PhiloEd Flashcards
Week 8
Is the foundation of our human relationship to ourselves and the world around us
Ethics
The belief that there are no absolute rules to determine whether actions are right or wrong.
Moral relativism:
Increased interaction and integration worldwide made possible through trade and technology
Globalization
When multiple groups share power within a society.
Pluralism
Philosophizing that places less emphasis on the individual and more on the individual’s responsibilities to the larger group
Communitarian
The absence of obstacles or barriers to the exercise of one’s freedom.
Negative liberty
The presence of the skills and resources to the exercise of one’s freedom.
Positive liberty
Rule by the people.
Democracy
The study of what is right or wrong.
Ethics
A system of government in which people vote for their leaders.
Democracy
A set of beliefs about what is right or wrong.
Ethics
Originally meaning “a person who lives in a town or city”
Citizen
Obeys laws
Personally Responsible Citizen
Knows strategies for accomplishing collective tasks
Participatory Citizen
Critically assesses social, political, and economic structures to see beyond surface causes
Justice Oriented Citizen
Seeks out and addresses areas of injustice
Justice Oriented Citizen
Volunteers to lend a hand in times of crisis
Personally Responsible Citizen
Organizes community efforts to care for those in need, promote economic development, or clean up environment.
Participatory Citizen
Knows about social movements and how to effect systemic change
Justice Oriented Citizen
Acts responsibly in his/her community, works, and pays taxes.
Personally Responsible Citizen
Pays taxes and donates to the fund for the homeless shelter
Personally Responsible Citizen
Raises funds for the homeless shelter
Participatory Citizen
Tries to understand why so many people are homeless while so many houses are empty
Justice Oriented Citizen
According to Westheimer and Kahne, most citizenship education programs only look at Personally Responsible Citizenship.
True
J.S. Mill believed that the government plays an important role and should set the curriculum for schools.
False
“[Government] leaders in a [totalitarian] regime would be as delighted as leaders in a [democracy] if their young citizens learned the lessons put forward by many of the [proponents] of personally responsible [citizenship]: don’t do drugs; show up to school; show up to work; give blood; help others during a flood; recycle; pick up litter; clean up a park; treat old people with respect.”
(Westheimer & Kahne, 2002, p. 244)
The relationship between democracy and expertise is complex and contentious.
(Cairns & Sears)
Plato and Socrates believed that governing should be left to the experts.
True
Cairns argues that expertise can be trusted because experts are educated to be objective and neutral.
False
Standardized testing distrusts the local knowledge of teachers parents, communities, and students in favour of the centralized knowledge of bureaucrats and other experts.
Cairns
Who said, “the school that has no self-government should not be called a progressive school–it is a compromise school”?
A. S. Neill
