Review and reflections from the first two classes. Please contribute with your own thoughts and feedback!
Class 1:
Each of us introduced ourselves and answered the question, “are you optimistic or pessimistic about doing good?" We were overwhelmingly optimistic. I wonder if our attitudes will change before the end of the course.
After our introductions, Daniel Swartzman, UIC Professor of Health Policy and Administration, shared a lecture entitled "An Ethics of Engagement – The Power of Ideas.” This lecture, a condensed version of a course taught with twenty years of experience, presented us with a philosophical framework to understand the causes and consequences of caring for others.
Memorable thoughts/quotes:
“Does 5+5=8+2?”
“Inspiring the moral imagination to the bring the 'Truly Other,' the abstract and unrelated, into the realms of the real and related.”
“Telling my parent’s story in landscape and portrait.”
Contact Information of the guest speaker: daniels@uic.edu
Class 2:
In this class, we read and discussed the first chapter of William Easterly's book, The White Man's Burden. Through lively discussion, we worked to clearly define the attitude and characteristics of 'Searchers and Planners.' After this exercise, we participated in a group activity that separated us into Searcher and Planner camps. Each group devised a problem and proposed a solution to their problem representing the viewpoint of their respective camps.
>Harishi
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