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We're making a change to the way that we release work for our classes. The main lessons (the things that we'll do in class each day) will now be found at the site "Optimal Beneficial Moreover Detrimental: Classroom." We're keeping this site, with a slightly different name, in order to release a reading a day for students to practice their reading at home. Each post will contain a link to a reading, along with a list of assignments that can be completed for that reading.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

2.1. Values, Rules, and Crime - Introductory Discussion

Here's the document for you to copy and have your discussion. Share it with your group members, me, and Mr. Sabol.
The Questions

1. What makes a good rule or law? How can you distinguish a good law from a bad one?

2. What is a “value”? What do we mean when we say a “person’s values”?

3. How does a person get their values? Where do values come from?

4. If someone has very different values from us, are we allowed to call them “wrong”? When are we allowed to? When are we not?

5. Should you be able to break a rule or law if you think that the rule or law is unfair or unjust? Is that morally okay?

6. Should the state be able to execute people? Is the death penalty okay?

7. Should parents be allowed to strike their children if it’s part of their disciplining style?

8. Are there times when it is okay to lie?
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