FB 社群:Public Issues and Democratic Debate (Welcome Join!)
課前說明:
本課程雖然為「全英文課程」,但強調「破英文,好溝通」(Poor English; Good Communication),只要願意開口,嘗試表達,相信都可以促進良好溝通。因此,本課程不強調文法正確、發音標準、腔調道地,只在乎是否願意發言表達與嘗試理解。
事實上,對大部分人而言(例外者,如英文老師...),使用「破英文」即可,就能達到溝通的程度,譬如交朋友、推銷產品、介紹理念、闡述構想等。我們從不期待一個「外國人」可以字正腔圓、一字不錯的說中文,我們為何要求自己一定要說出道地美國或英國腔英文呢?更何況,世上的標準英文不是只有美國、英國腔,各地有不同的英文腔調,重點在於使用這個世界語言(lingua franca),能彼此了解即可。人世間還有許語言值得學,許多有趣的事值得做,對多數人而言,「完美英文」並非迫切需要,「破英文」就足夠走天下了。
Why Democratic Debate?
"What democracy requires is vigorous public debate, not information. Of course, it needs information too, but the kind of information it needs can be generated only by debate. We do not know what we need to know until we ask the right questions, and we can identify the right questions-only by subjecting our own ideas about the world to the test of public controversy. Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. When we get into arguments that focus and fully engage our attention, we become avid seekers of relevant information. Otherwise we take in information passively-if we take it in at all."
Lasch, Christopher. 1995. The Revolt of the Elites : And the Betrayal of Democracy. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton.pp. 162-3.
Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate
強調在民主中,對於爭議論題的論辯應該要納入道德、正義觀,而不是為了避免爭議,彼此只談權利與利益,狹窄化了爭議方向,也使得人們只在乎個人自由、金錢,而忽略了道德生活的面向。
Michael Sandel: Why Democracy_Public Philosopher (2015)
Syllabus
Assigned reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (中譯:《正義:一場思辨之旅》,台北:雅言,2011)
中文讀書摘要(Andy整理)
http://politicsvocation.blogspot.tw/2011/03/blog-post_02.html
Assigned watching
Official Website
提供中英文字幕
Requirements and Grading
Weekly participation, quiz, and discussion (25%)
Midterm exam (25%)/ Final exam (25%)
Group presentation (25%)
Course Website
https://sites.google.com/site/huquanwei2010/home/public-issues-and-democratic-debate
Facebook group: 2014 Spring Persuasion (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2014persuasion/)
Topics of group presentation
•Trolley car case
•Emergency Room?
•Torture or not?
• Military system: Conscription or volunteer?
•Is it wrong to lie to a murder?
•Pregnancy for pay?
Affirmative action for whites?
Group presentation: Examples (Please enter the following links)
Office Hours
Monday 10:00-12:00 AM
Friday 10:00-12:00 AM
0. Introduction: Democratic Debate and Democracy
1. Introduction
2. Cotent
3. Mode
4. Rule
Reference
胡全威,2013,〈公共爭議與正反討論—一個課程教學方式的反省〉,《通識學刊:理念與實務》,2卷2期,頁75-100。
胡全威,2013,〈說服與判斷:古典修辭對當代民主的啟發〉,《政治科學論叢》,55期,頁1-32。(TSSCI)
2013, 〈全英文教學之困境與突破〉,2013卓越教學學術研討會,花蓮東華大學,11月7-8日。
1. The Trolley Car Case
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Trolley car case
1.2 Aim of the Course
1.3 Utilitarianism
1.4 Shipwreck
Assigned watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 1 The Moral side of Murder
2. Utilitarianism and its objections
Indecent Proposal
2.0 Objection to Utilitarianism
2.1 Utilitarianism Utility
2.2 Cost Benefit Analysis
2.3 Objections
2.4 Another Version of Utilitarianism
3.2 Libertarianism
3.3 National Health Insurance
3.4 Self-Ownership
4.2 John Locke
4.3 State of Nature
4.4 Difference
(1) Introduction to John Stuart Mill
(2) Pleasures difference in quality
(3) Individuality
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 4
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 4
課堂筆記(點選左列字串)
Extended Reading
胡全威,彌爾 「論自由」
J. S. Mill On Liberty
郭志嵩(譯),「論自由」(台北:臉譜,2004)
J. S. Mill Autobiography
我的知識之路:約翰彌爾自傳。吳良健、吳衡康(譯)。(台北:網路與書,2007)
Mill, John Stuart. 1863/2001. Utilitarianism. Kitchener: Batoche Books.
5. Libertarianism
(1) Right to liberty
(2) Libertarianism
(3) Discussion: NHI
(4) Quiz Time
(5) Self-ownership
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 4
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 5
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Midterm Exam
Form
Multiple Choice Questions: 16
5 points each
Short Essay Questions:2
10 points each
Answer in either English or Chinese
5. Military System
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Military System
5.2 Surrogate Mother
5.3 Consent
Battle Speech
課堂筆記 (請點選左列字串)
Extended readings
Military System
J. Machale Cole, Taiwan’s “All-Volunteer” Military: Vision or Nightmare?, The Diplomat, July 09, 2013
中央社,「國防部:第一階段募兵成果顯著」,4月22日
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/201404220088-1.aspx
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 5
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 6
6. Kant on Freedom
6.0 I. Kant's Definition of Freedom
6.1 Kant's Three Moral Principles
6.2 Tell a Lie
6.3 Topic
Surrogate mother
Baby M and the question of surrogacy
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002781402/baby-m-and-the-question-of-surrogacy.html
「FEATURE: Couples suffer as long as surrogacy remains illegal」,Taipei Times, July 20, 2013
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/07/20/2003567762
「代理孕母制度惹爭議 女性團體:金錢暴力」,健康醫療網,2012/09/28
http://www.healthnews.com.tw/readsupply.php?id=5904
「代理孕母入法 衛福部表支持」,新頭殼,2013/12/16
https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%BB%A3%E7%90%86%E5%AD%95%E6%AF%8D%E5%85%A5%E6%B3%95-%E8%A1%9B%E7%A6%8F%E9%83%A8%E8%A1%A8%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81-105633210.htm
Sex work
I Don't Want Your Pity: Sex Work and Labor Politics
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/belle-knox/sex-work-politics_b_5148528.html
Will nobody listen to the sex workers?
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/15/will-nobody-listen-to-the-sex-workers-prostitution
http://www.goh.org.tw/resources/e-news/2010/11/560-1105.html#01
Kant on Moral Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/#KinEndFor
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 6
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 7
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8. John Rawls's Difference Principle
Inequality
Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvjWM8f7D5Q&feature=youtu.be
Recommended reading
http://www.douban.com/group/topic/32115021/
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 7
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 8
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9. Aristotle on Politics
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 8
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 9
推薦閱讀
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10. Justice and Common Good
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 9
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 10
Extended Readings
MacIntyre, Alasdair C. 1981. After Virtue : A Study in Moral Theory. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press.
Sandel, Michael J. 1982. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice. Cambridge Cambridgeshire ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
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11. Conclusion: Philosophy and Persuasion
Assigned Reading and watching
Reading
Sandel, Michael J. 2009. Justice : What's the Right Thing to Do? 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chapter 10
Watching
Justice with Michael Sandel
Episode 12
Extended Readings
陳長文. 2013. "服貿辯論,盼從辯論進化為討論." 中國時報, A14.
我們課程中提的「辯論」與該文中的「討論」是相容
Dworkin, Ronald. 2007. 人權與民主生活. Translated by 司馬學文. 台北: 韋伯.pp. 175-179
討論爭議議題,有助於我們思考自身所理解的根本原則。事實上,眾人雖然對於具體個案有爭議,但事實上卻可以秉持相類似的根本原則。譬如眾人應接受每個人生命有其內在價值與努力發揮的個人責任。
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Group Presentation
Recommended links
Introduce how to give an excellent presentation
China Medical University
1st group (Arlinda, Philip, Harry, Mauricio)
2nd group (Mark, Ernest, Daniel, Christine)
4th group (Janet, Melody, Ivory, 柏暵)
5th group (Ee Jie, Viphan, Max, Stella, Chloe)
7th group (Chen, Wendy, Iris, Mandy, Keith)
8th group (Mavis, Jack, Joe, Eric)
9th group (Jason, Debbie, Gina, Rowan, Leo, Lim)
Tunghai University
Mayflower (Sophia, Sherwin, Bernie)
Jog Jog Chocolate(Kelly, Kathleen, Will, Dolphin)
Victoria (Shawn, Carrie, Alisa, Jenny)
Sun Flower (Grace, Nicole, Mike, Wilson)
Final Exam
Form
Multiple Choice Questions: 16
5 points each
Short Essay Questions:2
10 points each
Answer in either English or Chinese
Content
Military system, I. Kant, John Rawls, Aristotle, Communitarian, Persuasion
Michael Sandel's videos: Episode 6-12
Some useful websites
蒐羅許多爭議議題的網站,讓各方意見呈現,並進行投票
Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge
一個以競賽方式,提供獎學金,促進大學生關心公共議題
Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher
從網路遊戲中,學習哲學思辨
蒐羅各種影響我們生活的全球性議題
蒐羅各種爭議相關資料
Extended Readings
Sandel, Michael J. 1982. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice. Cambridge Cambridgeshire ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sandel, Michael J. 1996. Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Mass. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Sandel, Michael J. 2012. What Money Can't Buy : The Moral Limits of Markets. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Wight, Jonathan B. 2002/2011. Saving Adam Smith : A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue(搶救亞當斯密:一場財富與道德的思辨之旅), Financial Times Prentice Hall Books. Upper Saddle River, NJ/ 台北: Prentice Hall/ 經濟新潮社.
以小說的方式,闡述亞當斯密對於「道德」與「經濟」發展的觀點
曾國祥. 2003. "論沈岱爾之行動性理論:一個哲學保守主義的重塑." 政治與社會哲學評論 (6):65-114.
黃維幸. 2014. 現代法學方法新論. 台北: 三民
從「論辯」(rhetoric)的觀點,討論司法爭議