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+ | :*[https://www.cato.org/publications/immigration-research-policy-brief/criminal-immigrants-texas-illegal-immigrant Research on Immigrants and Crime Rates] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/654127241/nature-nurture-and-your-politics Hidden Brain podcast with Hibbing] | ||
===Fall 2018 Florence=== | ===Fall 2018 Florence=== | ||
− | *[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/us/white-americans-minority-population.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Demographics of race may have effects on threat perception and immigration] | + | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/us/undocumented-immigrant-workers.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage Current state of immigration issue 2] |
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+ | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/us/politics/trump-border-wall-government-shutdown.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Current state of immigration issue] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/China_hidden_camps China interment camps] | ||
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+ | :*Friday court filings related to possible criminal conduct in the Executive branch of government | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/673760066/italian-court-orders-getty-museum-to-return-statue-to-italy?sc=ipad&f=1008 To whom does this statue belong?] | ||
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+ | :*More on yellow vest protests | ||
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+ | :*Michigan legislature, known for gerrymandering, loses election and then tries to limit incoming governors’ ability to fix gerrymandered districts. | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/politics/north-carolina-election-fraud-.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Election Fraud Allegations in NC] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/12/03/di-maio-parla-il-papa-del-vicepremier-chiedo-scusa-per-gli-errori-che-ho-commesso-alla-mia-famiglia-e-agli-operai/4808943/ Emotional Confession of Di Maio's Dad to possible wrongdoing in family business.] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/tm-landry-college-prep-black-students.html Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here's the Reality.] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/world/europe/hillary-clinton-migrants-immigration-europe.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Must read Immigration article] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/11/25/violenza-sulle-donne-mattarella-ancora-poche-denunce-bisogna-incentivarle-soprattutto-negli-ambienti-di-lavoro/4790500/ Mattarella speaks out for cultural change in treatment of women in Italy] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/11/23/violenza-sulle-donne-istat-nel-2017-in-49mila-si-sono-rivolte-ai-centri-il-56-delle-operatrici-ci-lavora-da-volontaria/4786738/ New report on violence against women in Italy] | ||
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+ | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/us/white-americans-minority-population.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Demographics of race may have effects on threat perception and immigration] | ||
− | *[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/world/middleeast/trump-saudi-khashoggi.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage. US to side with Saudi Arabia in killing of journalist] | + | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/world/middleeast/trump-saudi-khashoggi.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage. US to side with Saudi Arabia in killing of journalist] |
:*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/opinion/sunday/political-polarization-psychology.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage Report of survey research on values and political views] | :*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/opinion/sunday/political-polarization-psychology.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage Report of survey research on values and political views] |
Revision as of 17:36, 16 January 2019
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Ethics News!
Spring 2019
Fall 2018 Florence
- Friday court filings related to possible criminal conduct in the Executive branch of government
- More on yellow vest protests
- Michigan legislature, known for gerrymandering, loses election and then tries to limit incoming governors’ ability to fix gerrymandered districts.
- Strong polemics and flash mobs expected today in case of vice-prime minister Di Maio's comments on journalists. Background article on the case against Rome M5S mayor, which prompted the vice primier's strong language
- Examples of racism in the Election.
- Study on white / non-white's concern about environment and respective perception of concern.
- Synagogue shooter's views of immigrants.
- Megan Kelly defends and then apologies for defending “black face” Halloween comments.
- Khashoggi son forced to shake hands with likely killer of his dad.
- UN speeches for and against multilateralism and globalism. Later this term, we will read about globalism, which is a system of moral and political views advocating the weakening of national sovreignty in favor of multilateral agreements. It has clear implications for immigration, but also for a host of other issues. Read this article to get some information about where the US, France, and other countries are on this emerging moral perspective.
- Follow the case of alleged sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh
Past semester's Ethics News!
- New research on Trump voters motivations [3]
- Let's try to look out for news stories with ethical dimensions and quickly identify them. You might post a link or just report your item in class.
- Check out Rev. Carleton Pearson's story in the new movie, Come Sunday
- Political movement toward Federal decriminalization of marijuana.
- James Shaw, Jr., Waffle House Hero. [4]
- New therapies for opiod and heroin use offer the prospective of “vaccines” which block the effects of these highly addictive drugs. Should users be required to take vaccines?
- Example from FIRE website: [5] of new attitudes toward liberty of thought and conscience.
- What are the ethical issues behind the raid of the president's private attorney's office?
- Details from a local radio story on the local congressional rep race: McMorris-Rogers (R) vs. Brown (D). supporters on each side show predicted MFT triggers.
- More chemical attacks on children, women, and male civilians in Syria.
- ongoing teacher strike in Oklahoma raises distinct ethical claim. (Not just homo economicus.)
- This might not seem like ethics news, but it does figure in our reading today: NYRB review article: Raised by wolves
- The New York Times just published an article stating that 87 million people's information was improperly shared during the 2016 election. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/mark-zuckerberg-testify-congress.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
- This Inlander article raises interesting questions about how values enter into community planning and development. [6]
- Consider attending an Ethics Bowl team scrimmage this month. More details from Dr. Maria Howard (howardm@gonzaga.edu)
- Police shootings of unarmed black men. The Sacramento case of Stephon Clark.
- Hero in French terror attack.
- "Catch and Kill" journalism in the case of Karen McDougal.
- Cambridge Analytica news. Consider hypotheticals.
- "Fairness" in trade. (Will come up in globalization discussions.)
- More k-12 student walkouts
- West Virginia teachers' strike offers example of inequity aversion, ethics in negotiation.
- Learning about the views of Jordan Peterson, who claims a right of conscience to not use new gender pronouns. See his wiki page.
- Quick change in gun control views. Today's student walkouts seem to be making a values statement.
- The dehumanizing effect of scripted call center interactions.
- Trey Gowdy's retirement statement - Tribalism
- Weinstein Lawsuit holds up sale of troubled company - group resp
- The idea of Baby bounds: giving all youths money to start out with as young adults.
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