1. LECTURE 6 POWERPOINTS

2. My intention is that these questions jog your memory and stir up the cerebral juices so that you will ace quiz 6. Good luck.! You have until Sunday November 30 th to complete the quiz. See you in Gadsden on Monday, December 1 st At 6 pm.

3. SANDEL 8 Distinguish Aristotle’s view of justice from the approach based upon Rights. What two essential features does Sandel identify as central to Aristotle's conception of justice?

4. SANDEL 8 What for Aristotle, is the goal of a just society? How does this differ from Rawl’s theory of justice?

5. SANDEL 8 What roles do practical experience and universal principles play in moral judgment according to Aristotle?

6. SANDEL 8 Why is engagement in the life of the polis so important to Aristotle? How does one become a moral person? What is the relationship between habit and reason?

7. SANDEL 8 What, for Aristotle, is the good life? What kind of society would promote this?

8. STRIKE 6 What, according to Strike, are the four components of ethical decision making?

9. STRIKE 6 Strike points out that ethical decision making involves means-ends judgments. Explain this.

10. STRIKE 6 What role does evidence paly in ethical judgment? What implications does this have for the school culture?

11. STRIKE 6 What constraints are there on the choice of means in the pursuit of an end? Strike argues that it matters how the decision is made? Why?

12. STRIKE 6 Choosing ends requires the rational assessment of evidence. Does this imply all evidence is of the same form? Must it all be measureable in order to be weighted within a judgment about the best course of action?

13. STRIKE 6 For Strike, how do research and experience contribute to good decision making?

14. STRIKE 6 What role do policies and procedures pay in the school? To explain their purpose he uses the example of ‘due process.” What is his argument?

15. STRIKE 6 Strike claims that the job of the school leader is to institutionalize the rule of reason in the school. What does this involve?

16. LECTURE What is Gilligan’s criticism of Kohlberg and Erikson? According to Gilligan, how do the moral judgments typically made by women differ from those made by men? Why is this?

17. “Within a patriarchal framework, care is a feminine ethic; within a democratic framework, care is a human ethic.” What does Gilligan mean by this claim?

18. In support of her thesis she shows how boys and girls are treated differently by parents and by society until the structures of patriarchy become internalized. Give an example in support of her argument.

19. How does Noddings’ argument for a maternal Instinct differ from Gilligan’s? What scientific research does Noddings draw upon in support of her claims?

20. For Noddings, what is the proper relationship between biology and culture? That is, how should society respond to distinctively male and female traits?

21. How does Noddings react to moral puzzles such as the Heintz dilemma or the Trolley problem? What is Noddings’ critique of Kant?

22. For Noddings, what is the relationship between the ethic of care an the ethic of rights?

23. Why was there such a feminist backlash against the ideas of Gilligan and Noddings? How fair are these attacks?

24. What is the ethical caring; what implications does this concept have for the schooling of boys and girls?