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Ethics

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Ethics (noun): moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ethics

“These monuments must not represent hate in any form, so we must consider removing any that no longer represent beliefs, values, and ethics of the majority of our community members.”

I stumbled across this word while reading “Drafting a thesis statement”. I heard of the word “ethical” before but I never truly understood the denotation. In the context of the reading It had words such as “beliefs”, “values”, and “community”. I knew it had to do with peoples morals and general behavior and how it effects one another in a community. There’s a difference between “Ethics” and ” Ethic”, not only due to the fact that ethics is the plural version but “ethic”  means a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field or form of conduct. The word ethic originates from Greece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why De Blasio should use this criteria

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Monuments have been put up for many years and its purpose is to explicitly commemorate a person or event. Many figures in history have had monuments dedicated to them however, many controversial figures such as Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee have sparked protests. Although these men were known for their leadership they were also known to represent oppression and hate to minorities. Many Americans believe figures who represent hate and murder should not be given a monument. Nevertheless, we cannot take down a monument simply because we hate it there needs to be a non biases criteria that has a more concrete justification to remove it. The objective of this criteria is maintain stability and safety in the community if a monument fails to do so it must be taken down and moved to a local museum.

A monument cannot be taken down because we don’t like it there has to solid justification for its removal. The criteria I have created is meant to be non biases, fair, and promote safety. My the first part of my criteria involves investigating “who” this individual is. A monument cannot just go up because he was a nice guy. This monument has to have relevance to the community and its local history. Research of the foundation of this persons empowerment or historical significance is important in order to promote safety. Regardless, if the person has negative or positive background this investigation would allow us to see how the community may react and their reaction will allow to know if this monument would negatively affect safety.

The second part of my criteria refers to the safety and stability of the community because there are many lives involved. In a neighborhood, there should be no need for those who pay rent and live there have an additional burden. Controversial monuments such as the confederate statue of Robert E. Lee has spiked a lot of violence and even death. The people of Charlottesville had to have their daily routines interrupted because of police patrol and media coverage. This affects the traveling to work, school and simple daily activities therefore, this monument should not be put up. An additional, part of this criteria involves the proper maintenance of these monuments. If the statue is making the neighborhood look bad it should be removed.

The last part of my criteria helps prevent biases opinions. Everyone is entitled to look up to any individual they wish to. We cannot change people’s beliefs and opinions which is why we have so much conflict. For example, there are white supremacists in America and they look up to those who the confederate states. On the other hand, there are people that are liberals and believe these monuments of confederate leaders glorify hate and racism. To create a peace of opinions, monuments that are controversial will have a plaque that states the good as well as the bad they did. This is what makes this criteria very efficient because this criteria takes in consideration everyone’s opinion. We acknowledge the good and bad these individuals did which helps take away some of that glory they would have if the bad wasn’t stated.

During our presentations, a lot of my classmates had interesting points in their criteria. Some interesting points included how much was the cost to maintain a monument because the weather affected it.I think this is a good point because it would be a burden to continuously have to repair a monument. After evaluating the statues and one fails to meet then requirements it should be taken to a local museum. The statue would be better there because a museum acknowledges history and its place we cant condemn displays. These displays represent our history and deserve to be held there so future generations can learn from them.

In conclusion, this criteria will allow a fair display of monuments in New York. This criteria will allow there to be equal representation of opinions. I believe this is important because it will allow many New Yorkers to be tolerant of the many options that exist. This criteria covers what’s the most important thing the safety in a community. I believe if Bill de Blasio uses my criteria the people of the state of New York and himself will benefit tremendously.

Collaboration

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Well in the article Ellen Lupton discusses the good and bad things about collaboration. She talks about collaboration and why it is good and how she still wants her own independence.  Even ifor she is collaborating with someone she also talks about how she also likes working in teams and how it is a good thing to be working within a team. She goes into discuss about being in a team has ups and downs also.When your in a team sometimes people don’t pull their own weight of the team.I can agree with her on that .I also can agree that I don’t like getting forced into teams wherw being a group who is mismatch he’d  or where people tend to not take on their own responsiblity I also can agree with her I to sometimes like to work alone also but I rather be in a group I think you can get a lot done much quicker on my opinion.

I think that the people we hang out wits  can shape you in some form. OR give us informatioN.Yes your friends are always the healthy or rather suppose to be the healthy compete titian in some cases. When working in groups  you can take big projects and make them into smaller ones and then come back with all the ideas to form a great project.

I also think that’s a good idea that if everyone is passionate about a certain idea that every one should collaborate and come together and maybe pull some oftheir finances together and skills to make  somethingbetter if they share such passion on one thing.collaboration can be a great thing when you have like mindestructible individuals who are willing to put in the work.

Project 2 Part 3

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List of Criteria for Monuments

 

  • What has the person done in history? What do they stand for?
    • Has the person been a “good” example that you may want to highlight? An example of this is how we don’t see statues of Adolf Hitler around as many consider him to not be a good person. While he may be highly accepted as a bad person, a harder example may be Christopher Columbus as it can be argued that he hadn’t discovered the Americas as it was already inhabited by humans.
  • Does the location of the monument interfere with anyone?
    • Does the location of the monument bother anyone? Does it stand in the middle of the sidewalk?
  • Is the person/event relevant to the region?
    • Is the person relevant to the region? For example you may not put up a statue of a southern war general Robert E. Lee up in New York because he has no relevance to the north or what they stood for during the war, it would make more sense to put one up in the southern states where he was and somewhat still is a celebrated hero to them.
  • How much does it take to maintain the monument?
    • Is worth maintaining a old and broken monument? Could be cheaper to take it down and replace it with a new smaller version of the monument.

 

 

Group Members: Raees, Casylee, Herson.

 

Drafting a thesis statement

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In class today, we talked about what a thesis statement is and how we might draft one for Project #2-Part 4. Here is our list of what a thesis statement is:

  • it’s the main point
  • it’s in the introduction–usually the end of the introduction
  • it’s usually 1-2 sentences
  • it’s a statement, not a question
    • if your draft of a thesis statement is a question, try writing the answer to the question as a new draft
  • it’s an opinion, not a fact
    • that means there’s a difference between the topic and the thesis statement
  • it’s supportable by using examples
    • for this project, each criterion would be a support for your thesis statement
    • also, ideas from the articles each group shared could be incorporated as support for the thesis statement
  • Each introduction and each essay answers three questions:
    • what’s up?
    • how come?
    • so what?
    • (borrowed from Hildegard Holler)
    • In the introduction, the thesis statement is the “so what?”
    • the essay overall uses the thesis statement to say “what’s up?” and concludes with the “so what?” that pushes the ideas of the thesis statement to the next level
  • it’s a road map of the whole essay
    • that means it should give a sense of what readers can expect to find in the essay and in what order
  • it’s something you draft and work on in stages
    • you might not write it first
    • you can come back and refine it
    • it should reflect the essay you complete
    • you can change it if your work goes in a new direction
      • BUT, make sure your essay overall and the thesis statement fit the assignment requirements

Here were two drafts that we might think about:

These monuments must not represent hate in any form, so we must consider removing any that no longer represent A, B, and C of the majority of our community members.

 

(These monuments must not represent hate in any form, so we must consider removing any that no longer represent beliefs, values, and ethics of the majority of our community members.)

Although these monuments were relevant when erected, we need to evaluate them based on our current sense of X, Y, and Z of our community members.

(Although these monuments were relevant when erected, we need to evaluate them based on our current sense of racial justice, inclusiveness, and positive contribution of our community members.)

Please add your thesis statement draft in a comment, and check back to offer critiques of your classmates’ thesis statement drafts.

Christopher Columbus Project 2 Summarys

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pp. 81-95

The articles title  is called  ” Discovering Columbus” by “Lilian Handlin” published in 1993.   The  article  focuses on Christopher Columbus’s history of his controversies .  It goes in details about the events that occurred during the period of 1600’s- 1900’s . In the text, it shows more cons about Christopher Columbus  then pros.  The article’s main idea is that the controversies surrounding the history of  Christopher Columbus’s  has been going on for serval centuries and it is still is going on till this day . The authors tone felt somewhat upset about Christopher Columbus and uses facts about why should  people taking down any of his  monuments, dedications . This article focuses on all of the places  that Christopher Columbus went to ,  also all of the actions the he did .

Project 2 Part III

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Reason as to why a monument should stay relevant

  • Led a great change to US or even the world
  • Symbolism of peace and prosperity
  • Mourning of fallen soldiers who fought for our freedom
  • Shows a great deal of American Pride

Reason as to why a monument should be removed

  • Symbolism of hate
  • Negatively affects a certain ethnicity

Project 2 Part 3

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Things to think about as to why or why not it should be removed or it shouldn’t

Reasons Why it Should Stay

  • It has a good history behind it
  • It has a positive influence
  • It gives people knowledge of what they should deserve as human beings
  • It gives people a chance to show off on how great there country is
  • It gives people a motivation on having freedom

Reasons Why It Should Not Stay

  • Since it was a war what group of people an it affect
  • People make think it should be turned into a building rather then a park
  • People may wonder why was it put there specifically  in that spot
  • Why can’t it be put in a different location, if it occurred somewhere else possible

Why Collaborate?

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In the article “Why Collaborate” written by Ellen Lupton gives her perspective on collaborating with other people. She begins the article by stating “I’d love to collaborate, as long as I can work alone”, she feels this way because doesn’t want her sense of control and authorship to be altered and she would like to work on her own personal work schedule. In this sense I would have to agree with Lupton for the fact that it is difficult to work with other people that have different incentives when it comes to collaborating on a group project. She does appreciate when all group members play their role as it is shown in the line, ” It’s a joy to work on a team whose members have clearly defined roles and distinctive skill sets”. If the group members dont possess the mindset of get the work done as fast as possible instead of waiting last minute, I would want to work alone. As Lupton stated in the line, ” It can be frustrating, however, when a few people are doing the heavy lifting and the others are there to only to “insure consensus” or “weigh in” on concepts. I believe that if every group member plays the role they see fit or most interested in the productivity between everyone will be high. The goal of collaborating is to work together to reach a specific goal, and that can only happen if every group member doesn’t contribute. Lupton then describes her experiences collaborating in school. She states. ” In my own experiences as a student, I have enjoyed voluntary, informal collaborations with my friends, but I have resented being forced into arbitrary, mismatched teams, in the name of social correctness”. She was astounded by the fact that collaborating at school with people you actually know works. This whole article is basically the good and the bad of collaborating.