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The "mission and core purpose" of the University of Texas at Austin is" to transform lives for the benefit of society through the core values of learning, discovery, freedom, leadership, individual opportunity and responsibility."
Born Free
http://www.youtube.com/v/1qBK4RRpouQ&hl=en&fs=1&
Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart
Live free and beauty surrounds you
The world still astounds you
Each time you look at a star
Stay free, where no walls divide you
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide
Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living
'cause you're born free
(Stay free, where no walls divide you)
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide
Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living
'cause you're born free
TODAY'S GOALS:
Understand the role of philosophy in ethics generally and advancing animal rights specifically; become aware of the advantages and disadvantages of analogies such as that between the Holocaust and slaughterhouses.
[2A2] ETHICS [ 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
[2A2a] To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b] To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented by racism, especially slavery.
[2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:Einstein quote:
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
Dass Guided Imagery focused on sending light and love, focusing on imprisonment, loss of freedom, especially as represented by Kafka here
3-8 MEET IN PAR 104. Sadism: Best and Worst first half of alphabet; quiz, discussion of blogs
Hogarth, "Four Stages of Cruelty"
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"
Stanford Prison Experiment 2015 movie, trailer: https://youtu.be/7LviGTHud5w
Stanford Prison Experiment 2010 movie, trailer :
http://youtu.be/4Q7oH4WH8wU
Stanford Prison Experiment documentary:
http://youtu.be/fKT-LcFrA78
Yale Experiment 2015 movie, trailer:
Crush Videos
Starving a Dog to Death as "Art"
Schadenfreude
http://youtu.be/4XmZIcmRKkc
LOOKING AHEAD:
3-10 MEET IN PAR 104. Cowspiracy: must attend to particpate in blog; P1 Due before class: must be emailed to me by 2 PM. If late -10 per class day late. see page
3-19 EXTRA CREDIT: HOLI: http://radhamadhavdham.org/event/holi/ EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET EXTRA CREDIT: bump@utexas.edu
3-22 Carnism: Best and Worst pairs, quiz, discussion of blogs LEADER?
3-24 Sacred cattle: Best and Worst 1st half of alphabet;quiz, discussion of blogs LEADER?
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!
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