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Open questions : readings for critical thinking and writing / [edited by] Chris Anderson, Lex Runciman.
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- ISBN: 0312416350
- ISBN: 9780312416355
- ISBN: 0312449909
- ISBN: 9780312449902
- ISBN: 0312442505
- ISBN: 9780312442507
- Physical Description: xxiii, 718 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, ©2005.
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- Includes index.
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- Pt. 1. Where are you coming from?. Exile: El Paso, Texas/ Benjamin Saenz -- Shooting dad/ Sarah Vowell -- Profile of an Arab daughter/ Elmaz Abinader -- Theme for English B (poem)/ Langston Hughes -- No name woman/ Maxine Hong Kingston -- "You can be anything you want to be -- no limits" (cartoon)/ Peter Steiner -- I listen to my parents an I wonder what they believe/ Robert Coles -- Stone soup/ Barbara Kingsolver -- Voices from White Earth/ Winona LaDuke -- The authentic trail/ John Daniels.Pt. 2. Are we responsible for others?. Too many colleges are still in denial about alcohol abuse/ Henry Wechsler, Charles Deutsch, and George Dowdall -- The parable of the Sadhu/ Bowen H. Mccoy -- Welcoming the stranger/ Stephen L. Carter -- The moral obligations of living in a democratic society/ Cornel West -- Lifeboat ethics: the case against helping the poor/ Garrett Hardin -- Cyberspace: if you don't love it, leave it/ Esther Dyson -- Save the whales, screw the shrimp/ Joy Williams -- The Earth charter -- On morality/ Joan Didion -- Traveling through the dark (poem)/ William Stafford.Pt. 3. Is violence necessary?. Giving up the gun/ Andre Dubus -- I don't believe this (story)/ Merrill Joan Gerber -- The case for torture/ Michael Levin -- The need for discernment/ The Dalai Lama -- Two words/ Terry Tempest Williams -- The pursuit of happiness: four revolutionary words/ Andrew Sullivan -- "If you still want to belong to an organization dedicated to killing Americans, there's always the tobacco lobby"/ Alex Gregory -- Nobel lecture/ Kofi Annan -- The casualty/ Dan Baum -- Eros and Thanatos/ Chris Hedges -- Compassion and love/ Jane Goodall.Pt. 4. Are we our bodies?. Life-size (story)/ Jenefer Shute -- Just walk on by: black men and public space/ Brent Staples -- Looking at women/ Scott Russell Sanders -- Male body image in America/ Lynne Luciano -- A clack of tiny sparks: remembrances of a gay boyhood/ Bernard Cooper -- The story of my body/ Judith Ortiz Cofer -- On being a cripple/ Nancy Mairs -- Before and after/ Lance Armstrong -- Who lives? Who dies? Who decides?/ Ellen Goodman -- We do abortions here/ Sallie Tisdale -- Designer genes/ Bill McKibben.Pt. 5. Is honesty the best policy?. How do you think it makes your mother feel?/ James Frey -- The best student ever/ Stephen L. Carter -- Honesty and honor codes/ Donald McCabe and Linda Klebe Trevino -- "Today at school, I tried to decide whether to cheat on my test or not" (cartoon)/ Bill Watterson -- Virtual virtues: reflections on academic integrity in the age of the internet/ Lawrence Hinman -- The Boston photographs/ Nora Ephron -- Big and bad/ Malcolm Gladwell -- The beauty myth/ Naomi Wolf -- Politics and the English language/ George Orwell.Pt. 6. What is this worth?. Am I blue?/ Alice Walker -- Serving in Florida/ Barbara Ehrenreich -- What we eat/ Eric Schlosser -- Eggs for sale/ Rebecca Mead -- The lesson (story)/ Toni Cade Bambara -- The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits/ Milton Friedman -- Ethics: a global business challenge/ Robert Haas -- The Land Ethic/ Aldo Leopold -- A teasing irony/ Paul Hawken.Pt. 7. Why change your mind?. "I teach my kids that these things are right and these things are wrong" (cartoon)/ Scott Adams -- C. P. Ellis/ Studs Terkel -- Long overdue/ Naomi Shihab Nye -- Singing with the fundamentalists/ Annie Dillard -- Passion at Yale/ David Denby -- The achievement of desire/ Richard Rodriguez -- Claiming an education/ Adrienne Rich -- Executions are too costly -- morally/ Helen Prejean -- The case for moral relativism/ Ruth Benedict -- The community of truth/ Parker J. Palmer.Pt. 8. What should you do?. Get ready now (pamphlet)/ US Department of Homeland Security -- The good doctor/ Tracy Kidder -- On compassion/ Barbara Lazear Ascher -- The singer solution to world poverty/ Peter Singer -- The silence of the Lambswool Cardigans/ Rebecca Solnit -- Out of your car, off your horse/ Wendell Berry -- The world depends on this/ Kathleen Dean Moore -- Letter from Birmingham jail/ Marting Luther King Jr. -- Why I volunteer -- Tell me more/ Brenda Ueland.
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 1. Where are you coming from?. ‡tExile: El Paso, Texas/ ‡rBenjamin Saenz -- ‡tShooting dad/ ‡rSarah Vowell -- ‡tProfile of an Arab daughter/ ‡rElmaz Abinader -- ‡tTheme for English B (poem)/ ‡rLangston Hughes -- ‡tNo name woman/ ‡rMaxine Hong Kingston -- ‡t"You can be anything you want to be -- no limits" (cartoon)/ ‡rPeter Steiner -- ‡tI listen to my parents an I wonder what they believe/ ‡rRobert Coles -- ‡tStone soup/ ‡rBarbara Kingsolver -- ‡tVoices from White Earth/ ‡rWinona LaDuke -- ‡gThe ‡tauthentic trail/ ‡rJohn Daniels. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 2. Are we responsible for others?. ‡tToo many colleges are still in denial about alcohol abuse/ ‡rHenry Wechsler, Charles Deutsch, and George Dowdall -- ‡gThe ‡tparable of the Sadhu/ ‡rBowen H. Mccoy -- ‡tWelcoming the stranger/ ‡rStephen L. Carter -- ‡gThe ‡tmoral obligations of living in a democratic society/ ‡rCornel West -- ‡tLifeboat ethics: the case against helping the poor/ ‡rGarrett Hardin -- ‡tCyberspace: if you don't love it, leave it/ ‡rEsther Dyson -- ‡tSave the whales, screw the shrimp/ ‡rJoy Williams -- ‡gThe ‡tEarth charter -- ‡tOn morality/ ‡rJoan Didion -- ‡tTraveling through the dark (poem)/ ‡rWilliam Stafford. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 3. Is violence necessary?. ‡tGiving up the gun/ ‡rAndre Dubus -- ‡tI don't believe this (story)/ ‡rMerrill Joan Gerber -- ‡gThe ‡tcase for torture/ ‡rMichael Levin -- ‡gThe ‡tneed for discernment/ ‡rThe Dalai Lama -- ‡tTwo words/ ‡rTerry Tempest Williams -- ‡gThe ‡tpursuit of happiness: four revolutionary words/ ‡rAndrew Sullivan -- ‡t"If you still want to belong to an organization dedicated to killing Americans, there's always the tobacco lobby"/ ‡rAlex Gregory -- ‡tNobel lecture/ ‡rKofi Annan -- ‡gThe ‡tcasualty/ ‡rDan Baum -- ‡tEros and Thanatos/ ‡rChris Hedges -- ‡tCompassion and love/ ‡rJane Goodall. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 4. Are we our bodies?. ‡tLife-size (story)/ ‡rJenefer Shute -- ‡tJust walk on by: black men and public space/ ‡rBrent Staples -- ‡tLooking at women/ ‡rScott Russell Sanders -- ‡tMale body image in America/ ‡rLynne Luciano -- ‡gA ‡tclack of tiny sparks: remembrances of a gay boyhood/ ‡rBernard Cooper -- ‡gThe ‡tstory of my body/ ‡rJudith Ortiz Cofer -- ‡tOn being a cripple/ ‡rNancy Mairs -- ‡tBefore and after/ ‡rLance Armstrong -- ‡tWho lives? Who dies? Who decides?/ ‡rEllen Goodman -- ‡tWe do abortions here/ ‡rSallie Tisdale -- ‡tDesigner genes/ ‡rBill McKibben. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 5. Is honesty the best policy?. ‡tHow do you think it makes your mother feel?/ ‡rJames Frey -- ‡gThe ‡tbest student ever/ ‡rStephen L. Carter -- ‡tHonesty and honor codes/ ‡rDonald McCabe and Linda Klebe Trevino -- ‡t"Today at school, I tried to decide whether to cheat on my test or not" (cartoon)/ ‡rBill Watterson -- ‡tVirtual virtues: reflections on academic integrity in the age of the internet/ ‡rLawrence Hinman -- ‡gThe ‡tBoston photographs/ ‡rNora Ephron -- ‡tBig and bad/ ‡rMalcolm Gladwell -- ‡gThe ‡tbeauty myth/ ‡rNaomi Wolf -- ‡tPolitics and the English language/ ‡rGeorge Orwell. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 6. What is this worth?. ‡tAm I blue?/ ‡rAlice Walker -- ‡tServing in Florida/ ‡rBarbara Ehrenreich -- ‡tWhat we eat/ ‡rEric Schlosser -- ‡tEggs for sale/ ‡rRebecca Mead -- ‡gThe ‡tlesson (story)/ ‡rToni Cade Bambara -- ‡gThe ‡tsocial responsibility of business is to increase its profits/ ‡rMilton Friedman -- ‡tEthics: a global business challenge/ ‡rRobert Haas -- ‡gThe ‡tLand Ethic/ ‡rAldo Leopold -- ‡gA ‡tteasing irony/ ‡rPaul Hawken. |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡aPt. 7. Why change your mind?. ‡t"I teach my kids that these things are right and these things are wrong" (cartoon)/ ‡rScott Adams -- ‡tC. P. Ellis/ ‡rStuds Terkel -- ‡tLong overdue/ ‡rNaomi Shihab Nye -- ‡tSinging with the fundamentalists/ ‡rAnnie Dillard -- ‡tPassion at Yale/ ‡rDavid Denby -- ‡gThe ‡tachievement of desire/ ‡rRichard Rodriguez -- ‡tClaiming an education/ ‡rAdrienne Rich -- ‡tExecutions are too costly -- morally/ ‡rHelen Prejean -- ‡gThe ‡tcase for moral relativism/ ‡rRuth Benedict -- ‡gThe ‡tcommunity of truth/ ‡rParker J. Palmer. |
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