OUTSIDE READINGS:
(handouts) (all handouts must be kept in loose-leaf notebook)
The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking, Concepts and Tools
by Richard Paul and Linda Elder
A Checklist for Reasoning, 3 - 4
Questions Using the Elements of Thought, 5
The Problem of Egocentric Thinking, 6
Being Good, A Short Introduction to Ethics
by Simon Blackburn
Seven Threats to Ethics, 9 – 55
The Death of God, 10 – 19
Relativism, 19 – 29
Egoism, 29 – 37
Evolutionary Theory, 37 – 43
Determinism and Futility, 43 – 46
Unreasonable Demands, 47 – 50
False Consciousness, 50 – 55
Culture Jam, How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge
by Kalle Lasn
The Second American Revolution, 145 – 155
Ecology of Mind, 9 – 27
The Cult You’re In, 50 – 57
The End of the American Dream, 59 – 63
The Unofficial History of America, 64 – 71
Media Carta, 184 – 199
Redefining Progress, 200 - 209
The Millennial Moment of Truth, 210 – 215
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