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1-8 Table of Contents

9 Experiential Learning

10-11  Meditation and Guided Imagery

12-14    Feedback and Emotional Intelligence

15 Service Learning

16 Discovery Learning

17 Discovery Learning at U.T.

18 Discovery Learning in Freshman English, Amherst

20 My Teaching Philosophy & the Carnegie Report

21-22 Song Lyrics: “Born Free”; “Get Together”; “Peaceable Kingdom”

23 Ram Dass / Einstein guided imagery

24-28 Course Goals

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29 Racial Harassment Policy;

30-31 Sexual Harassment Policy;

32 If I Am Heterosexual

33 Ally Work

34-35 LBGT Vocabulary

36-37 Drug + Alcohol Policy;

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38-39 The Importance of Reading Directions in This Class

40 Employer survey: writing, collaboration, ethics, reality

41-45 Revenge of the Right Brain

46-8 Flunking out of College

49-50 The New Curriculum

51 Moyers Rebirth at U.T.

52 Concentration vs. “multitasking”

53 Sleep Deprivation and Multitasking

54 Negative vs. Positive Attitude

[CF. Goleman on optimism in “Emotional Intelligence”

55-59 Jacob Meyer: Suicide at U.T.

60-61 U.T. Counseling Center

62 Stress Test

63 Tips for Reducing Stress

64 U.T. Stress Relief Site

65 Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me About College Before I Started: Why Are You Here?

66 Texas Constitution: “for the promotion of literature”

67 U. T. Seal

68 U. T. CORE PURPOSE (Ethics) and Core Values: Freedom, Discovery, etc.

69 Diversity

70-72 Perfectionism

73-74 Covey, Time Management form and example

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75 Tower Motto: Ye Shall Know the Truth

76 Blake, “London”

77-78 Scallop Shell Symbolism

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79 Five Characteristics of a Good Student: Postive Attitude...

80-81 Willie Tichenor: Positive Attitude at U.T.

82-3 Motivation; cf. Perfectionism

84 Goal Setting

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COMMUNICATION

85-86 Covey on listening +reading, writing, speaking

87 Class Discussion

88 Listening

89 Have You Tried Listening?

90-91 Leading Class Discussion

TIME MANAGEMENT + RESOURCES

92-93 “Procrastination: How Adolescents Encourage Stress”

94-95 Covey, Personal Planning System, from The Eighth

Habit

96-97 Overcoming Procrastination;

98-99 Design Your Own Procrastination Plan

100-1 Learning Skills Center

102 Undergraduate Writing Center

READING ASSIGNMENTS.

University of Texas Ethics

103-110 Ethical Challenges selections

111-115 Honor Code of U.T.

see also 689-690 Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarism

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

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116 Know Thyself

117-120 Leadership, EQ, and Both Sides of the Brain

121-123 Emotional Intelligence

124-126 Harmonizing Emotion and Thought

127-128 “The Man Without Feelings”

129-130 “The Roots of Empathy”

131-133 Empathy vs Video Games

134 David Lee Powell, Plan II student?

135 Molesters and Sociopaths

136 “I Am a Rock”;

136 “Comfortably Numb”

137-140 “Turn It Off”.

141 Definition of “Sentimentality” (603B15)

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EMOTIONAL LITERACY

142-149 Emotion Words checklist

150 Children’s Feeling Words

151 Vocabulary of Emotions

152 Intensity of Feelings Chart

153-154 Writing Emotions

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155-161 The Word Love in English and Greek

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162 The words “Loving-Kindness” and Metta

163 Metta and the other brahmaviharas

164-166 Harris on the brahmaviharas

167 Judeo-Christian love and caritas; love vs. fear

168 Native American love vs. fear story

169 The term biophilia

170-210 Rifkin, The Empathic Civilization: 241-5 Intro.; 246-8 Adam Smith revised; 248-52 The new psychology of empathy + global empathic consciousness; 253-4 Mirror neurons and resonance circuitry; 255 Darwin; 256 Deep play; 257 Empathic roots of language; 258 animal models; 264 India, Jainism, Buddhism; 266 reason and emotion, Schopenhauer, Kant; 271 animal welfare; 272 group therapy and self-help groups, Moreno;275 fellow species, biophilia, 278 global empathy

211-217 Dolby, Rethinking Multicultural Education: the New Empathy and Social Justice

POSITIVE NON-BINARY EMOTIONS

218-219 Love +Joy

220-221 Peacefulness + “Know Thyself”

222-223 Enjoyment; Acceptance

224-226 Enthusiasm

DEFINITIONS OF RELATED TERMS

227-229 Definition of Passion

230-231 Definition of Compassion

232-234 Definitions of Humane, Human,

235-236 Definition of Animal

237 Definition of Empathy [SEE ALSO “Enron vs. Empathy”; “Roots of Empathy”; “Empathy vs. Video Games:; Rifkin, The Empathic Civilization; Dolby

238-239 Definition of Sympathy

240 Definition of Sympathetic Imagination

OVERVIEWS OF PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS

241-245 Companion to Ethics by Singer, Table of Contents

246 The Ethics of Sympathy: summary

247-248 Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics ed. Donovan and Adams, Table of Contents

POWER ANIMALS

249-252 Totemism and Power Animals, some definitions

253-263 - Animal Speak

264-267 Spirit Animals

268 -269     Power Animals table of contents

270 Animal Spirit Guides table of contents

271- Power Animals in Bless Me Ultima Harry Potter, and Black Elk Speaks

272-295 Black Elk Speaks

296-300 Vizenor, “Squirrel”

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TEXAS TOTEM ANIMALS

301-305 Dobie introduction

306-323 J. Frank Dobie, The Longhorns

324 Longhorns Our Totem Animal?

325-330 Longhorns at U.T.

331-332 The Texas Myth: Webb & McMurtry

333-335 Texas Longhorn: origins

336-343 Learning from Longhorns

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TOTEM ANIMAL ORIGINS: CATTLE

344-347 Cattle in Ancient History

348-356 Cattle in World Religions

357-359 Cattle in Hinduism

360-364 Cattle in Jainism

365 Cattle in the Odyssey

366-367 The Sacred Calf in the Bible

368-375 Hemingway on bullfighting

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376-377 Suffering

378-382 Compassion Overview

383 Jain Guidelines

384-387 Jainism and Environmental Ethics

388-392 Ahimsa

393 Gandhi

394-396 Jain Ahimsa in Practice

397-401 Mahavira’s Environmental Ethics

402-404 Learning from Eastern Thought

ANIMAL ETHICS

405-441 Monson, Earthlings transcript

PRACTICAL ETHICS: WHAT CAN YOU DO?

As an individual

442 Eiseley, “Starfish Story”

In a group

443 Local Protestors

444-446 California ballot

446-449 Iowa courts

international

450 Declaration on Animal Welfare

451 Declaration of Animal Rights

nonprofit corporation: example, PETA

454-454 PETA origin

455 “10 actions”

457-461 “Companion Animals”

462-465 “Laboratory Animals”

466-468 “Vivisection in Schools”

GLOBAL CULTURE AND ANIMAL ETHICS

469-470 Coetzee, introduction

471-487 Coetzee, The Lives of Animals: Philosophy

488-499 Coetzee, The Lives of Animals: Poetry

500-501 Marjorie Garber commentary

502-525 Sztybel on the analysis

526-528 Holocaust comparison quotations,

529-530 Isaac Singer bio

531-548 Eternal Treblinka

549-554 “Animal Rights and the Holocaust”

555-560  Singer, “The Slaughterer”

561-564 Peter Singer commentary

565-571 Wendy Doniger commentary

572-579 Barbara Smuts commentary

ANIMAL ETHICS AND THE SYMPATHETIC IMAGINATION

580-581 Rilke 8th Elegy

ETHICS IN ACTION: SHELTER ANIMALS

582 “In the Animal Shelter

583-587 Hempel, “At  the Gates of the Animal Kingdom”

FROM THE DOG’S POINT OF VIEW

588 Rick Bass, Intro.

589-599 Rick  Bass’s  “The  Odyssey,”

CATS

600 Rilke, “Panther”

601-603 Hughes Intro

604 “Jaguar”

605 “Jaguar II”

606 Rilke, “Black Cat”

607-609 Cat Sense

ANCIENT WORSHIP OF CATS

610-612 "In Ancient  Egypt, Greece, and  Rome," Dorothy Stuart

 613-617 "The Cat in Ancient Egypt"

618-619 "What Happens to Cats," Herodotus

620 Siamese Temple Cats ; The Origin of the Cat in Islam

621 Cat Eye folklore

CAT COMPANIONS IN ANCIENT ART

622 TiYi, Egypt, 1500s B.C.

623 Penby, Egypt, 1200s B.C

624 Southern Italy, 4th c. B.C

LATER CAT COMPANIONS

625 Mahomed + Belgian "Cat's Prayer"

626-627 "Jeffry," Christopher Smart, 18th c

628 "Never Again," Doris Lessing

629 "Killing Willie," Mary Hemingway

CAT TEACHERS

630 Zen Masters, Ekhart Tolle

631 "Miao," Dilys Laing

FROM THE CAT’S POINT OF VIEW

632 "Kitten's Recollections," A. N. Wilson

633 "From the Laws of Cats," Karel Capek

634 “Hiddigeigei," J. V. Von Scheffel

635 “Simon," Frederick Pollock

636 "Cat of the House," Ford Madox Ford

637 “The Ballad of Tough Tom," Paul Gallico

638-641 “Diary of a Cat," Edwina S. Babcock

CAT EPITAPHS

642 “Duchesse du Maine” Sir Edmind Gosse

643 “Epitaphium Felis” Jorton

ANIMAL AND DIET ETHICS

644-672 “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows”

673-684 The Face on Your Plate

WRITING INSTRUCTIONS

685-686 High School to College Writing Transition

687-688 Researching

689-690 Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarism

WRITING AS DISCOVERY LEARNING, AS ART

PHRASES IN BOLD = RUBRICS FOR PEER AND INSTRUCTOR CRITIQUES

O= 2. Organization and Logical Order of the Prose

+V = 4. Integration of Verbal and Visual Rhetoric

691 Writing Well is Thinking Well

692-693 Rhetorical Fallacies

694 Yeats, “Hammer Your Thoughts”; RETHINK REWRITE ALSO ^ [

coherence]

695 Forster, “Only Connect” ALSO ^ [coherence]

696-697 Creating a Strong Thesis

698 Structure of a Professional Research Paper

699 “COMPOSITION,” the meaning of ALSO ^ [coherence]

700 Introductions and Conclusions ALSO ^ [coherence]

^ = 1. UNITY, COHERENCE, AND FLOW

701-702 Flow and Transitions ALSO O

703 COHERENCE, sign of an ‘A’ paper

704 Transitional Expressions

705 Focusing on Transitions

W=8. WORD CHOICE

USE THE Oxford English Dictionary:

https://login.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?qurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.oed.com%2f

706-707 Verbs that Take Prepositions

708 Rough Guide to Prepositions

P= 7. PUNCTUATION:

709-719 Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: commas, semicolons

720-721 Quick Guide to Commas

DOC= 6. DOCUMENTATION

722-725 Chicago Manual of Style

W= 8. WORD CHOICE + S= 3. SPECIFICITY:

726 Hemingway on Rewriting

727-728 Hemingway's Farewell to Arms summary

729-752 Hemingway's Farewell to Arms 47 endings

753 Revisions Checklist

754-755 Saying What You Mean

C= 9. CONCISENESS

756-757 Diction and Conciseness ALSO W= 8.

758-759 Eliminating Wordiness ALSO W= 8.

760 Readability and Clarity ALSO W= 8.

761 Tips for Improving Readability ALSO W= 8.

P =PROOFREADING

762-764 Proofreading

765 Why spell checkers are not enough

THE ETHICS OF DIET AND SUSTAINABILITY

766-779 The term SUSTAINABILITY

780-796 “Bovine Planet”

797-803 Making Progress

804-806 New Diet Guidelines

807-818 Sustainability Studies at U.T;

819-825 Papal Encyclical;

826 Senate Rejects.,

827-831 Senate Undermines.

832-836 WHO on “meat”

837-840 Dean Ornish on “meat”

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Global Ethics of Diet: the Indian Mutiny of 1857

841-844 Imperialism

845-895 1857 Reader

896-904 War of No Pity

905-906 Cattle and Violence In India Today

SADISM

907-913 Hogarth, "Four Stages of Cruelty"

914-918 The Animal Cruelty Syndrome

919 Crush Videos Protected

920-922 "The New Sadism"

923-927 Sadism in Yale and Stanford Experiments

928-962 Zimbardo, "Stanford Prison Experiment"

Paradise Regained

963-964 Isaiah

965 Virgil

966-969 Fourth Eclogue

apocrypha [not included in Bible]

970-971 Acts of Philip,

971-972 Pseudo-‐Matthew

973-974 Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom

975-976 Yann Martel

977-987 Life of Pi: “Zoo”; religion; zoomorphism

988-996 Kipling, “The Miracle of Purun Bhagat”

RESEARCH ON ANIMALS

997-1000 Kingsolver, Fowler review

1001-1007 Slicer, “Your Daughter or Your Dog”

1008-1011 Luke, Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals

1012-1026  Guerrini, Experimenting with Humans and Animals

1027-1034   Carroll, Popular Fallacies

1035-1037  “ Vivisection as a Sign of the Times”

1038-1043         Lansbury, The Old Brown Dog

1044 Batty Rap

1045-1067 Guerrini, Experimenting with Humans and Animals

1068- 1083 Applied Ethics in Animal Research

1084- 1087 “The Beagle as Research Dog”

1089 Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs  overview

1090-1096  Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs brief selection

1097-1113 Animal Research Wars

1114-1121   Animal Research on This Campus: ARC info

1122-1130 Animal Research on this Campus: Robert Titus

1131                             Animal  Research  on  this  Campus:  Julie  C

Literature and POPULAR CULTURE

1132-1138                 FernGully, the book

1139-1143 Planet of the Apes multimedia overview

1144                          Franz Kafka introduction

1145-1151                 Kafka”Report to the Academy”

Speciesism and Racism

1152-1153 Jeremy Bentham .

1154-1155 Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat .

1156-1176 The Dreaded Comparison

1177 Alice Walker intro

1178-1181 Alice Walker, "Am I Blue?"

1182-1184 Racism on this campus

SEXISM

1185-1187 Sexism and Speciesism

1188-1192 The Sexual Politics of Meat

1193-1199 "Sexist Words, Speciesist Roots"

LATE ADDITIONS

1200-1213 Money and Tenure at U.T. etc

1214-1216 A&M sued

1217-1229 Swift, “A Modest Proposal”