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An English class can play the games with poems and novels; science classes can believe and doubt competing points of view on environmental issues; a mathematics class can do the same on the use of statistics to support differing opinions. Having believed, doubted, and investigated further, students can now work at integrating their thinking. Have the students' experiences opened possibilities for finding some common ground on an issue? Are they feeling and thinking somewhat differently than they were originally?

What does this mean for one's actions in a world where most social issues are complex and certainty about them is "rarely if ever possible"? Following a discussion of such questions and as a conclusion to their work, students can subject themselves and the issue they have examined to some written analysis. What was their opinion before they began the study? Have students take another look at what they wrote earlier. Are their answers to the questions any different now? Introduction: Are the men incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay prisoners of war? An answer depends upon how one defines "prisoners of war," and people can and do disagree about them. So what is the "real definition"? Since people are the only sources of word meanings, there is no "real meaning" to be found.

This is true not only for such potentially controversial terms as "terrorist" and "freedom fighter" but also for such seemingly innocent words as "girl. It is not words that have meanings but we who give them meanings. Ask students to read the following definitions of "friend" and then to determine into which of the categories below them each falls. If you want to know what a friend is, read the Biblical story of David and Jonathan. Definition by synonym e Definition by "word as word" d, f Definition by attitude a, b, c Definition by operation or by what is happening c.

Help students to understand that there are multiple ways of defining words, that each serves a different purpose. It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant Though all of them were blind , That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me!

The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, "Ho! To me 'tis very clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear! The Third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a snake! The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt above the knee: "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he; "'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said, "E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan! The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Then, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a rope! And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong.

Though each was partly in the right They all were in the wrong! For discussion: How does the poem suggest any problems of defining? Like the men of Indostan, each of us by our individuality is limited in what we can see. What is "partly in the right" about each of the definitions of "friend" even if none is "in the wrong"? Divide students into groups. Ask them to share their definitions and then to pick what they think is the best one. Have each of the definitions chosen read to the class and the best one selected. Students need to recognize that the chosen definition is not the final word, that it limits the group in certain ways but at least allows them to talk about an "unjust law" from the point of view of a shared definition.

Apply the class definition to one or more of the following laws that at least some people have regarded as unjust: the British tax on tea and other items in colonial days; the law allowing only white men to vote; the fugitive slave law; current laws on abortion, marijuana, the income tax. Keeping in mind the definition the class has agreed upon, answer the following question in one well-developed paragraph: If you regarded a law as unjust, would you break that law? In "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau states his belief that some laws are unjust. He tells his readers to break the law if it requires one to be "an agent of injustice.

Reading the essay verifies that these are his views. Of course Thoreau's statements themselves are judgmental. The words "unjust" in the first sentence and "injustice" in the second as well as his advice about breaking the law are judgmental. So we have factual statements that include Thoreau's opinions. But what about such statements as, "Thoreau published 'Civil Disobedience' in He is also the author of 'Self Reliance'"? These sentences are factual in form but are inaccurate. It is therefore useful to use instead the term "report," which may be defined as a verifiable statement that excludes judgmental language but that may or may not be factually accurate.

The following sentences raise still other issues: "Thoreau was jailed for opposing the war with Mexico. Thoreau's famous comment that "any man more right than his neighbor constitutes a majority of one already" includes a judgmental term, "more right," and what looks like a report, "a majority of one," but is a rather subtly stated opinion. Students need to discuss such matters and gain sophistication in distinguishing among different kinds of statements, an essential critical thinking ability. To help students understand the distinctions between reports accurate, partially accurate and false and judgments, the teacher might have them analyze readings and use such exercises as the following. There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.

Note to Teacher: The first five sentences are from "Civil Disobedience, " the next three from "Walden," the last two invented. Directions : Write five reports and five judgments about "Civil Disobedience. Directions : Write a short paragraph beginning with a judgmental statement about "Civil Disobedience" with which you agree and support it with three reports. Then write another short paragraph, beginning this time with a judgmental statement about the essay with which you disagree but support with three reports.

This lesson was written for TeachableMoment. Alan Shapiro. SEL and RP. Teaching Strategies. From Civil Disobedience "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Conclusion: Students will probably have difficulty in their first experience with the believing game. Richards 1. Some sample questions students might ask: a. What is an unjust law? Is breaking the law ever justified? Why did Thoreau think the war against Mexico was unjust? What about our gun laws? Why does the US government take too much time to remedy unjust laws? How long was Thoreau in jail? The class should analyze their questions using the following criteria: a. Do any questions call for an opinion?

Are any questions unclear? Do any questions call for predictions? Are any questions useless for the inquiry? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. How is voting like betting? They are both passive. In both we relinquish our ability to influence outcomes through action. In both hope takes the place of action. When we bet, we put our money down and hope that our team wins. When we vote, we put our money down and hope that our candidate wins. On what grounds does Thoreau believe the majority will make its decision?

On the grounds of expediency, on what will be most useful to the greatest number of people. According to Thoreau, when is the majority likely to vote for morality and justice? The majority is likely to vote for morality and justice when the issue has already been decided, when it takes no courage to vote for the right, when, in other words, its vote no longer matters. All voting is a sort of gaming , like checkers or backgammon [a dice game], with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked.

I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obligation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote.

They will then be the only slaves. Only his vote can hasten the abolition of slavery who asserts his own freedom by his vote. Your task is to choose an example from history or current events in which a law was seen to conflict with what was right. Significant events. Main article: Libertarian socialism. Main article: Mutualism economic theory. Philosophy portal. Anti-individualism Collectivism Global issue Human nature Individualist feminism Individualistic culture Market fundamentalism Natural and legal rights Negative and positive rights Non-aggression principle Personalism Self-help Self-sustainability Social issue Voluntaryism.

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