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PHIL 484: FALL 2015 Conrad (PHIL 484, Fall 2015) RESPONSE QUESTION #21 Two during the semester participants will submit a response question that interacts with the course material within the pertinent unit. The instructor will select a few of these questions throughout the semester to guide further discussion on the course materials. For RQ#2, please formulate your question based on the readings and class material covered during and since WEEK 8 (i.e., the week we took RAT #3). Questions should be open ended and explore a philosophical idea further. They can ask a specific question about a reading or an in-class activity or lecture. They can connect class material to current events. Questions should aim to encourage class discussion. Try to make the questions as interesting as possible. Interesting/thought provoking questions = interesting/though provoking class time! Be sure not to ask definition based or historical questions such as: ‘What does a relational ethic towards the environment involve?’ or ‘What is the tragedy of the commons?’ or ‘Explain the difference between legal and ethical.’ If you have these types of questions, please do ask them, but they are not the kind of questions intended for the response cards. Complete the following steps to receive full credit for the RQ’s: 1. Heading a. Use a proper assignment heading that includes your name and the RQ# inside the document. 2. Title a. The title of the page should be the reading’s author and title, if referencing a reading. b. The title of the page should reference the class activity, discussion, or lecture, with the date it occurred, if applicable 3. Citation a. Provide the specific reading, and page number, that you reference (if applicable). Below is an example question: RQ #1: “The Land Ethic” by Aldo Leopold In “The Land Ethic,” Aldo Leopold agrees with his colleagues that education is key to promoting a land ethic. However, he asks if the current forms of education adequately teach about the interrelationship between people, soil, air, and water (p.4). In light of this, I wonder, has our college education taught us about these relationships? If so, how so? Can we find some specific examples? If not, why not? How might we change education so that it does teach us this important ecological and ethical lesson? ***** Purpose of RC’s: 1) They offer opportunities for class participants to reflect more deeply on assigned readings and class activities. 2) They enhance student accountability and give students more control over our time together. 3) They allow the instructor to assess student interests and learning. 1 The guidelines and objectives for the RC’s were borrowed from AnaLouise Keating, Teaching Transformation: Transcultural Classroom Dialogues. New York: Palgrave, 2007, p. 220.