**Please ONLY use sources provided (files + links below)** DO NOT use any outside sources.
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This essay asks you to bring the following two quotations together:
(a) Erik Olin Wright: “In a socially just society, all people would have broadly equal access to the necessary material and social means to live flourishing lives” (p. 8); (b) Curnutte: “You have a front-row seat for life. Don’t blow it.” (Curnutte presentation on Community Journalism). For example, what are the implications of Wright’s claim for institutions than for individuals? With Curnutte’s comment in mind, what duties (ethical and/or practical) does Wright’s claim impose on us as individuals? Another way to think of this question is through the lens of another question: “What do you do with this knowledge? Is knowledge enough? Does knowledge of social injustice require something more? How did the featured people in Strangers Drowning answer that and other related questions?
There are no “right” or “wrong” answers to these questions. You will be graded on the logic of your argument, how well you ground your argument (and thus demonstrate knowledge of course materials), and the range of supportive materials that you utilize. Go beyond the obvious starting point to engage diverse ideas and resources.
Write as if the reader is unfamiliar with relevant theories/concepts/ideas. In other words, please explain things in the body of the essay rather than assume that we will know what you are talking about.
Consider the entire range of evidence (including contradictory evidence) that might address the question. Sometimes connections across ideas appear in unlikely places.
Other Sources you can use:
Power in America 1/2 https://youtu.be/XdBScBkTmXU
Power in America 2/2 https://youtu.be/wXdnv62S3Mc
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help/
The Bystander Effect https://youtu.be/z4S1LLrSzVE
“All Kinds of Minds” TEDTalk https://www.ted.com/playlists/9/all_kinds_of_minds
TEDTalk https://youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8
DART Center http://thedartcenter.org
TEDTalk https://www.ted.com/playlists/12/freedom_rising
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