History and Democracy 9°

Milgrim's Experiment

2010-03-15T07:51:00.002-04:00

What do you conclude from this experiment? Does it give you any insight into human behavior? What will humans be willing to do, why they’ll do it, what they are capable of doing and not doing? Putting aside Hitler for the moment, what kinds of behavior does this experiment help to explain, not only in history but in our own times?

4-6 SENTENCES. RESPOND TO AT LEAST ONE CLASSMATE.
DUE FRIDAY BY CLASS TIME 12:38pm.

THE BAD SAMARITAN

2010-02-21T20:23:00.001-05:00

Eighteen-year-old David Cash chose to walk away as his friend, fellow eighteen-year-old Jeremy Strohmeyer, assaulted and murdered Sherrice Iverson, age 7, in the girls' room of a Nevada casino at 3 in the morning. He told the Los Angeles Times when his friend was arrested that he was “not going to lose sleep over someone else’s problems.”

Clearly what Jeremy Strohmeyer did was reprehensible. What David Cash did was to choose to be a bystander, not to be a rescuer or a resister in any way. One can only speculate what might have happened had Cash more actively intervened. But according to Nevada law at the time, he was under no legal obligation to do otherwise.

As awful as the situation was, I’d like to hear your views on the situation. What do you think should have governed Cash’s actions? What obligations does a person who witnesses another wrong have? Are there different rules depending on the nature of the “wrong”?

IN YOUR POST RESPOND TO SOMEONE ELSE'S POST. 4-6 SENTENCES - DUE WEDNESDAY 7:30AM

White Privilege

2010-01-28T18:00:00.001-05:00

After reading the article by Peggy McIntosh and watching Tim Wise, write a thoughtful essay about this subject. How do you feel about this? 4-6 sentences. Also, reply to at least one other posting - include the person's name.
Watch one or both of the links below and use them in your comments.
Tim Wise
Tim Wise
Sarah Palin & White Privilege