Environmental Ethics: Quiz Sep 24

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Quiz Sep 24

1. Why can't Klein forgive Paul Krugman?

2. Klein says we should never underestimate what?

3. What "basest of insults" was Trump's response to questions about his previous sexist comments?

4. A vote for Trump might not betray active hatred, writes Klein, but it does reflect what?

5. What has increased by 500% in the past 40 years?\\

6. What tragic and troubling trend of failed expectations dates back to 1999?

7. What groups tripled in 2016?

8. What's Hillary Clinton's economic philosophy, according to Klein?

9. Who were the Central Park Five?

10. What's intersectionality?

11. What single issue drew union support to Trump?

12. What's a "better" deal, Trump?

13. What trade policies did Klein and her friends in the '90s object to?

14. How did environmentalists and trade unions succeed in defeating bad trade agreements?

15. What is the Davos class?

Discussion Questions:

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Did you lose friends over the 2016 election? Is politics important enough for us to let that happen?
Is it a mistake not to endorse and support the less objectionable candidate in a presidentialk election, or any election?
Why do so many men AND women accept the notion that "women are not to be believed" when they report past sexual abuse/assault?
Do you agree that a vote for Trump indicates either hatred or indifference to the plight of the objects of others' hatred?
If we invested more in schools than in prisons, would we reduce the rate of incarceration?
Is it wrong to make incarceration profitable for private contractors?
Do we focus too much on "identity" in our politics?
Did the Clintons really "fully embrace" neoliberalism?
In retrospect, was Obama's early message that we're not red or blue states (etc.) naive? Or cynical?
Do we rely too much on "top-down" approaches to change, and on high-profile examples of "inclusion" like Obama to inspire young people's aspirations?
Why are so many people so eager to abandon public education?
Why doesn't Europe's rationale for generous social programs work here? 97
If past trade deals have been bad for American workers, is trade protectionism the solution?
Does Trump's first pick for Labor Secretary tell us everything we need to know about his attitude towards workers? 104
Could Bernie Sanders have beaten Trump with his "race to the bottom" message? 114 Can he, or anyone, in 2020?
What can be done to rectify our "staggering level of disengagement" in democracy? How do we get young people, in particular, to register and vote?
What's wrong with encouraging billionaires to be public-spirited in their philanthropy?
Is Trump a good guy?
What impact do you think Trump's strategy for reviving American manufacturing will have on the environment?
What do you think about the global movement Klein was apart of in the 90s? Do you agree with their objections/arguments? Would you have joined?
Do you think the decline of Klein's movement there have been any similar movements, focused on environmental and personal health, that have been able to establish the same success/far reaching and influential status?

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Maxwell McConnellSeptember 23, 2018 at 7:07 PM
Alternative Quiz Questions
1. What dud Van Jones call “white lash”? pg 85 rendering Obama or any other “non-American” as “other”
2. What is the one of the most chilling details about the men who Trump surrounds himself with? Pg 86 the number of them who have been accused of beating, harassing, or sexually abusing women.
3. No matter the allegation against him or his inner circle, what is an allegation against the Trump administration met with? Pg86 A wall of denial, powerful men vouching for powerful men, sending the message, women are not to be believed.
4. According to Klein, what really won the election for Trump? Pg 87. The losses in social status (of voters) layered on top of losses in basic economic security.
5. Since the financial crisis of 2008, according to Klein, who has not lost any job security? Pg 88 The one percent
6. What word is a slur in Washington DC for the Right? Pg 90 “entitlements”
7. Whose campaign mantra was “it’s the economy, stupid?” according to Klein? Pg 91 Bill Clinton
8. According to Cedric Robinson, what was the “fuel” that started the industrial revolution? Pg 95 Cotton and sugar picked by enslaved African Americans
9. Who was Trump’s first choice for labor secretary and why was he arguably the worst candidate for the job, showing Trump’s true colors and intentions? Pg 105 Andrew Puzder, CEO of Hardee’s and Carl’s Junior’s, a man who was Klein calls the “most anti-worker choice ever”
10. What was the breaking point for the divide between the Davos class and everyone else? Pg 119 The 2008 financial crisis
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UnknownSeptember 23, 2018 at 9:07 PM
ALTERNATIVE QUIZ QUESTIONS:

1) What did the Clinton Foundation embody? (117)

2) How did Trump use the Davos Class? (118)

3) What was the breaking point in the 2008 financial crisis? (118)

4) Who does Klein say will be the one to save us? (119)

5) What is "philanthrocapitalism"? (116)

6) What does Trump equate his wealth to? (115)

7) What did Bernie Sanders refer to the Trans-Pacific Partnership as? (113)

8)What did the Center for Economic and Policy Research find about Mexico's poverty rate? (112)

9) How did September 11 affect demonstrations? (111)

10) What "war" resulted from disputes over essential services in Cochabamba? (109)
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UnknownSeptember 23, 2018 at 9:16 PM
Stop playing politics with the health of the environment" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stop-playing-politics-with-the-health-of-the-environment/2018/09/19/24a917fc-baa6-11e8-adb8-01125416c102_story.html
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UnknownSeptember 23, 2018 at 9:20 PM
"We need an awakening on climate change" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-need-an-awakening-on-climate-change/2018/09/21/eb327a0e-bbae-11e8-adb8-01125416c102_story.html?utm_term=.d714a7886002
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UnknownSeptember 24, 2018 at 11:27 AM
What allegations of sexual misconduct surround Trump's campaign. (86)
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Nicole RondeauSeptember 24, 2018 at 11:48 AM
ALTERNATE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1) What impact do you think Trump's strategy of reviving American manufacturing will have on the environment?

2) What do you think about the global movement Klein was apart of in the 90s? Do you agree with their objections/arguments? Would you have joined?

3) Do you think since the decline of Klein's movement there have been any similar movements, focused on environmental and personal health, that have been able to establish the same success/far reaching and influential status?
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Nicole RondeauSeptember 24, 2018 at 12:08 PM
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/foes-rev-up-for-hearings-on-trump-plan-to-gut-fuel-efficiency_us_5ba870a8e4b0375f8f9e517c

Here is a link to an interesting article in the Huffington Post for any who wants an update on what the EPA is up to these days. This article states that the EPA plans to roll back vehicle fuel economy and emission standards. It's quite a short read, but I'm gonna include a paragraph that I think is very telling: "The EPA has argued that larger vehicles that burn more gas are 'safer,' and says relaxing environmental standards will save companies money, making their products more 'affordable.' An EPA fact sheet says the changes will have “minimal impact” on the environment."
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AnonymousSeptember 24, 2018 at 12:29 PM
Discussion Questions:

1. What were the underlying motivations behind most of Europe adopting a very socialist approach to government? Social responsibility, family values, life purposes, shame?

2. Where should we draw the line between Religion and Government? Does the shift from monarchies (leaders ordained by god) and their reliance on the church in the western world reflect the current situation in religious states in Asia? Does the distinction between church and state hold in all cultures? Does it even hold in ours?

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Baylee BurkSeptember 24, 2018 at 2:07 PM
Alternative Quiz Questions:

1) Trump announced plans to do what on the same day he 'flattered the union leaders'? pg. 94

2) What is wage theft? pg. 105

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3) Instead of being a 'silver lining' what does Klein believe about the US withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership? pg. 105

4) At it's core, what was Klein's 1990's movement really about? pg. 109

5) What does Klein say wiped her movement off the map? pg 111
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First things first--a proper education

“The complexity of our present trouble suggests as never before that we need to change our present concept of education. Education is not properly an industry, and its proper use is not to serve industries, either by job-training or by industry-subsidized research. It's proper use is to enable citizens to live lives that are economically, politically, socially, and culturally responsible. This cannot be done by gathering or "accessing" what we now call "information" - which is to say facts without context and therefore without priority. A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means putting first things first.” ― Wendell Berry

The college project

“The American college may be considered a continuation, at the human level, of the self-education process of the earth itself: universe education, earth education, and human education are stages of development in a single unbroken process...The entire college project can be seen as that of enabling the student to understand the immense story of the universe and the role of the student in creating the next phase of the story.” --Thomas Berry, “The American College in the Ecological Age,” in The Dream of the Earth

“Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating.”
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“Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.”
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“Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

“How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: if you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren't pessimistic, you don't understand the data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren't optimistic, you haven't got a pulse.”
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― T.S. Eliot

“There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there.”
― Bill McKibben, The End of Nature

“We know, at least, that this decision (ending factory farming) will help prevent deforestation, curb global warming, reduce pollution, save oil reserves, lessen the burden on rural America, decrease human rights abuses, improve publish health, and help eliminate the most systematic animal abuse in history.”
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environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.”
― Ernst F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.”
― Aldo Leopold

“Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make one quest: liberty and justice for all. Whether one's special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.”
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“The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materialization of values. The ecological balance cannot be re-established unless we recognize again that only persons have ends and only persons can work towards them.”
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