HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Prison Farm, Malcolm Gladwell
6 May 2018
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HLTH 101 – Lecture 12
Democracy & Political Change
What is charity? Can charity contribute to social justice?
• As a practice, charity is the voluntary giving of assistance, aid or help to those in
need who are not related to the giver.
• As a virtue, charity comes from the Latin word, caritas
• In Christianity, caritas conveys the sense of unlimited loving-kindness to all
• Giving means not expecting anything in return
• There are different ways of giving
• Most people are charitable for their own needs – ie to feel good about
themselves
o How can such a claim be verified?
• C
o Giver & receiver dichotomy problematic because
▪ It suggests that a giver is better or more capable than the receiver,
perpetuating a cycle of judgment
• Compassion means to feel WITH not feel FOR
o Empathy vs sympathy vs pity
How does political change happen?
• Aric McBay: 4 principles of successful social movements
o Effective movements win on their own terms, not on the terms of authority
o Political force makes change; persuading authorities does not
o The necessity of disruption
o Disrupting normal flow of events
o Strong movements are required
o People must organize and mobilize and press for specific demands
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