In this essay, students produce their own analysis and interpretation of one or more of the comics that we’ve read in class

Students think about the conflicting values and worldviews that underlay an ethical problem and examine possibilities for bringing together opposing sides through a focus on shared values. 

The purpose of the assignment sequence is for the student to reflect upon their own literacy learning as well as that of their classmates and present their understanding of those experiences in writing.

Prior to writing the discussion paper students watched the first 25 minutes of the documentary film 'Human.'

W. D. Ross offers a pluralistic moral theory that acknowledges the situational nature of our moral duties.  Here, students construct a mini-essay in which they apply Ross’ theory to two sets of human social experiences with which they are familiar. 

The purpose of this assignment is to think more deeply about the conflicting values and worldviews that underlay controversies pertaining to ecosystem management, and to examine possibilities for bringing together opposing sides through a focus on shared values.