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11-15 Animals in World Religions

honi soit motto[2A2] ETHICS [2A2] 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 in thinking about moral and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are

honi soit motto[2A2d]  To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us, especially involving cruelty to animals.

honi soit motto[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.

honi soit motto[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination. Albert Einstein called human bigotry against other species an “optical illusion of consciousness.” Our task, he said, is “to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures.”

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FOR TODAY'S READINGS:

 

honi soit motto [2I] INDEPENDENT INQUIRY GOALS honi soit motto[2I2] to think for your self, decreasing reliance on secondary sources, practicing what is known as active, experiential or discovery learning (as in science experiments, the Moore method in math, and Amherst College’s Baird Freshman English course in the humanities);

TODAY'S TOPICS: HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS: 1. Stories of Origin, as clues to our relationships with animals; Method: thinking for yourself, i.e. Critical Reading and Critical Thinking 

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: feedback, discussion of course, meditation, quiz, discussion of Db and readings

1. Overview + new book selections

"Genesis," ….. 223

1. Isaiah, KJV ….. 274

Acts of Philip, Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew ….. 281

Kipling, "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" ... 297

COMPASSION overview ….. 319

2. Overview, from Jainism and Ecology ….. 324

3. Ahimsa ….. 328

4. Gandhi ….. 333

5. Ahimsa in Practice ….. 334

6. "The Environmental and Ecological Teachings of Tirthankara Mahavira" ….. 337

7. Hinduism and the Surabhi cow ….. 342

8. Mass Animal Sacrifice in Nepal ….. 345

9. NeoConfucian Manifesto ….. 354

10. "Japan's Far Right Blocks Screenings of 'The Cove'" …..357

Festival Of Mass Animal Sacrifice Begins In Nepal

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: East and West; All you have learned about compassion, spirituality, and World Literature

 

2. Milton, intro. ….. 237

3. Paradise Lost, ….. 239

4. Kipling, intro. ….. 257

5. The Jungle Book, intro. ….. 258

6. "How Fear Came" ….. 259

7. Adams, The Plague Dogs …..271

 

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: All you have learned by Critical Reading and Critical Thinking, all you know about creation stories

LOOKING AHEAD: Project 2

 

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