Libertarianism, Rawls and Howard Zinn

Today's Learning Goals

1. Apply your understanding of Bentham and Mill's different approaches to Utilitarianism to a real life scenario
2. Understand the difference between Libertarianism, Utilitarianism and John Rawls' Justice as Fairness
3. Analyze and form your own critical response to Howard Zinn's "Law and Justice"

 
Today's Agenda

• Starter 
• Lecture: Libertarianism and Rawls
• Ashley's Amphitheater: Discuss the Zinn reading and time to start reading tomorrow's assignment
• If time, we'll come back and start the film "True Justice"

 
Announcements

• Homework reminder (and accountability= Justice Monologues next week)
• No Sven today or tomorrow! Stick around if you're behind in work or need to conference with a teacher
• Lunch! Order it (and pod 2, we'll eat lunch in Ashley's Amphitheater)
• Who wants more feedback on college essay? Pair up with honors students. 
• Honors students- We won't begin reading Windfall  until the last week of October to give you time to complete other major Hum12  readings as well as get most of the way through college applications.
• I've switched over to google meet. I sent a calendar invite for y'all and you can access the link the same place you were accessing the ZOOM link on my DP.  
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Starter 12: Bong Hits for Jesus→ One Philosophy, Two Different Moral Judgments (15 minutes)
Step 1:  Watch the above linked CNN report on the Supreme Court case, Morse v. Frederick (2002) aka “Bong Hits For Jesus”
Step 2:  In your starter doc, choose ONE of the following questions to answer:

1. Jeremy Bentham would support the Court’s ruling that the First Amendment does not protect the individual’s right to freedom of speech because we need to protect the greater good.  How does the Court’s ruling protect the greater good?
2. J.S. Mills would say the Court’s ruling was morally wrong, because protecting individual liberty actually does benefit the greater good in the long run.  How does protecting FREE SPEECH benefit the greater good in the long run?
3. The court ruled in favor of the school on this issue, thus using Bentham’s line of reasoning.  How does this change the way you understand our protections under the First Amendment especially in the context of schools?

 
Libertarianism and Rawls’ Justice as Fairness: PPT Lecture 

Head outside!

1. Ashley/Sara read aloud excerpts from this article on Trump’s criticism of Zinn and educators’ response
2. Small group discussions-- Howard Zinn “Law and Justice” discussion   
3. Time to read "Equality and American Democracy"
4. Online classroom habits/focus/strategies.....

True Justice  Film Pre-Write