1A: Listen to the interview with Peter Singer who is one of the world's leading ethicists and is a professor at Princeton University. You can find the interview here on Philosophy Bites. It's the first interview, called "Life and Death Decision Making."
1B: Write a one-page response to the podcast. Name some things you agree with and things you disagree with. Explain why. As always, make sure you are winsome, helpful, and humble. And don't just share the gospel with him. Interact with his ideas and state your case well.
However, if you came to class, skip this. We listened to it and discussed it in class. Pays to come to class.
2: "Dear Caller" Instead of Doug, pretend you are serving at a Crisis Pregnancy Center and you grab the phone. There is no one else around, so you must respond to this caller. What do you say?
Amy is a 17-year old high school student. She is pregnant, and her parents want her to get an abortion because they are leaders in their church and it would be "best for the family and the church if no one knew." She wants to keep the baby, but doubts her boyfriend will marry her. If she keeps the baby, her parents will likely kick her out. She knows it would be too hard to be 17, a single mom, and make ends meet. An abortion seems the simplest answer to this complex question, but she doesn't want to have an abortion.What do you say to Amy?
3A: Read "Principles of a Christian Environmental Ethic" by John Bergstrom on pages 259-268 in your Student Manual. Write on a sheet of paper that you read it, and sign it.
3B: Answer 5 of the 10 questions on page 269. You pick the 5.
Next class is on Radical Environmentalism. Enjoy!
The write up I have to do because I missed class because I am a Scholar-Athlete and I had a game for my school that night; do you want that to be professional? Or can I go a more personal route with it and bring God and my personal thoughts into it?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
You can be personal. It is supposed to be a response where you share your views, so don't feel like you have to awkwardly talk in third-person. Just name some points you liked and a few points you'd disagree with and why.
ReplyDeleteAnd this assignment is not to punish the scholar-athletes, but because it was the best part of the class and I hate you all missed it.