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How should we respond to manifestations of Hell on earth?\u00a0\u00a0 The answer we give is a matter of\u00a0prescription<\/em>. In the preceding sections, we discussed the moral implications of the view of hell we take.\u00a0 In this section, I want to ask whether: 1) we have a duty to follow our moral principles; or, if so, 2) when we have this duty.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THE PLIGHT OF THE REFUGEE:\u00a0 \u201cHELL ON EARTH\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n

\"\"The goal of this section\u00a0is to meditate on the plight of the refugee, not necessarily to get into the nitty-gritty political questions surrounding\u00a0the world refugee crisis. \u00a0To this end, I would like you to be prepared to talk about the following issues:<\/p>\n

What does it mean to be a refugee?
\nWhy do we, as human beings, struggle with the issue of empathy?
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Jesus was a refugee:\u00a0 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn\u00a0 \u00a0(<\/em>World English Bible)<\/p>\n

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24. Thursday, April 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Luis Alberto Urrea, The Devil’s Highway:\u00a0 A True Story\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Read at least the first half of the book<\/p>\n

WWJD?: Jesus the Refugee \u2013 Matthew 2:1-15\u00a0READ AND PRINT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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EASTER:\u00a0 APRIL 19-22<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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25. Tuesday, April 23\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Luis Alberto Urrea, The Devil’s Highway:\u00a0 A True Story\u00a0 <\/em>Finish the book<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Contrast with “The Forbidding Reputation and Hypnotic Scenery of the Devil\u2019s Highway: HERE<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Excerpt from Hannah Arendt,\u00a0Eichmann in Jerusalem<\/em>: \u00a0RE-READ (focus on the issue of empathy, especially p. 49) Bring this document to class!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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IMAGE TEN<\/strong><\/h3>\n

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE:\u00a0 “The Fires of Hell”<\/strong><\/p>\n

26.\u00a0Thursday, April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Discussion<\/em>:\u00a0 Do we have the same moral obligation to care for our planet that we have to care for our fellow human beings?<\/p>\n

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Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future<\/em> \u00a0Read everything but Chapter III on “Market Failure”<\/p>\n

A. James McAdams, “Post-Truth, Climate Change and the Idea of the Modern Catholic University”\u00a0 PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Laudato Si’:\u00a0 A Summary<\/em> :\u00a0 READ FOR BACKGROUND<\/a><\/p>\n

“Trump on Climate Change”: READ<\/a><\/p>\n

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Discussion:<\/em> In this, our last class session, I would like to discuss the idea of Hope.\u00a0 Up to this point, we have looked at some pretty awful aspects of the human experience.\u00a0 Does this mean, however, that this is the whole story.\u00a0 I would not like you to come away from this class as hardened cynics.\u00a0 Indeed, I think we can–and should–come to the opposite conclusion. For humans to survive in a troubled world–one which is largely of their own making–we have to cultivate the opposite of cynicism.\u00a0 We must cultivate Hope.\u00a0 Today, I ask you to reflect with me about the meaning of Hope in our lives.\u00a0 Where does Hope come from? How do we maintain it?<\/article>\n
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Please identify and be prepared to talk about at least one reading from our course that provides a source of Hope.\u00a0 In addition, please print, read, and bring to class the following short articles:<\/article>\n
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Kelly J. Baker, \u201cWhy I remain hopeful,\u201d\u00a0Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em> PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/article>\n
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Samuel Scheffler, “The Importance of the Afterlife. Seriously. PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/article>\n
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Roy Scranton, “Raising my child in a doomed world” PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/article>\n
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Ecclesiastes<\/em>\u00a09:11\u00a0 \u201cI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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