COMM 4334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Laugh Track, Sports Night, Roop Kanwar
7 Dec 2016
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Hindi tradition: widow choices, remain a widow never remarry, rely on inlaws, or perform sati, sati banned since 1829, most widows choose life over sati. Learning from roop: what are we learning from this story, was roop"s a(cid:272)t (cid:373)orally justifia(cid:271)le, hundreds of thousands have celebrated her death/sacrifice; take pilgrimage to where it took place, pray at death site. Stakeholders: who are all the stakeholders in a given case, direct stakeholders, people specifically involved, indirect stakeholders, people who may be involved by short-term or long-term consequences. Controversy: so(cid:373)e (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e roop"s sati (cid:449)as for(cid:272)ed, some say the in-laws saw her as a burden, some have protested her death. Aristotle: plato"s pupil, different perspective than plato; believed that all people had the capacity to achieve virtue & make ethical choices, art = potential to be cleansing, we could learn good things from stories.
