Knowing Perspectives

1. We all have limited experience (which means partial perspective).

2. If we don’t remember these limitations, we can get into trouble with ourselves and others.

3. The “elephant” represents many different things in life that we can’t see.

4. Our senses offer limited information (and even this isn’t reality itself).

5. Embrace the diversity of the individual as part of the unity of the collective.

Summarise the message of the fable of the "Blind Mind and the Elephant" in relation to the concept of perspective.

2. Perspective is a fundamental element of politics.

a. Define politics, firstly on your own, then share with a classmate before searching it up.

b. Identify your own political perspective using this tool.

c. Add yours to the shared class version on the board

d. Compare & Contrast your political perspective with that of a classmate

e. Compare & Contrast your political perspective with that of a candidate in the 2020 US Presidential Election.

f. Where would you put Orban and Márki-Zay on this political compass?

3. Choose one of the following questions and make a bulleted list of different ways you could address the question

What kinds of knowledge inform our political opinions?
Given access to the same facts, how is it possible that there can be disagreement between experts on a political issue?
Is there ever a neutral position from which to write about politics or from which to judge political opinions?

4. What evidence is there of political division that you know of? Note some examples.

If you want to understand this division more deeply, this discussion is worth a listen >>>

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