the law overpower her personal decisions that affect her?
  • In Canada, as in most countries, assisted suicide is illegal. But there seems to be a growing movement toward changing the law in many parts of the world.
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
       
      The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland are the only countries where euthanasia are permitted. In Canada, one who commits assisted suicide can get up to 14 years in prison.
  • individuals should be able to control the time and circumstances of their own death
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  • The Criminal Code of Canada outlaws suicide assistance, with penalties of up to 14 years in prison
  • mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
     
    Sue Rodriguez was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, a fatal and painful disease. She fought to the Supreme Court of Canada to obtain the right to commit assisted suicide, but lost twice. She ended up committing assisted suicide with the help of an anonymous physician.
  • Catherine Delisle on 24 Nov 10
     
    This website is very credible. It also contains a lot of information. What I really like about it is the fact that it not only gives you an example to prove your point, but it also contains a lot of points to build a case for euthanasia. This website pointed some of the most interesting points for your case, which will help me refute during our debate.
  • sara tsapekis on 24 Nov 10
     
    I really like this website, because it gave a couple personal situations involving euthanasia, which allowed me to understand why someone might want euthanasia to be legal. The site also contains a lot of information including what the law in Canada and the U.S. was for euthanasia, and clearly explained why it is an issue. There are aspects in the text that favor euthanasia and others that explain why it should not be legal.
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