Social Philosophy and Civic Engagement
Readings
Non-Violence and The Other: A Composite Theory of Multiplism, Heterology, and Heteronomy drawn from Jainism and Gandhi by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
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Political Engagement and Service Learning: A Gandhian Perspective by Dilafruz Williams
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The Origins of Gandhi’s Emergence as a World Historical Figure by Sener Akturk
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Mahatma on Violence and Peace by Douglas Allen
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Political Engagement and Service Learning: A Gandhian Perspective by Dilafruz Williams
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Mahatma on Violence and Peace by Douglas Allen
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Assignments
“Pay It Forward” Two Parts
Part One Gandhi famously stated, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Pay It Forward asks you to do something nice or helpful for someone in need, and then, ask them to Pay It Forward. Do the following for Part One and bring your notes to class:
1. Visit the website for the Pay It Forward Movement, created by Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of the book, Pay It Forward http://www.payitforwardmovement.org/.
2. Explore the idea of Pay It Forward online and locate one Pay It Forward initiative that is exempletive of Gandhi’s ideas. Be sure to include the URL for the example.
3. Develop a Pay It Forward initiative that you can accomplish in your everyday life. It could be something as simple as holding the door open for someone else a little longer than one would normally, or clearing the snow off someone’s car, but try to come up with inventive ways to fulfill this portion of the assignment. Then, after our class discussion, you will Pay It Forward for three days. The goal is to do something for someone that might not only make their day better, but also lead to further random acts of kindness.
4. Identify three short quotes from the Gandhi readings that demonstrate something about your Pay It Forward initiative.
Part Two Following the Ideas for Class guidelines located on SPARK, write a discussion of your Pay It Forward initiative. Explain how your initiative illustrates Gandhi’s directive to live one’s everyday life in a way that might change the world. Support your ideas with examples and quotes from Gandhi as well as from the film, Pay It Forward.
-Submitted by Susan McKenna
Part One Gandhi famously stated, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Pay It Forward asks you to do something nice or helpful for someone in need, and then, ask them to Pay It Forward. Do the following for Part One and bring your notes to class:
1. Visit the website for the Pay It Forward Movement, created by Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of the book, Pay It Forward http://www.payitforwardmovement.org/.
2. Explore the idea of Pay It Forward online and locate one Pay It Forward initiative that is exempletive of Gandhi’s ideas. Be sure to include the URL for the example.
3. Develop a Pay It Forward initiative that you can accomplish in your everyday life. It could be something as simple as holding the door open for someone else a little longer than one would normally, or clearing the snow off someone’s car, but try to come up with inventive ways to fulfill this portion of the assignment. Then, after our class discussion, you will Pay It Forward for three days. The goal is to do something for someone that might not only make their day better, but also lead to further random acts of kindness.
4. Identify three short quotes from the Gandhi readings that demonstrate something about your Pay It Forward initiative.
Part Two Following the Ideas for Class guidelines located on SPARK, write a discussion of your Pay It Forward initiative. Explain how your initiative illustrates Gandhi’s directive to live one’s everyday life in a way that might change the world. Support your ideas with examples and quotes from Gandhi as well as from the film, Pay It Forward.
-Submitted by Susan McKenna