Class Blog Archive

If you missed the class or want to review:

• Print off the Robert & Emma discussion handout (emailed).
• Check your email for the links to the class recordings. Fill in the top part of your handout while you watch.
• Alternatively: Read the script for Act 3 (see email for where to find it).
• Complete the homework assignment.

Homework resources:

If you missed the class or want to review:

• Print off the Roe v Wade case notes handout (below).
• Check your email for the links to the class recordings. Fill in your handout while you watch.
• Complete the homework worksheet and begin to work on the process outlined in the assignment.
• See below for resources used in class and additional info.

Our next class meeting will be at 2pm on Sunday, March 29.
Please check your email for the Zoom meeting link.

Last time, we discussed Freedom, types of freedom, and rights.
Key points:

• Print off the class handout (below). Fill it in as you watch the recording.
• View the class recording. The link's in the email I sent you. :o)
• Alternate option. I'm excited to share this alternative with you that P&C is making available temporarily to help people complete their program during this Covid-19 lockdown. Read the book chapter here through p. 35 to learn much (but not all) of what we covered in class, minus the discussions, of course.
• The Principles of Ethics & Justice are on your Ten Universal Principles handout.

Our next class meeting will be on Sunday, March 15.
(No class this Sunday.)

Last time, we covered the following:

1. Homework discussion on how evil means corrupt good ends
2. Principles of Justice, using some activities, a slide show, and class discussion
3. Quick peek ahead at Freedom and its connection with happiness

The Principles of Justice are:

If you missed class or want to review:

Our next class meeting will be on Sunday, Mar 01.
(No class this Sunday.)

Last time, I presented on the concepts of intrinsic and extrinsic dignity and about the three Universal Principles of Ethics, while students completed the handout "Principles of Ethics -- Key Concepts."

The concept of ethics deals with the rules by which a society guides behavior toward what is right. There are, for example, ethical rules for various professions such as lawyers, doctors, and engineers. However, some principles of ethics are so fundamental that they apply universally to all groups and societies.

If you missed class or want to review:

Our next class meeting is Sunday, February 16.
(No class this Sunday.)

Last time:
We read aloud Act 2 of the play Robert & Emma, with students taking various roles, and then discussed it. (Summary: After a science class discussion about the personhood of the unborn, Robert learns that his mother has just suffered a second-trimester miscarriage. Traumatized by this news and haunted by a secret that he has been carrying, Robert searches for hope and forgiveness.)

We had great discussions on questions about the drama. Good job, class!

If you missed the class and want to catch up, please read the notes in the update above and then contact me. We do have print copies of the script that you may borrow and bring back to the following class meeting, and I have a recording of the discussion portion.

About Dr. Jerome Lejeune:

• Book: Life is a Blessing by Clara Lejeune Gaymard.
• Website: https://lejeunefoundation.org/

More information and cool resources:

https://youtu.be/SVRJnoQJgoY

Response to the Overpopulation canard