FrC 12E

Ungraded assignment for Fri. 3/16: responses
 
 

Questions and other ideas for discussion:

In page 52 and 53, can one have a healthy level of nationalism in international affairs?—PW

How benificial is a "multicultural education"? (p. 53)—CS

Pg. 53) Kwame Anthony Appiah quote. This citizen of the world idea is egalitarian, but I've also heard that we should "celebrate our differences." Is there a balance to be struck between celebrating our commonalities AND differences?—WF

"The best education... was one that equips a citizen for genuine choice of a way of life... (54)"—BF

On page 56, Diogenes raises the point that true freedom comes from poverty. Do you agree with this?—SM

Talk about both positive (according to the text) and negative (according to experience) effects of the following pattern: "the invitation to consider ourselves citizens of the world is the invitation to become, to a certain extent, philosophical exiles from our own ways of life, seeing them from the vantage point outsider and asking the questions an outsider is likely to ask about their meaning and function."(pg. 58 top)—PY

"People from diverse backgrounds sometimes have diffculty recognizing one another as fellow citizens in the community of reason" (p. 63).—JC

Do you believe that the multicultural education is beneficial in creating "citizens of the world?" and how does Wabash meet up to that expectation? (Pg. 68-69).—EA

America is said to be the melting pot of the world, so is America considered multicultural?—DM