PhiloEd Flashcards

Week 8

1
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Is the foundation of our human relationship to ourselves and the world around us

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Ethics

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2
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The belief that there are no absolute rules to determine whether actions are right or wrong.

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Moral relativism:

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3
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Increased interaction and integration worldwide made possible through trade and technology

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Globalization

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4
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When multiple groups share power within a society.

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Pluralism

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5
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Philosophizing that places less emphasis on the individual and more on the individual’s responsibilities to the larger group

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Communitarian

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6
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The absence of obstacles or barriers to the exercise of one’s freedom.

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Negative liberty

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7
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The presence of the skills and resources to the exercise of one’s freedom.

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Positive liberty

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8
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Rule by the people.

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Democracy

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9
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The study of what is right or wrong.

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Ethics

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10
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A system of government in which people vote for their leaders.

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Democracy

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11
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A set of beliefs about what is right or wrong.

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Ethics

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12
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Originally meaning “a person who lives in a town or city”

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Citizen

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13
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Obeys laws

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Personally Responsible Citizen

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14
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Knows strategies for accomplishing collective tasks

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Participatory Citizen

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15
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Critically assesses social, political, and economic structures to see beyond surface causes

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Justice Oriented Citizen

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16
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Seeks out and addresses areas of injustice

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Justice Oriented Citizen

17
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Volunteers to lend a hand in times of crisis

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Personally Responsible Citizen

18
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Organizes community efforts to care for those in need, promote economic development, or clean up environment.

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Participatory Citizen

19
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Knows about social movements and how to effect systemic change

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Justice Oriented Citizen

20
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Acts responsibly in his/her community, works, and pays taxes.

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Personally Responsible Citizen

21
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Pays taxes and donates to the fund for the homeless shelter

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Personally Responsible Citizen

22
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Raises funds for the homeless shelter

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Participatory Citizen

23
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Tries to understand why so many people are homeless while so many houses are empty

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Justice Oriented Citizen

24
Q

According to Westheimer and Kahne, most citizenship education programs only look at Personally Responsible Citizenship.

25
J.S. Mill believed that the government plays an important role and should set the curriculum for schools.
False
26
“[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)
27
The relationship between democracy and expertise is complex and contentious.
(Cairns & Sears)
28
Plato and Socrates believed that governing should be left to the experts.
True
29
Cairns argues that expertise can be trusted because experts are educated to be objective and neutral.
False
30
Standardized testing distrusts the local knowledge of teachers parents, communities, and students in favour of the centralized knowledge of bureaucrats and other experts.
Cairns
31
Who said, "the school that has no self-government should not be called a progressive school--it is a compromise school"?
A. S. Neill