POSC 20203- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)
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Economic justice (unit 3: the world"s richest 1% own more than the bottom 3 billion, the 400 wealthiest americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million, 22% of u. s. children live below the poverty line. Is there anything wrong with this picture? (stair stepping cartoon) How are we going to study political theory: fearlessly, expose yourself to uncomfortable ideas, rigorously, this will be hard. But you can do it: with intellectual openness and curiosity, entertain new ideas expand your horizons, with integrity and authenticity, say what you believe but strive for justified beliefs. Singer"s thought experiment: on the way to work you pass a shallow pond in which a small child is drowning. If you wade into the pound to save the child, you"ll ruin your expensive shoes and clothes, and you"ll be late for work. Metaphorically, we are walking past drowning kids everyday. Understanding singer"s argument: singer"s conclusion isn"t very surprising or interesting.
