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Monday, October 10, 2011
What Can Political Philosophy Contribute? - p. 78-81
What does this section do to support Kuper’s argument/alternatives
What major claims? – What does this mean?
What evidence?What does this evidence do?
What lists? – What do these lists do?
What words/ideas do you need to know?
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What does this section do to support Kuper’s argument/alternatives -This section is kind of divided in two ways. First he agrees with Rawl’s where he states that a culture change is needed in order to make sure there living standards keep improving and making sure they never go back to the point they are now. But then he makes a really interesting twists when he states that Rawl’s is wrong in a couple of aspects and that he agrees with Singer in a couple of places and Kuper states that that the method that Singer has is partly incorrect but it could help as the culture change is in progress. They both take interesting approach but I think what Kuper is trying to elaborate is that these ideas should merge in order to help these less fortunate countries. People should keep donating money but also culture change should occur in the aspect of economy and so on. The money should help build their economy and change their political ways in order to really help their problems and not temporarily fixing them.
Andrew Kuper starts his “What Can Political Philosophy Contribute?” section with three broad factors of political philosophy: political economy, theory of justice, and political sociology. He also explains each of its function with compact yet effective details. Before answering his section’s question, Kuper identifies the three components of political philosophy. This identification helps the audience get familiar with the aspects of a political philosophy which result to a better understanding than just him answering the question. Kuper also uses this list to organize the structure of the section in order to help the audience get a grasp of what to expect as they continue reading. Under the second sub-heading, theory of justice, Kuper introduces seven reasons for why developing countries’ nonideal conditions are different than the general concept of justice. This list appeals to the audience logic with reasoning which guides the audience toward the writer’s argument. What I like about this particular list is that at the end of every reason he states that “this emphasize…”, and “this makes…” which makes his list very persuasive. The technique of using a list in writing is extremely crucial because not only it shows the paper’s organization format, it also helps the audience focus on the author’s main idea. Most readers unconsciously understand the list better than a long paragraph of loaded descriptive words. The list effortlessly enables the reader to simplify one complicated idea by breaking it down to sub-sections. This is similar to what I have learned as a “web.” A web is a graph or a chart that starts with the main idea, usually place in the middle or on the top, then branches off to sub-ideas that support the main one. This process can continue infinitely if desire or needed but this process this effective and high recommended by countless educated writers and authors.
Andrew Kuper starts his “What Can Political Philosophy Contribute?” section with three broad factors of political philosophy: political economy, theory of justice, and political sociology. He also explains each of its function with compact yet effective details. Before answering his section’s question, Kuper identifies the three components of political philosophy. This identification helps the audience get familiar with the aspects of a political philosophy which result to a better understanding than just him answering the question. Kuper also uses this list to organize the structure of the section in order to help the audience get a grasp of what to expect as they continue reading. Under the second sub-heading, theory of justice, Kuper introduces seven reasons for why developing countries’ nonideal conditions are different than the general concept of justice. This list appeals to the audience logic with reasoning which guides the audience toward the writer’s argument. What I like about this particular list is that at the end of every reason he states that “this emphasize…”, and “this makes…” which makes his list very persuasive. The technique of using a list in writing is extremely crucial because not only it shows the paper’s organization format, it also helps the audience focus on the author’s main idea. Most readers unconsciously understand the list better than a long paragraph of loaded descriptive words. The list effortlessly enables the reader to simplify one complicated idea by breaking it down to sub-sections. This is similar to what I have learned as a “web.” A web is a graph or a chart that starts with the main idea, usually place in the middle or on the top, then branches off to sub-ideas that support the main one. This process can continue infinitely if desire or needed but this process this effective and high recommended by countless educated writers and authors.
Carlos Arroyo- Andrew Kuper uses John Rawls because he is credible. Rawls is a US Political philosopher, who has writen many books and essays on justice and society. He is a man that believes in maximizing overall happiness, inadequately protects freedom and equality, the core liberal and democratic values. He claims that certain basic liberties, such as freedom of thought and association are so important that they take precedence over other social values; such as economic efficiency and improving the welfare of the poor. Rawls argues that decent and liberal people do have an obligation to assist burdened societies (115). He supports Singer by emphasizing that political systems ensures the lives of individuals within such societies go better.
What major claims? – What does this mean? Andrew Kuper makes several claims throughout this section of the text. His style of writing makes it very difficult to comprehend the points he is trying to prove. From what I understand,Kuper makes several important claims throughout this section. He claims that Rawls fails to see that other countries economy has effect on poor countries and different strategies should be used to see these connections. He states that it is important for countries to know what different aspects affect other[poor]countries the greatest so that positive benefits can come from the efforts made to make improvements. Kuper believes that when people are forced to make difficult decisions, such as Singer's Solution, most people will not make that compromise. Kupers argument is that a long term solution needs to be made for this problem. He states that "poor people are neither powerless nor ignorant in respect of important problems and opportunities for action." This quote was used by Kuper to show how Singer view on the situation gives the tendency of people to view these poor countries as just recipients or patients and not people with ideas and possibilities to come up with solutions to the problem they are facing.
Andrew Kuper uses some evidence to support his claims. For the first claim, Rawls fails at seeing that other countries economy has an effect on the more poorer countries and that other strategies should be taken to see these connections, Kuper says, “As such, along with a focus broadly on political culture, it better serves the poor than it does the Singer Solution.” This quote support his claim, because it’s saying that even though the economy isn’t the main focus, the main focus on political culture helps the poor countries more than it supports Singer’s Solution. The second claim, “poor people are neither powerless nor ignorant in respect of important problems and opportunities for action,” Kuper says, “ they need to be addressed as agents, capable of independent action as well as cooperative endeavor.” This quote is evidence to this claim because Kuper is saying that the poor people need to be seen as agents so that they aren’t seen as “powerless” or “ignorant” when it comes to an important problem or opportunity of action.
Words/ideas that we need to know -political economy charts the dynamics of the global economy indicating the extent to which they can be controlled. Theory of justice evaluates goals and derives a set of principles and how we should approach the problems of development. Political sociology encompasses and classifies the roles of individuals and institutions in advancing their moral spectrum Rawls argues in his works that society cooperates so that they can be efficient and coexist for the greater good. This is possible through the basic laws that society sets up. Liberal and decent people carry an obligation to assist people in need and that a change of culture is the only way to ensure that the lives of individuals within such societies go better. Rawls seems to be less accepting of other cultures and their customs while Singer accepts them and believes that they can someday function as one without destroying
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What does this section do to support Kuper’s argument/alternatives
-This section is kind of divided in two ways. First he agrees with Rawl’s where he states that a culture change is needed in order to make sure there living standards keep improving and making sure they never go back to the point they are now. But then he makes a really interesting twists when he states that Rawl’s is wrong in a couple of aspects and that he agrees with Singer in a couple of places and Kuper states that that the method that Singer has is partly incorrect but it could help as the culture change is in progress. They both take interesting approach but I think what Kuper is trying to elaborate is that these ideas should merge in order to help these less fortunate countries. People should keep donating money but also culture change should occur in the aspect of economy and so on. The money should help build their economy and change their political ways in order to really help their problems and not temporarily fixing them.
Mary Mayout
Andrew Kuper starts his “What Can Political
Philosophy Contribute?” section with three broad factors of political philosophy: political economy, theory of justice, and political sociology. He also explains each of its function with compact yet effective details. Before answering his section’s question, Kuper identifies the three components of political philosophy. This identification helps the audience get familiar with the aspects of a political philosophy which result to a better understanding than just him answering the question. Kuper also uses this list to organize the structure of the section in order to help the audience get a grasp of what to expect as they continue reading. Under the second sub-heading, theory of justice, Kuper introduces seven reasons for why developing countries’ nonideal conditions are different than the general concept of justice. This list appeals to the audience logic with reasoning which guides the audience toward the writer’s argument. What I like about this particular list is that at the end of every reason he states that “this emphasize…”, and “this makes…” which makes his list very persuasive. The technique of using a list in writing is extremely crucial because not only it shows the paper’s organization format, it also helps the audience focus on the author’s main idea. Most readers unconsciously understand the list better than a long paragraph of loaded descriptive words. The list effortlessly enables the reader to simplify one complicated idea by breaking it down to sub-sections. This is similar to what I have learned as a “web.” A web is a graph or a chart that starts with the main idea, usually place in the middle or on the top, then branches off to sub-ideas that support the main one. This process can continue infinitely if desire or needed but this process this effective and high recommended by countless educated writers and authors.
Mary Mayout
Andrew Kuper starts his “What Can Political Philosophy Contribute?” section with three broad factors of political philosophy: political economy, theory of justice, and political sociology. He also explains each of its function with compact yet effective details. Before answering his section’s question, Kuper identifies the three components of political philosophy. This identification helps the audience get familiar with the aspects of a political philosophy which result to a better understanding than just him answering the question. Kuper also uses this list to organize the structure of the section in order to help the audience get a grasp of what to expect as they continue reading. Under the second sub-heading, theory of justice, Kuper introduces seven reasons for why developing countries’ nonideal conditions are different than the general concept of justice. This list appeals to the audience logic with reasoning which guides the audience toward the writer’s argument. What I like about this particular list is that at the end of every reason he states that “this emphasize…”, and “this makes…” which makes his list very persuasive. The technique of using a list in writing is extremely crucial because not only it shows the paper’s organization format, it also helps the audience focus on the author’s main idea. Most readers unconsciously understand the list better than a long paragraph of loaded descriptive words. The list effortlessly enables the reader to simplify one complicated idea by breaking it down to sub-sections. This is similar to what I have learned as a “web.” A web is a graph or a chart that starts with the main idea, usually place in the middle or on the top, then branches off to sub-ideas that support the main one. This process can continue infinitely if desire or needed but this process this effective and high recommended by countless educated writers and authors.
Carlos Arroyo-
Andrew Kuper uses John Rawls because he is credible. Rawls is a US Political philosopher, who has writen many books and essays on justice and society. He is a man that believes in maximizing overall happiness, inadequately protects freedom and equality, the core liberal and democratic values. He claims that certain basic liberties, such as freedom of thought and association are so important that they take precedence over other social values; such as economic efficiency and improving the welfare of the poor. Rawls argues that decent and liberal people do have an obligation to assist burdened societies (115). He supports Singer by emphasizing that political systems ensures the lives of individuals within such societies go better.
What major claims? – What does this mean?
Andrew Kuper makes several claims throughout this section of the text. His style of writing makes it very difficult to comprehend the points he is trying to prove. From what I understand,Kuper makes several important claims throughout this section. He claims that Rawls fails to see that other countries economy has effect on poor countries and different strategies should be used to see these connections. He states that it is important for countries to know what different aspects affect other[poor]countries the greatest so that positive benefits can come from the efforts made to make improvements. Kuper believes that when people are forced to make difficult decisions, such as Singer's Solution, most people will not make that compromise. Kupers argument is that a long term solution needs to be made for this problem. He states that "poor people are neither powerless nor ignorant in respect of important problems and opportunities for action." This quote was used by Kuper to show how Singer view on the situation gives the tendency of people to view these poor countries as just recipients or patients and not people with ideas and possibilities to come up with solutions to the problem they are facing.
Andrew Kuper uses some evidence to support his claims. For the first claim, Rawls fails at seeing that other countries economy has an effect on the more poorer countries and that other strategies should be taken to see these connections, Kuper says, “As such, along with a focus broadly on political culture, it better serves the poor than it does the Singer Solution.” This quote support his claim, because it’s saying that even though the economy isn’t the main focus, the main focus on political culture helps the poor countries more than it supports Singer’s Solution. The second claim, “poor people are neither powerless nor ignorant in respect of important problems and opportunities for action,” Kuper says, “ they need to be addressed as agents, capable of independent action as well as cooperative endeavor.” This quote is evidence to this claim because Kuper is saying that the poor people need to be seen as agents so that they aren’t seen as “powerless” or “ignorant” when it comes to an important problem or opportunity of action.
Jake Schlichting
Words/ideas that we need to know
-political economy charts the dynamics of the global economy indicating the extent to which they can be controlled. Theory of justice evaluates goals and derives a set of principles and how we should approach the problems of development. Political sociology encompasses and classifies the roles of individuals and institutions in advancing their moral spectrum
Rawls argues in his works that society cooperates so that they can be efficient and coexist for the greater good. This is possible through the basic laws that society sets up. Liberal and decent people carry an obligation to assist people in need and that a change of culture is the only way to ensure that the lives of individuals within such societies go better. Rawls seems to be less accepting of other cultures and their customs while Singer accepts them and believes that they can someday function as one without destroying
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