Argument: Ideologies should be embraced because they outline an individual's values and beliefs that determine the structure of society.

Argument: Ideologies should not become so fixed and rigid that individuals and society become too Manichean (world of right and wrong, good and evil, winners and losers).

This commercial (to the left) was created in order to educate children about critical thinking, to teach them not to accept everything that they see on television and to question what they see. The hippos are back (to the right) to remind us that in today's digital world, critical thinking is more important than ever.

Lecture 2.2: The Nature of Man

Argument: Human beings by nature are social animals and by nature reasonable and rational and good.

Argument: Human beings by nature are irrational and ruled by fear and insecurity.

Assignment 2.2: The Nature of Man

Argument: In order for a society to reach its full potential, individuals must give up their egotistical self interest and succumb to the general will.

General Will Scenario

man and his cat.mp4

ROUSSEAU ON PROPERTY

Argument: A ruler must be loving and father-like in order to provide stable and functional governance.

CONFUCIUS' Analects vs. MACHIAVELLI and The Prince

Lecture 2.3: Confucius vs. Machiavelli

OR

"The ends justify the means."

Argument: An individual's interpretation of history determines the structure of society and vision of the future.

Lecture 2.4: Interpretation of the past: Karl Marx and dialectical materialism

Argument: The triumph of liberal democracy and capitalism

is the "end of history".

Argument: The future is a dictatorship of society's own choosing, as individuals become more and more distracted by technology and instant gratification. OR

The future is a dictatorship imposed upon each individual by government surveillance, control of language and censorship.

Assignment 2.3: Vision of the Future Reading

Assignment 2.3: Vision of the Future Worksheet

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/02/amusing-ourselves-to-death-neil-postman-trump-orwell-huxley

Argument: Economically, socially and politically, society should be structured by individualistic principles.

OR

Economically, socially and politically, society should be structured by collectivist values and characteristics.

Assignment 2.4: The Structure of Society

Lecture 2.5: The Spectrums

spectrum diagram.docx

THE SPECTURMS handout and reading.pdf

Lecture 2.6: The Liberal Arch

Argument: If you want something, go get it, period.

Argument: An individual or government has the responsibility to provide empowerment to others in order to provide opportunity and potential for those people who cannot do it themselves.

Just me doing some research and texting myself...

Assignment 2.6A: Equality of Outcome vs. Equality of Opportunity

Assignment 2.6B: Women in Canada's Parliament

From Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada's Democracy

"...in September of 2016 Canada ranked 64th in the world in terms of the number of women elected to Parliament, behind countries such as South Sudan (sixty-first), Afghanistan (fifty-second), Uganda (thirty-first) and Rwanda (first). Why is a country that considers itself to be a global leader in equality, rights and economic participation of women lagging so far behind on women in political leadership?" page 102

Argument: Historically women has been marginalized and discriminated against. The glass ceiling must be broken.

Argument: The Feminist movements evolution continues to progress issues affecting equality and equity and fairness in Canada's liberal society.

Assignment 2.7: Feminism

SPECTRUM REVIEW/HELP

Enrichment Activity: Assignment 2.6: Concept Map

How to Create a Concept Map-1.docx

ConceptMapAssignment_Rubric (1).doc

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