INSPIRATIONS
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ETHICS GOALS
[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 primary approach is the oldest: ethics guided by lovingkindness; more specifically, by three nonbinary emotions: biophilia, inner peace, joie de vivre
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
OTHER GOALS
[3C1] To unify the self: our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
The leader of the lyrebirds, having flown 1206 [A++] kilometers, is leaving the steel city of Rourkela on her way to Varanasi.A pair of lyrebirds, having flown 1022 and 1025 [A-] kilometers, are exploring the Kathak dance and classical music of Raigarh.Another pair of lyrebirds, having flown 992 and 996 [[B+] ]kilometers, are crossing the hot, fertile coastal plain of Odisha heading north to Sambalpur, birthplace of three Tantric cults of Buddhism.These five lyrebirds are "racing" toward Varanasi for the award ceremony for the top three pilgrims.====================================================================Another lyrebird, having flown 964 [B] kilometers, is exploring the temples of Brahmapur, but will also soon turn north toward Sambalpur and Varanasi.Another, having flown 924 [B-] kilometers, is exploring the Andhra mahavishnu Temple in the Krishna district of Srikakulam .Four lyrebirds, having flown 821 [C-] 847, 856 [C] and 875 [C+] kilometers, are relaxing at the north end of Kakinada beach which has one of longest coastlines of all Indian beaches and is famous for its mild blue waters and cold breeze all day.Two lyrebirds, having flown 756[D] kilometers, are relaxing at the south end of Kakinada beach.The rest are lost among the ancient Buddhist stupa and the Jain relics in Gudivada and thus there is some doubt that they will survive the pilgrimage, much less make it to Varanasi.
LOOKING AHEAD:
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4-26 FIRST FIVE PEER CRITIQUES DUE; if by
4-27 -5; if by 4-28 -10; if not POSTED by 4-28 -75 ;
4-28 IF ALSO THE DUE DATE FOR ALL PEER CRITIQUES BEYOND THE FIRST REQUIRED FIVE CRITIQUES
EMAIL WORD DOC TO GET POINTS RECORDED :
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GETTING CREDIT FOR CRITIQUES:
TO GET YOUR POINTS FOR YOUR CRITIQUES
[1] COPY AND PASTE ALL OF YOUR CRIT1QUES OF OTHERS INTO A "WORD" DOCUMENT
[2] ORGANIZE BY THE NAME OF THE PERSON CRITIQUED, PUTTING THE NAME OF THE PERSON CRITIQUED AT THE TOP OF EACH SECTION
[3] PUT BOLD ALL CITATIONS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS
[4] AT THE TOP OF THE FIRST PAGE WRITE "CRITIQUES OF OTHERS:"
[5] AFTER THE COLON LIST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRITIQUES YOU ARE SUBMITTING FOR CREDIT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU ARE SUBMITTING FOR CREDIT
[6] EMAIL THE COMPLETED DOCUMENT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO bump@utexas.edu by May 5
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4-30 MIDNIGHT: BLOG DUE FOR 5-2
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MAY 5: BEST AND WORST: UP TO 60 POINTS
MAY 5: ALL EXTRA CREDIT BLOGS
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5-5 MIDNIGHT P2 DUE 200 POINTS
IF EMAILED BY 5-6 -5; IF EMAILED BY 5-7 -10; IF EMAILED BY 5-8 -15; IF EMAILED BY 5-9 -20; IF EMAILED BY 5-10 -25; IF EMAILED BY 5-11 -30; IF EMAILED BY 5-12 35; IF NOT RECEIVED BY 5-12 "F" IN COURSE
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LOOKING AHEAD
5-4 preparation for P2, award ceremonies etc., summer birthdays, cinquo de mayo extra creit
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3. "The moral progress of humanity--which is the foundation of every other kind of progress--is always slow; but that the sign of true, not causal, progress is its uninterruptedness and its continual acceleration." (1669)
I think that, with some exceptions, this sentiment is true. It seems like the media likes to push bad news on us all the time, so it's easy to become cynical and negative about the state of the world. However, if you were to look at the progress we have made over the last thousand years, or even the last hundred years, you will see how far we have come. Of course, there are cases where things are as bad as they have ever been, but today, women have the most rights that they have ever had. Child mortality is as low as it has ever been. Racial equality has improved vastly. There is certainly hope for animal rights to improve as well. As MLK said, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
4. "gentleness and mercy are not signs of weakness, but are traits of character that belong to the great and noble" (1677)
This is a lesson that is commonly taught to us by the lessons of religion and morality, but it's one that many have forgotten. However, the values that we glorify in our media and culture are ruthlessness and violence, especially considering that these are seen as more masculine qualities. Although there are a few ruthlessness might be needed, in general gentleness and mercy are the more valuable traits. Culturally, we should be rewarding these traits much more.
ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF MASCULINITY: The Peaceable Kingdom: Harold, the farm boy, Howard, the feedlot operator, the pig slaughter boy; Witness: the tough inner-city kid; The Mask: the pro-football player, the father, etc.
PEACEABLE KINGDOM WITNESS
review
Toxic aggression and animals
Best and Worst
https://youtu.be/hc45-ptHMxo
The Mask project
Peaceable Kingdom + Mask preview + Gender + biblical sacrifice of animals
1258- 1294 Gender
1295-1298 Toxic Masculinity
1299-1341 Luke, Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals,
1342-1351 The Sexual Politics of Meat
1352-1358 "Sexist Words, Speciesist Roots"
REVIEW EARTHLINGS:
AN ANGRY WORKER SHOUTS: "Go mother fucker! Don't fuckin' stop. Let's go, let's go!!! Come on, bitch!" AND HE BEATS A ROW OF [FEMLW] PIGS UNABLE TO MOVE…….A PIG IS CLUBBED IN THE HEAD WITH A WRENCH. THE WORKER EXCLAIMS: "Ohhh, motherfucker, die!" WE SEE ANOTHER [FEMALE] PIG WHO HAS FALLEN AND CAN'T GET UP; HER LEG WEDGED BETWEEN THE BARS OF A CAGE. A WORKER BEATS HER IN AN EFFORT TO BRING THE PIG TO ITS FEET. THE PIG CANNOT MOVE AND SCREAMS!
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WE SEE TRAINING FOOTAGE INSIDE A BARN. A HANDLER BEATS AN ELEPHANT MERCILESSLY, ALL THE WHILE EXCLAIMING: …
Hurt him. Don't touch him! Make him scream! If you're scared to hurt him, don't come in this room. When I say rip his fuckin' ---you know how I am about touchin' him, right? So if I say rip his head off … rip his fuckin' foot off, what does that mean? Because it's very important to do it, right? When he starts squirming too fuckin' much –both fuckin' hands – BOOM! Right under that chin! Sit … and he better back up.Then when he fucks around too much, don't grab that leg … you fuckin' sink that hook and give everything you've got … and when it's in there go, ee-eeee-ee!!! And he's gonna start screaming. When you hear that screaming, then you know you've got their attention a little fuckin' bit! Right here in the barn. Can't do it on the road.
She's gonna fuckin' do what I want. BECKY THE ELEPHANT BEGINS SCREAMING. HANDLER You motherfucker. Get your motherfuckin' ---get up here! Motherfucker! Come here, Becky. Move up, Becky. Move up, Becky.
Alright, tubs. Tubs! Hey, get loony. Hey, Becky. Go on, move up. Hey, I'm alive. I'm not a dead man. Move up. Come in line. Come in line, Becky. Motherfucker! Move, motherfucker!
BECKY BEGINS SCREAMING AGAIN AS THE HANDLER BEATS HER.
HANDLER Yeah, come in line. Come here, Tommy. Why do they have to go through that because you motherfuckers don't want to listen?
THE ANKUS IS USED TO GRAB THE ELEPHANT BY THE ELBOW. IT HISSES AND SQUEELS!
HANDLER Back up. You got a pussy-ass fuckin' attitude, it's just the way they die.
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THE MASK https://youtu.be/hc45-ptHMxo
the makers of these documentaries
REVIEW ASIAN RELIGIONS 398-420, 576-602 and EMPATHY 129-130, 155-279 and
ENDING OF COWSPIRACY AND
Peaceable Kingdom, Patti Smith
https://youtu.be/KiAKcGPzJU4
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Compassion in the West
603-608 Isaiah
609 Virgil
610-613 Eclogue 4
614 -617 Christian Bible
618 -620 Last Supper and Vegetarianism
1650 Acts of Philip
1651-1652 Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
1653- Christianity and Animals
1654-1657 St. Francis
1660- The Bible
1661-2 Albert Schweitzer
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Double points for citations from the other works AND fromASIAN RELIGIONS 398-420, 576-602 and EMPATHY 129-130, 155-279
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