3. ”The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility”. Evaluate this claim (notes) Key words: Knowledge‚ ethical responsibility‚ evaluate - Evaluate = explore to what extent the statement is true given different interpretations of knowledge and the idea of ethical responsibility + evaluate the statement in contexts of ways of knowing and areas of knowing - Ethical responsibility = refers to the idea that you should do something to correct a harmful situation or prevent harm from
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The problem of Induction – Induction Science is supposed to be an empirical discipline which makes no claims beyond what has been observed. Therefore we have a dillema we could refuse to make any claims beyond what we observe and retain the idea of empirical science or we could defend the right of scientist to reason from the particulae to the genréral and accept that science is not strictly empirical. We could defend the right of science to reason from a particular to the general and accept
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Alexys Puch V B Titulo Prescrito: "Se puede progresar en las ciencias naturales‚ pero en las artes no es posible". ¿En qué medida está de acuerdo con esta afirmación? Escogí este título porque me interesa mucho como se progresa en la ciencias‚ debido a que las ciencias son un área que le tengo mucho interés‚ y además me gustaría saber si de la manera de cómo se progresa ahí‚ también se puede progresar en otras cosas también‚ en este caso en el arte. Cuestiones del conocimiento: ¿En qué medida
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When I go shopping in Sydney‚ after I bought clothes and foods‚ they will give me plastic bags. Should plastic bags for shopping be banned by the Australian government? Claim: Plastic bags should be banned. Evidence: Point 1: ‘“These bags are junk‚ whether you want to call them biodegradable or not. They end up in the same place: blowing around the streets or in landfill‚” said Councillor David Shiner‚ a member of Mr. Ford’s executive who surprised many by introducing the ban.’ When people
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Take a real life situation Extract a knowledge issue from the real life situation Analyze the knowledge issue (not the real life situation) From your own perspective From other perspectives Using ideas and concepts from T.O.K While analyzing other KI’s will be identified and analyzed The product of this reflection will then be applied back to the real life situation The application should also extend beyond the original real life situation to other areas Why do different people have different
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Bringing TOK into everyday subject teaching Obtained from experienced TOK teachers working in specialist subject groups at the Madrid TOK conference November 2003. Compiled by Geoffrey Neuss Swedish A1 (Reporter: Håkon Kjellin‚ Täby Gymnasium‚ Sweden Hakan.Kjellin@tibble.taby.se) Interpretation: • Are there correct and incorrect interpretations? Or is relativism absolute when interpreting texts? Is there such a thing as over-interpretation? • What factors – individual psychological
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TOK Essay – ART PART 1 What is art? The definition of ‘art’ perhaps makes one of the most controversial‚ yet confounding topic of discussion; where it is observed that each individual definitely has a view point. Some are ardent supporters of their beliefs‚ while others choose to sit on the fence. Everyone has their own answer to –“what is art”. Majority agree with the idea that “art is a medium of expression”‚ which is probably one of the most stereotypical definition; but its overuse does
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TOK Outline Essay title – “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility”. Evaluate this claim. What knowledge issues I think are involved • How can you possess knowledge? How do you acquire it and do these ways affect your responsibility of imparting it on others? • How is the knowledge you have affected by your personal ethics? Some people would have no problem giving out certain pieces of knowledge while others would be very trouble giving out exactly the same information
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Sarah Lee Word Count: 1534 Shared knowledge‚ in common sense‚ refers to a body of knowledge that is commonly accepted or rejected by a collective organization (IB TOK guide). Personal knowledge‚ on the other hand‚ refers to a body knowledge acquired from experiences of a particular individual (IB TOK guide). Since human beings are political animals‚ as Aristotle aptly points out‚ as humans‚ we are born into a certain form of community or society. Being born into a society requires
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Writing a TOK Essay It is important that you examine what the question is asking of you to do this you must understand each part of the question Thus one of the first stages of writing a TOK essay is to “unpack the title.” Complete the table below regarding your essay question: Unpacking the Essay Title: Question title: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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