Class Information for Monday, Nov 15

Agenda for Wednesday, Nov 15

1–Freewrite: open subject

2–Ethics Handout: 5 Types of Ethics in Readings menu tab. Read together.

3–15 minutes work in class: characters in Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. Question: what type of ethics does a character seem to follow.

THE FIVE TYPES:

1–DEONTOLOGY

2–VIRTUE

3–UTILITARIANISM

4–FEMINIST

5–GLOBAL

How should the types be ranked?

Jazz: DEONTOLOGY; Virtue Ethics; Utilitarianism; Feminist Ethics; Global ethics

Megan:

Man in Black:

Donald:

Homework for Wednesday, Nov 17: read “Assimilation” by Doctorow and prepare for Quiz 2– our second major in-class quiz. 1 question on globalization, 1 on Interpreter of Maladies and 2 questions on ethics and “Assimilation.”