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• Greetings and Welcome to our seminar for Unit 6.

• I have been reading some good Discussion Board Questions for this week so far.

Now for my Upper Michigan slide of the Week.

This is to me an interesting one. It is from the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan near the tiny town of Copper Harbor, Michigan. You can’t get much further north in Michigan than this unless you go to Isle Royal National Park in Lake Superior.

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This is the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge in Copper Harbor, MI, and it is a project that was built during the Great Depression.

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Unemployment in Keweenaw County, Michigan ranged between 70 and 80% in 1933. The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge was a project of the Civil Works Administration (CWA). Today it is still in business, and owned by Keweenaw County. It is a tourist resort with a golf course and cabins.

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Plato’s Republic

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Glaucon says that many people do whatever they can get away with while maintaining their reputation. What do you think about his conclusion?

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Does our assessment of what is “right” or “wrong” depend on the consequences?

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+Immanuel Kant

Kantian philosophy espouses that humans are born with an inner morality—a conscience that acts as a compass, pointing us toward right and away from wrong.

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+The Source?

Do you agree that we are born with a sense of morality, or do you believe morality is something that is taught?

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Unit 6 Overview

Morality

We are all faced with moments when we must decide what is “right,” or “wrong.” These distinctions can come in evaluating the thoughts, motives, and actions of others or in ourselves.

If deciding right and wrong or good and bad were simple, we might not have moral dilemmas--situations where our course seems uncertain.

As an introduction to the unit, listen to this story about children and how they develop and demonstrate morality:

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101542962

Unit 6: Morality

Additional Resources on Morality

An interesting article (you can listen to it or read it) on Money, Morality and How We Make Economic Decisions

Author C.S. Lewis writes about Moral Law and absolute truth

A documentary about prisoners released after being found innocent, and what life is like after their acquittal

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In this seminar, we will discuss two moral ideas from the chapter: Plato’s “Ring of Gyges,” and Kantian ethics.

What is the “Ring of Gyges”? What would you do if you had the ring? Glacon says that many people do whatever they can get away with while maintaining their reputation. What do you think about his conclusion?

Does our assessment of what is “right” or “wrong” depend on the consequences?

Kantian philosophy espouses that humans are born with an inner morality—a conscience that acts as a compass, pointing us toward right and away from wrong. Do you agree that we are born with a sense of morality, or do you believe morality is something that is taught?

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Reading Read the chapter: “Morality.”

Web Resources Consider the articles and video clips about specific moral cases and how moral concepts appear in practical application.

Discussion Participate in this week's Discussion by responding to the two discussion questions.

Seminar Participate in a synchronous discussion of unit concepts

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Reading Read the chapter: “Morality.”

Web Resources Consider the articles and video clips about specific moral cases and how moral concepts appear in practical application.

Course Outcomes practiced in this unit:

HU300-1: Analyze selected examples of human expression

HU300-2: Examine the impact of human expressions on contemporary culture

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Course Outcomes practiced in this unit:

HU300-1: Analyze selected examples of human expression

HU300-2: Examine the impact of human expressions on contemporary culture

Morality may seem like a straightforward term; however, when one considers a global context, morality takes on myriad meanings. We make moral decisions each day. Some are on a large scale and some on a small scale, but our individual perspectives on morality influence both. This week, we’ll explore what philosophers say about the subject while considering how time and place affect moral dilemmas.

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Watch the Romero Britto video, found on the left hand links under Unit 6.

Also refer to the Web Resources and My Humanities Kit for this unit.

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The source for most of the slide information in this PowerPoint presentation is from Kaplan university, 2011.

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