Unit 2 is organized around the guiding question, ‘what makes us who we are?’ In Module 6: What Makes Us Behave the Way We Do, we explore the human capacity for both immoral acts – or ‘evil’ – and heroism in the face of injustice.
In this journal activity, you are asked to reflect on the arguments, and evidence offered by Franco & Zimbardo in your Module 6 reading, “The Banality of Heroism.” The goal of this journal assignment is to develop a deeper understanding of how we might, as your authors discuss, cultivate our own ‘heroic imagination,’ and why that is important for the world in which we live today.
Begin by reading “The Banality of Heroism” by Franco & Zimbardo. (This reading is located under ‘Course Readings – Unit 2.’) Then, work through the Module 6 Learning Materials, which will guide you through the authors’ argument, and offer additional resources (i.e. videos) to support your exploration of this week’s content.
Then, using proper sentence and paragraph structure, post a response of approximately 10-12 sentences to the following question:
Reflecting on your own lived experiences, what aspect of the world that we live in today would you describe as an example of “the banality of evil,” as explained in your reading and learning materials? How is or might this challenge be addressed through ‘heroic deeds,’ and cultivating our own ‘heroic imagination’?
Be sure to use details and examples drawn from the article, and the learning materials to support your ideas, and demonstrate your understanding of course content.
After posting your ideas, compose a response of approximately 4 – 5 sentences to one of your classmates’ posts. Be sure to directly engage with the ideas offered by your classmate, and connect the discussion back to course content.
Your original post is worth 3 marks. Your response post is worth 2 marks.
NO DIRECT QUOTES are permitted for this Discussion. NO OUTSIDE SOURCES are permitted for this assignment.
PLAGIARISM will result in an automatic grade of zero.
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Required Reading
Franco, Zeno & Zimbardo, Phil. (2006). The banality of heroism. Greater Good. 3. 30-35.
Learning Outcomes
This unit will help students meet the following course learning outcomes:
Analyze the innate and socially constructed elements that shape our complex individual, social and national identities in order to assess their relative impact on who we are.
Explain how power is distributed, maintained, and enforced for the purposes of identifying examples of the ways in which people react to that power.
Utilize critical reading strategies in order to explain, apply, and analyze key concepts in academic resources.
Evaluate their relationships to society and the physical world in order to assess how these relationships will affect their lives as global citizens.
Main Topics
The Banality of Evil
The Heroic Imagination
Old School Heroes and New School “Heroes”
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