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Tag Archives: moral agency
Engaging Bradley Manning
Bulletin: PFC Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some charges against him for providing classified government documents to Wikileaks. Manning’s statement is a remarkable document, illustrating many forms of reasoning we have identified as morally engaged, based on Albert Bandura’s theory … Continue reading
Vaclav Havel, crusader against tyranny
Yesterday, December 18, 2011, saw the passing of Václav Havel, an exemplar of moral engagement. Havel was a playwright and poet who became the leader of the opposition to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia starting in the 1960s. He helped launch … Continue reading
Posted in Champions of peace, Moral engagement, Poetry and the arts, Protest
Tagged Communist, Czechoslovakia, democracy, Jeremy Irons, Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, moral agency, moral engagement, Nelson Mandela, nonviolence, Occupy movement, playwright, poet, Prague, Rock n' Roll, The Power of the Powerless, Tom Stoppard, Vaclav Havel, Velvet Revolution
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Jared Loughner in the “mecca for prejudice”
The U.S. is a diverse nation with many subcultures. What do we know about cultural values in the Arizona in which Jared Loughner grew up? Among the major values shaping the social climate in Arizona (the exosystem) are rugged individualism, … Continue reading
Posted in Understanding violence
Tagged anti-immigration, Arizona, bigotry, conservative Christianity, ethic of reciprocity, Gabrielle Giffords, hatred, Huffington Post, humanizing, individualism, Jared Loughner, Jon Justice, moral agency, moral engagement, prejudice, right-wing extremists, Robert Lovato, Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik, Tucson
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