25.August.2017 | Online Journal
Critique any one of the following theories of truth:
The Correspondence Theory
The Coherence Theory
The Consensus Theory
The Pragmatic Theory
11.August.2017 | Online Journal
Imagine that you have been asked to redraw the North-South line that you saw on the map.
Using at least five of the criteria that emerged from our class's brainstorming on Economic Development and the Happiness index, judge which countries belong to the "north" and which ones belong to the "south" in 2017.
Please complete this assignment before our next lesson.
4.August.2017 | Online Journal
Recall an incident from your personal
experiences when you used any one of the principles you have heard about during
class to make a decision.
Create a google doc and share it with your TOK
facilitator.
Here are all the situations that you were given for exploration:
Situation # 1:
Lifeboat or Friend
You are on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. Suddenly, there is a large crash. The
captain announces that the hull has been breached, and everyone needs to get into life rafts
and abandon the ship. As your raft is lowered, it hits the side of the cruise ship, and gets a
hole in the side of your raft.
There are 10 people on the boat, and 9 people are needed to bail the water out to stay afloat. One person can rest while the other nine work. You all take turns resting. If you continue in this fashion, you will stop the raft from sinking. You can keep this up for 5 hours, but if the rescue boat does not arrive by then, you will all drown.
While you are on your break, another life raft floats by and you see that your friend is on it. There is room for another person, and your friend seems to be injured and bleeding heavily. He signals you to get in with him and help him as you are trained in first aid and could probably stop the bleeding. However, if you get into the other raft, no one in your life raft will get a break from bailing water, and they will only stay afloat for 2 hours before drowning. You have no idea when the rescue boat will arrive, so it is possible that even if you stay, you could die.
What do you do?
Present as many perspectives as possible for your decision.
Situation # 2:
Present as many perspectives to justify your decision?
Situation # 3:
What do you do?
Situation # 4:
Was he right?
Situation # 5:
Would you convict Roger Smith or would you let him go free?
Present as many perspectives as possible for your decision.
Source: http://www.friesian.com/valley/dilemmas.htm
There are 10 people on the boat, and 9 people are needed to bail the water out to stay afloat. One person can rest while the other nine work. You all take turns resting. If you continue in this fashion, you will stop the raft from sinking. You can keep this up for 5 hours, but if the rescue boat does not arrive by then, you will all drown.
While you are on your break, another life raft floats by and you see that your friend is on it. There is room for another person, and your friend seems to be injured and bleeding heavily. He signals you to get in with him and help him as you are trained in first aid and could probably stop the bleeding. However, if you get into the other raft, no one in your life raft will get a break from bailing water, and they will only stay afloat for 2 hours before drowning. You have no idea when the rescue boat will arrive, so it is possible that even if you stay, you could die.
What do you do?
Present as many perspectives as possible for your decision.
Situation # 2:
Holiday
You and your family are going away for the weekend. Your daughter is 7 and is best friends
with your niece, who is also 7. Your families are very close and your daughter asks if your
niece can come with you on your holiday. You have been on holidays together before and
don’t see any problem, so you agree.
You arrive at your holiday destination and the house you are staying at backs onto a beach. The girls ask if they can go for a swim. You tell them that they have to wait until you have unpacked the car, but they can play on the sand directly in front of the beach. They run down to the sand, and you begin to unpack the car. After about 5 minutes, you hear screaming coming from the direction of the beach and it sounds like the girls.
You run down to see what the matter is, and you discover that they hadn’t listened to you and have gone for a swim. There is no one else on the beach and the girls are caught in a rip. The girls are really struggling, particularly your niece who isn’t as strong a swimmer as your daughter. You swim out quickly, but when you get there, you realize that there is no way you will be able to get both the girls back into shore on your own. You realize that an agonizing decision will need to be made.
You need to decide which of the girls you will rescue first, you have enough strength and energy to rescue them both, but you can only do it one at a time. You look at the two girls, and your niece is really struggling to hold her head above water and you know if you take your daughter back first, there will be little or no chance that she will survive. Your daughter is struggling also, but is much stronger in the water and you estimate that if you take your niece back to shore first, there’s probably a 50 per cent chance that your daughter will be able to stay afloat long enough for you return, but you simply don’t know how long she will hold on for.
What do you do?
You arrive at your holiday destination and the house you are staying at backs onto a beach. The girls ask if they can go for a swim. You tell them that they have to wait until you have unpacked the car, but they can play on the sand directly in front of the beach. They run down to the sand, and you begin to unpack the car. After about 5 minutes, you hear screaming coming from the direction of the beach and it sounds like the girls.
You run down to see what the matter is, and you discover that they hadn’t listened to you and have gone for a swim. There is no one else on the beach and the girls are caught in a rip. The girls are really struggling, particularly your niece who isn’t as strong a swimmer as your daughter. You swim out quickly, but when you get there, you realize that there is no way you will be able to get both the girls back into shore on your own. You realize that an agonizing decision will need to be made.
You need to decide which of the girls you will rescue first, you have enough strength and energy to rescue them both, but you can only do it one at a time. You look at the two girls, and your niece is really struggling to hold her head above water and you know if you take your daughter back first, there will be little or no chance that she will survive. Your daughter is struggling also, but is much stronger in the water and you estimate that if you take your niece back to shore first, there’s probably a 50 per cent chance that your daughter will be able to stay afloat long enough for you return, but you simply don’t know how long she will hold on for.
What do you do?
Situation # 3:
The Emergency
You are an emergency worker that has just been called to the scene of an accident. When you
arrive you see that the car belongs to your wife. Fearing the worst you rush over to see she is
trapped in her car with another man. She sees you and although barely conscious, she
manages to mouth the words “I’m sorry”.
You don’t understand, but her look answers your question. The man next to her is her lover with whom she’s been having an affair. You reel back in shock, devastated by what her eyes have just told you. As you step back, the wreck in front of you comes into focus. You see your wife is seriously hurt and she needs attention straight away. Even if she gets attention there is a very high chance she’ll die.
You look at the seat next to her and see her lover. He’s bleeding heavily from a wound to the neck and you need to stem the flow of blood immediately. It will only take about 5 minutes to stop, but it will mean your wife will definitely die. If you tend to your wife however, the man will bleed to death despite the fact it could have been avoided.
You don’t understand, but her look answers your question. The man next to her is her lover with whom she’s been having an affair. You reel back in shock, devastated by what her eyes have just told you. As you step back, the wreck in front of you comes into focus. You see your wife is seriously hurt and she needs attention straight away. Even if she gets attention there is a very high chance she’ll die.
You look at the seat next to her and see her lover. He’s bleeding heavily from a wound to the neck and you need to stem the flow of blood immediately. It will only take about 5 minutes to stop, but it will mean your wife will definitely die. If you tend to your wife however, the man will bleed to death despite the fact it could have been avoided.
Situation # 4:
The Partiality of Friendship
Jim has the responsibility of filling a position in his firm. His friend Paul has applied and is
qualified, but someone else seems even more qualified. Jim wants to give the job to Paul, but
he feels guilty, believing that he ought to be impartial. That's the essence of morality, he
initially tells himself. This belief is, however, rejected, as Jim resolves that friendship has a
moral importance that permits, and perhaps even requires, partiality in some circumstances.
So he gives the job to Paul.
Situation # 5:
A Callous Passerby
Roger Smith, a famous swimmer and a local hero for all his medals, is out for a leisurely
stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy
who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith
recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he
could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy's cries. The water
is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold - he doesn't want to get his good clothes wet either.
"Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid," Smith says to himself, and passes on.
A month later Roger Smith is arrested for “negligent homicide”. Someone else who saw him walk away that day went on to the spot, tried to rescue the boy, even pulled him out of the water, but could not save him as he did not know first aid. This person recognized Roger Smith from having seen his photographs in the paper. He reported this to the detectives who were investigating the case and they built this case against him.
You are the judge hearing this case.
A month later Roger Smith is arrested for “negligent homicide”. Someone else who saw him walk away that day went on to the spot, tried to rescue the boy, even pulled him out of the water, but could not save him as he did not know first aid. This person recognized Roger Smith from having seen his photographs in the paper. He reported this to the detectives who were investigating the case and they built this case against him.
You are the judge hearing this case.
Source: http://www.friesian.com/valley/dilemmas.htm
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