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    In justice, telos, and honor, Aristotle defended slavery, and even justified it. In legally blond, Elle Woods is admitted to Harvard for her looks and money. Teleological thinking is used in our Judicial branch, and in political thinking. How has this thinking been applied to our school system?

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    In justice, telos, and honor, Aristotle defended slavery, and even justified it. In legally blond, Elle Woods is admitted to Harvard for her looks and money. Teleological thinking is used in our Judicial branch, and in political thinking. How has this thinking been applied to our school system?

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    GarrettLayton

    1/2Period
    Aristotle,WhoDeservesWhat?
    Entry#1,Pg.184207,9/3,46min.

    Sec.AReadingSkills

    Ikeptreadingtoseeifthingslaterbecameclearafterthefirstparagraphwhereitsaidthat
    Calliewaskickedoffthesquad.Iwasntsurewhyshewas,butitexplainedthereasonin
    thenextparagraph.

    Iwasconfusedbythewordteleological,butafterreadingthenextsentence,Iunderstood.
    InJustice,Telos,andHonor,thefirstpointgivesadefinitionoftheroottelos.Itmeansthe
    purpose,end,oressentialnature.

    InthesectionWhatstheTelosofaUniversity?Iwasremindedoflegallyblond.The
    sectiontalksaboutWhohasarighttobeadmitted.Itmentionsthatsomebelievethe
    purposeofauniversityistopromotescholarlyexcellence,andthatacademicpromise
    shouldbethesolecriterionforadmission.Inlegallyblondhowever,ElleWoodsis
    admittedtoHarvardforherlooksandmoney.

    IdidntexpecttohearthatAristotledefendedslavery,andevenjustifiedit.

    Sec.BObservations

    IwassurprisedtofindAristotledefendingslavery,becauseinthepastthephilosophies
    Ivereadofhisdidnotpointtohimbeingamanforslavery.

    Themainideaofthetextisthatinordertodecideifsomethingisethical,youhaveto
    figureoutwhattheessentialnatureoftheiteminquestionis.Thenyoucandecideifthe
    solutionwouldchangethatnature,orleaveitbe.

    Iagreewiththeauthorbecauseifsomethingisgoingtobeethical,itneedstobe
    consistent.Therefore,thebasicnatureofsomethingshouldntbechangedbythechoice
    beingmade.

    Sec.CAskingquestions

    IansweredmyownsmallquestioninsectionA.

    Mybigquestionis:Isteleologicalthinkingsomethingweshoulduseeveryday?Ifitsused
    inourJudicialbranch,andinpoliticalthinking,thenisitsomethingtobepracticingdaily?

    Howhasthisthinkingbeenappliedtoourschoolsystem?Ithinkthiswouldbean
    interestingthingtoresearch,andfindoutifthereareotherwayswecanapplyteleological
    thinking,orifitshouldbeusedinaschoolsetting.

    Sec.DQuotationAnalysis

    OnequotethatIthoughtwasinterestingwasaboutpeoplewhodontinvolvethemselves
    inpolitics.Themanwhoisisolatedwhoisunabletoshareinthebenefitsofpolitical
    association,orhasnoneedtosharebecauseheisalreadyselfsufficientisnopartofthe
    polis,andmustthereforebeeitherabeastoragod.Theauthorwastryingtomakethe
    pointthatwecantliveinaworldwherepeoplearecompletelyselfsufficient.Wereall
    heretogether,andneedtoworkasateamthroughpolitics,lestwebecomebeastsor
    godsbothofwhichdonotlivecohesivelywiththemselves.Hemeanstosaythatwithout
    politics,webecomeuncivilized.

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