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Link to the Trolley Problem Quiz:

Trolley Problem

Link to Utilitarian cases for research:





Do you seek power?

Term 2 Homework and Exam revision (including the chapter on Fallacies) - go to HOMEWORK, and scroll down for TERM 2
For quotes and articles, here are some good examples:

Frontline - Fall of Rudd

Fascinating Rise and Fall of Kevin Rudd

The Australian - The Rise and Fall of Kevin Rudd

And the best opening line of all ... (This one gives you preview access to David Marr's essay on Rudd's downfall - just click the preview link and use the zoom functions to read it - a very telling piece of writing with **great quotes**)

For some examples of previous responses to the links between Machiavelli, Plato and Kevin Rudd's demise, se:

Machiavelli and the Fall of Kevin Rudd

Machiavelli, Plato and Kevin Rudd

Machiavelli and Rudd

Environmental Philosophy references for your Environmental Proposal and Letter:


 * Assignment Handout: [[file:Enviro Assignment.docx]]**


 * John Muir:**

The Sierra Club Exhibit: (find out more about Muir and the Sierra Club here) **http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/**

**"Man's Place in the Universe" (online copy)**


 * Henry David Thoreau:**


 * The Thoreau Reader Online**
 * (Includes the full version of "Walking" from 1862) **


 * Vandana Shiva**

Videos and summary of ideas: @http://current.com/green/89152862_small-farmers-ecofeminism-vandana-shiva.htm

"How Ecofeminism Works" @http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/ecofeminism.htm


 * Epicurus and the Environment:**

Principal Teachings of Epicurus

@http://www.analyse-und-kritik.net/2006-2/AK_O_Neill_2006.pdf


 * 'Rising Currents' Exhibition about the New York Waterfront (MOMA):**


 * Rising Currents Exhibition**


 * How to write a letter to government:**


 * @http://www.pekisko.ca/pk_write.html**