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5/9/22, 1:29 AM Reading Assignment Questions: Week 6

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Reading Assignment Questions: Week 6

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Provide substantive answers to all 7 of the following questions regarding the three readings by Shaw, Desmond, and Hanauer. Some questions will require you to provide further evaluations based on your knowledge so far of the three ethical theories:

1. At the very beginning of chapter 4 what does William Shaw say is the defining nature of capitalism (be specific—it’s also in the Launchpad and Lecture notes)?

2. What is it about the “profit motive” that Shaw suggests is so unique to capitalism, and why do you think it is such a recent historical phenomenon? Which of the three ethical frameworks naturally accepts the profit motive?

3. What are some of the dominant presuppositions about human nature within capitalism that Shaw indicates? Do you think these presuppositions leave out other key aspects that define our humanity, and what might they be?

4. List some of the key ways that slavery, according to the article by Desmond, played a central defining role in the emergence of capitalism and the modernization of industry, business practices, and management in the West?

5. Why does Desmond claim that slavery was not merely an outdated holdover from a previous era but an essential ingredient to our modern capitalist system?

6. What does Desmond say is the significance of W. E. B. Du Bois's notion of slavery's "public and psychological wage" on how American's defined freedom?

7. In the article on the racial wealth gap Angela Hanks and Danyelle Solomon refer to the need for a “targeted universalism” (as formulated by john a. powell (https://belonging.berkeley.edu/targeted- universalism) ) rather than an abstract universalism in order to do justice to the issues of racial inequality. What do they mean by this qualifier of “targeted”? And out of the three ethical paradigms which one do you think would address this need the best? (Be sure to consult the brief summary of the different views on justice from the Week 5 launchpad page as well as the quick summary at the bottom of this Week's launchpad)

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