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TTh 2-3:15 PAR 104 e/l*
Jerome Bump
*A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Source: Mathematical Circles
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PROJECT DUE DATES
2-11 P1A POWER ANIMAL ESSAY DUE
2-25 P1 DUE ON BLACKBOARD
3-1 CRITIQUES DUE ON BLACKBOARD by midnight Saturday
3-6 P1 Hard Copy
3-27 P2A due on Blackboard
4-10; P2 due on Blackboard
4-17 P2 Critiques Due
4-22 P2C Hard copy due
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OVERVIEW 1-14 Introduction; 1-16 Emotive Ethics; 1-21 Sympathetic Imagination; 1-23 Animals in Native American Culture;1-28 ice day; 1-30 Animals in World Religions; 2-4 , 2-6 Earthlings; 2-11 P1A DUE; What is Your Totem Animal?; 2-13 Native American Rebirth and Vision Quest; 2-18 Universities, U. T., Liberal Arts; 2-20 U.T Leaders ; 2-25 P1B DUE; 2-27Cats; 3-4 Gender, Diversity, and Family Dynamics ;3-6 P1 Hard Copy due; 3-18 Holocaust Analogy;3-20 Sadism; 3-25 Carnism; 3-27 P-2A DUE; 4-1 Racism, Sexism, Speciesism; 4-3 Research Animals 1;4-8 Research Animals 2; 4-10; P2B DUE; 4-15 Research Animals 3; 4-17 Research Animals 3; 4-22 P2C DUE; 4-24 Paradise Regained 1; 4-30 Paradise Regained 2; 5-2 Awards, Evaluations.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1-14 Quiz on Course Description; Introduction; ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1-16 BDP class visit. Bring questions about pp.13-103; then, Introduction to Ethics; especially emotive ethics,
optional blog on pp. 234-298;required quiz on pp. 234-237; Covey pp. 257-262; emotional intelligence pp. 277-293
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1-21 Sympathetic Imagination,guided imagery, BEST AND WORST for BEST AND WORST for first half of alphabet: , P1A and B INSTRUCTIONS, student leader?
Quiz will be two of the items from pp. 334-349, and four of the items from 847-885;Blog instructions__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1-23 Animals in Native American Culture Black Elk Speaks “What is Your Power Animal?”:TOTEM AND POWER ANIMALS; OUR ANIMAL BONDS; NATIVE AMERICAN ANIMAL BONDS, pp. 928-989
1-28 Ice Day
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1-30 Animals in World Religions 1055-1084 "Best and Worst" for FIRST half of alphabet LAURA, CHRISTIAN, ETHAN, MADDIE, AUDRA, SAM, CONOR
1-31 Monday Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean’s approval, withdraw from the University or drop a class except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons.Last day an undergraduate student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail basis.
Monson, introduction .................................................. 350-‐351
Monson, Earthlings screenplay.................................... 352-‐382
- Definition of Human and Humane……………………………389-392
- Definition of Animal……………………………………………………393-394
- Definition of Speciesism …………………………………………….395-397
- Definition of Anthropocentrism…………………………………..398
- Definition of Anthropomorphize…………………………………..398
- Definition of Ethnocentrism…………………………………………399
- Definition of Egoism…………………………………………………….. 399
- Definition of Hubris………………………………………………………400
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2-11 P1A POWER ANIMAL ESSAY DUE Natural Science Museum
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2-13 Native American Rebirth and Vision Quest; Quiz; ATTENDANCE REQUIRED OR -20
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2-18 What is Your Totem Animal?"Best and Worst" for SECOND half of alphabet
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2-20 Universities, U. T., Liberal Arts, U. G. S.; "Best and Worst" for first half of alphabet; Quiz on pp. 227-235; Blog Discussion led by?
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2-25 P1B DUE ON BLACKBOARD,
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2-27 U.T Leaders' "Best and Worst" for second half of alphabet;Quiz;
Full description here --> http://landmarks.utexas.edu/artistdetail/ellis_david
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3-6 Meet at 24th and San Jacinto no later than 2 for THE DOBIE WALK: UT's Totem Animals,P1 Hard Copy due or -10 per class day; that is, -10 if turned in 3-18, -20 if turned in 3-20, etc.
P1C HARD COPY: if yours doesn't meet all the criteria below and include all the items listed below in the folder it will be graded as "late" and returned to you 3-18WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE FOLDER TO BE HANDED IN?
[1] YOUR FINAL COPY of P1C, -- the combination of P1A (handed in to me) and P1B (put on Blackboard and critiqued by your colleagues --- CLEARLY MARKED AS "P1C FINAL COPY " FORMAT: DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH A TITLE, PAGE NOS., and FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, using the University of Chicago footnote method (without bilbiography or works cited),. LAST PAGE SHOULD PROVIDE THE WORD COUNT (both with and without quotes). [1A] Part one (at least 700 words from the points of view of the animal) [1B] A good transition from the animal's point of view to yours [1C] Part two: At least seven-hundred more words about what you learned from the animal. THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE OR -5. _______________________________________________________________________ ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE these and only these related materials
[2] The P1 rubric evaluation form from me and the P1 final essay edited by me, with my marks on the copy or -50 [3] If you revised P1 and received it back from me, the revised version with my edits should also be included [4] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT of P1B, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD; [5] ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE OF YOUR PROJECT, PUT INTO A SINGLE WORD DOCUMENT, WITH THE NAME OF THE REVIEWER and the color code AT THE TOP OF EACH CRITIQUE. [6] A SECOND DRAFT WITH ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE CRITIQUES, WITH CHANGES NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO TO WHICH REVIEWER, INCLUDING ANY MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE INSTRUCTOR'S CRITIQUES OF P1.Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).
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3-18 MEET AT WALLER CREEK;The college experience: Asian American Gender, Diversity, and Family Dynamics; student leader? "Best and Worst" for second half of alphabet; READINGS: PP. 547-77
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3-20 Holocaust Analogy; "Best and Worst" for first half of alphabet;
- Singer, The Slaughter
- David Sztybel, “Can the Treatment of Animals Be
- Compared to The Holocaust?”
- Quotations
- I. B. Singer and Shub intro.
- I. B. Singer and the animal holocaust.
- I. B. Singer and the animal holocaust controversy.
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3-21: 20 bonus points for posting P2A now
3-24: 15 bonus points for posting P2A now
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3-25 Sadism student leader "Best and Worst" for second half of alphabet
CRUELTY VS. COMPASSION: PEER PRESSURE , AUTHORITY, AND SADISM
- Sadism in Yale and Stanford Experiments ………………………..……… 576-580
- Hogarth, “Four Stages of Cruelty”………………………….………………581-587
- The Animal Cruelty Syndrome ……………………………………..………588-592
- Crush Videos Protected………………………………………………….…593
- Zimbardo, “Stanford Prison Experiment” ……………………………………594-628
- Twain, "The Lowest Animal"...........................................................................629-636
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3-27 P-2A due on Blackboard before class:MEET AT BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM
Titans of the Ice Age transports viewers to the beautiful and otherworldly frozen landscapes of North America, Europe and Asia ten thousand years before modern civilization. Peer through the 3D canvas to an ancient world of ice, the dawn of our species, a time when man shared the tundra with majestic woolly beasts.
Dazzling computer-generated imagery brings this mysterious era to life - from saber-toothed cats and cave bears to dire wolves and woolly mammoths - giants both feared and hunted by prehistoric humans.
The Ice Age marks a dynamic chapter in the development of the human spirit, a great test of survival, a "trial by ice" that would compel our ancestors to seek understanding and meaning in nature. These inventions and discoveries - art, language, clothing, the taming of fire - born of the Pleistocene, were tools that defined and civilized the human species.
Ironically, our spirit of ingenuity and survival instincts would ultimately provide us with the power and knowledge to alter the very forces of nature that once shaped our existence. And the consequences, from species devastation to global warming, have become the great challenges in the modern era. The Ice Age takes a thoughtful look at the relationships between the Earth, her resources and inhabitants, and our role in a changing world. As the planet now warms by our own hand, jeopardizing thousands of species, how can we tap into the same great human capacity for innovation to solve today's emerging threats?
Rated PGRuntime: 45min
MEET AT BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM, for TITANS OF THE ICE AGE 3-D (24 pts. blog option available) and chance to earn more points on a scavenger hunt in the museum (8 points for receipt, 20 more pts. blog option available).
$8 for movie alone, $10 more for exhibits and qualification for second blog option (exhibit ticket allows re-entry that day).*
*Thursday or any day before May 5, take $10 and student ID to counter and get receipt and sticker for Exhibits.
STICKER AND RECEIPT TO BE TURNED INTO INSTRUCTOR FOR 8 PTS.
Up to twenty MORE points for insights into the changing patterns of diversity in the history of Texas to be posted in the Bullock blog.
"Diversity" in this case means diversity of species as well as diversity of human cultures.
Try to include all three floors of exhibits if possible.
Some images available here:
http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/images/story/
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Bruce Friedrich's review Related Texts Etc.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_Extra credit opportunities:10 pts. for proof of attendance for each; up to 20 more for each for posts in Extra Credit Blog
OVERCOMING HATRED: A HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM, Julus Glickman Conference Center CLA 1.302E:
MARCH 29TH, 5 PM, N. N. Tutu, Race and Gender Justice Advocate
MARCH 31, 7 PM, W. J. Morgan, Holocaust Survivor
APRIL 1, 7 PM, P. Newberg, UN Special Advisor
Latina and Jewish Student Coalition and White Rose Society
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P2B: THE COMBINED DOCUMENT: P2A EXPANDED TO 700 WORDS + transition+ 700 WORDS EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT according to the instructions at
http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/30214/P2B.html[3/31: 15 bonus points for posting now]
[4/3: 10 bonus points for postingnow]
[4/7: 5 bonus points for posting now]
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4-1 MEET AT WALLER CREEK: Carnism; student leader "Best and Worst" for first half of alphabet;
THE ETHICS OF EATING
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows………………..……..……535-563
The Face on Your Plate ………………………………………….……………………564-575
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4-3 MEET AT WALLER CREEK:Racism, Sexism,
Speciesism; student leader "Best and Worst" for second half of alphabet
- RACISM AND SPECIESISM
- Jeremy Bentham…… 483-4
- Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat ……485-6
- The Dreaded Comparison…………487-507
- Alice Walker intro……508
- Alice Walker, "Am I Blue?"……509-512
- Racism and U.T.'s South Mall Statues…513
- Racism and Simkins Residence Hall………514-5
- MLK's visit to U.T. …516-519
- SEXISM AND SPECIESISM
- The Sexual Politics of Meat …………520-527
- "Sexist Words, Speciesist Roots"………528-534
- RACISM AND SPECIESISM
_ 4-4: 8 pts. for proof of attendance at Friday lecture on primates' social behavior and how we study them, -- to include discussion of "similarity and differences" between humans and primates.
http://www.esi.utexas.edu/hot-science-cool-talks/378-primate-social-behavior
20 more points available for a post relating this to our readings in the Extra Credit Blog.
Remember that there is a limit of 50 pts for individual extra credit, and 100 pts. for group extra credit (when two more class members attend together).
P2B: THE COMBINED DOCUMENT: P2A EXPANDED TO 700 WORDS + transition+ 700 WORDS EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT according to the instructions at
http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/30214/P2B.html[4/3: 10 bonus points for posting now]
[4/7: 5 bonus points for posting now]
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4-8 MEET AT WALLER CREEK:Research Animals : The Early Years "Best and Worst" for first half of alphabet;
Guerrini, Experimenting with Humans and Animals .................. 637-674
Carroll, Popular Fallacies............................................675-682
" Vivisection as a Sign of the Times" ……………………………..…........683-685
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4-10; P2B due on Blackboard BEFORE CLASS -10 per day if late: meet at Blanton Art Museum, just south of Jester,
P2B: POST THE COMBINED DOCUMENT: P2A EXPANDED TO 700 WORDS + transition+ 700 WORDS EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT according to the instructions at
http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/30214/P2B.html
TODAY'S GOALS: [2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
BLANTON MUSEUM:
Equipment needed: a quarter for the cubby for your backpack, your camera (may be used only on the second floor set to "no flash"), and your laptop, phone, or pencil (no pens allowed) and paper.
BLANTON Assignments:
[1] Check in with me before entering the museum. I will be at a table under the arches opposite the museum.
[2] Find a work of art (probably on the second floor) that no one else has claimed that depicts compassion and/or clearly and obviously is designed to elicit compassion from the viewer. One painting per student: stake your claim early.
[3] take detailed notes on a painting, to be shown to the instructor, across from the museum entrance, between 3 and 3:15.
[4] up to twenty-seven points for post to Blanton Blog by May 10. Include at least one picture of the painting you have chosen and at least one quote, if not one about the painting, at least one from our course anthology. Images from the internet may be used but not all paintings can be found on the internet
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4-15 MEET AT WALLER CREEK:Research Animals 2
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ETHICS:[1]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to
make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose
of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience
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Planet of the Apes info........................................................................768-772
The novel Planet of the Apes, selections..............................................773-810
Kafka, "Introduction".................................................................................811
Kafka, “Report to the Academy”...........................................................812-818
We Are all Beside Ourselves NYT review...................................................819-822
We Are all Beside Ourselves selections.......................................................823-846
_LOOKING AHEAD:
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4-17 P2 Critiques Due at midnight
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- PREPARATION FOR OUR FINAL UNIT, AND FOR LIFE........
- DAVID FOSTER WALLACES'S GRADUATION SPEECH
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Monday 4-21 SACA table (outside Gregory Gym) on Monday (Earth Day) Elephant (Shelbie E603a) 10-11; Dolphin (Jacek UGS) 11-12; 8 pts for picture taken with Elephant or Dolphin
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4-22 Tuesday SACA serving vegan ice cream (awesome) on Speedway for the actual Earth Day festival
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4-22 P2C DUE; Hard copy due**; meet at Bob Bullock museum. Across the street from the Blanton.
MEET AT BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM, for GREAT WHITE SHARK 3-D (24 pts. blog option available) and chance to earn more points on a scavenger hunt in the museum (8 points for receipt, 20 more pts. blog option available).
$8 for movie alone, $10 more for exhibits and qualification for second blog option (exhibit ticket allows re-entry that day).*
*Thursday or any day before May 5, take $10 and student ID to counter and get receipt and sticker for Exhibits.
STICKER AND RECEIPT TO BE TURNED INTO INSTRUCTOR FOR 8 PTS.
Up to twenty MORE points for insights into the changing patterns of diversity in the history of Texas to be posted in the Bullock blog.
"Diversity" in this case means diversity of species as well as diversity of human cultures.
Try to include all three floors of exhibits if possible.
Some images available here:
http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/images/story/
Misrepresented, maligned and misunderstood, the Great White Shark is an iconic predator: the creature we love to fear. Great White Shark 3D will explore the Great White's place in our imaginations, in our fears, and in the reality of its role at the top of the oceanic food chain.
Shot on location in South Africa, New Zealand, Mexico and California, the film looks to find the truth behind the mythic creature forever stigmatised by its portrayal in the world's first blockbuster movie, JAWS.
Great whites pre-date the dinosaurs in evolutionary history, and have evolved to regulate their body temperature and give birth to live pups, much like mammals: yet we fail to look on them with the warmth we might afford land based carnivores such as lions, tigers and bears.
Great White Shark 3D aims to reveal the strength and beauty of these animals by looking through the eyes of those who have been touched by their shark encounters: Mike Rutzen, South African shark operator, who swims with Great Whites in the aptly named Shark Alley, Dr. Chris Lowe who has been tagging juvenile white sharks off the coast of Los Angeles, revealing more and more of their secret life, and two record breaking free-divers, Frederic Buyle and William Winram, who tag Great Whites by simply holding their breath and free diving with the sharks.
Great White Shark concludes the oceanic trilogy begun by Wild Ocean and The Last Reef, and brings natures greatest predator to IMAX 3D as never before.
Rated G
Runtime: 40min
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4-24 MEET AT WALLER CREEK Paradise Regained 1 ,
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4-29 MEET AT WALLER CREEK Paradise Regained 2
1239 Dylan Thomas, intro.
1240-1241 "Fern Hill"
I. B. Singer, Stories for Children
1217-18 Author’s Note
1219-1221 “Why Noah Chose the Dove”
1221-1225 “Zlateh the Goat”
1226-1228 “The Parakeet Named Dreidel”
1229-1238 “Naftali the Storyteller & His Horse, Sus”
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Apr. 30th Wednesday from about 9 or 10 til 2pm; SARA farm animal visit (cow, chicken, turkey) 8 pts. For picture taken with one of the animals; up to 20 more for a blog.
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5-1 MEET AT WALLER CREEK: Feedback, Awards, Only Connect, etc
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5-10 Midnight Deadline for turning in all remaining assignments such as revisions of projects, expansion of blogs with past due deadlines, blogs without deadlines, multimedia pilgrimage, etc. I would add doing blogs you missed; if you do so, however, to create some simulation of a discussion, you will need to include in your blog references to most of the previous posts.
FEELING STRESSED?
Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, once wrote, "to allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.
More than that, it is cooperation with violence. The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his work for peace. It destroys her own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of his own work because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful."
One interpretation: The fear of failure and the need to get things done create this downward spiral of the spirit. To break this "circle of violence" we must step back, reflect, meditate. While at rest we may be able to see things anew, which will increase our "fruitfulness at work" and at home.
“Stress Recess” Stressed by papers? Tests? Relationship issues? For these and other stressors, take a few minutes to check out a new interactive website called “Stress Recess” at http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess, a component of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. This site is loaded with videos, animation, video games, body scans, quizzes, clickable charts and graphics and practical information tailored to YOU. Learn what causes stress, signs of stress and—most importantly---what you can do to manage stress in healthy ways!
