HUM 105 Discussion Forum 5 When is rebellion necessary?
HUM 105 Discussion Forum 5 When is rebellion necessary?
HUM 105 Discussion Forum 5 When is rebellion necessary?
HUM 105 Great Ideas of World Civilizations
Here is our 5th Weekly Discussion Forum.
Do the assigned reading M. L. King, Ursula Le Guin) and, this week,
watch the short videos I’ve posted links here and in the Materials for the Four
Units in Unit 2: “Stanley Milgram’s ‘Perils of Obedience’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvc6shwlri4&feature=youtu.be, and
the “Solomon Asch Experiment on Conformity”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXCdCcwdms&feature=youtu.be. As you’re
doing the reading and watching the videos, please think about the question
below. Then, sometime between now and next Thursday, March 7th, 11:59 pm, post
your first response, including a quotation from the readings and a reference to
something in at least one of the videos. Finally, by next Sunday, March 10th,
at 11:59 p.m., post at least one response to a classmate. As before, make sure
you do at least one of the following for each of your two posts:
Be the first to post an answer to the
question. (You get extra credit if you do!)
Agree, but then add to what someone else
has already said.
Disagree with something already said, but
explain why you disagree.
Add a new element or new idea to the
discussion.
Again, do not just agree, disagree, go off
on an unrelated tangent, or base your argument on “It’s just my
opinion”. Give reasons.
Here’s this week’s question:
Most of the time, we agree that obeying the law in general is right and
moral, and disobeying the law is wrong. But sometimes, things can get
complicated, and we can find ourselves objecting morally to a particular law or
a particular legal authority. At what
point do our objections rise to the level at which we have a right, even a
moral obligation, to refuse to obey? How
do you know when it is morally acceptable or even necessary to rebel against
legally designated authority?
As in the past, make sure you post at least
twice – the first by Thursday night and the second by Sunday night.