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I (Professor Gray) am going to donate $200 towards a charity. Work with a team of your classmates to research precisely what different charities would do with that $200 donation. After that, decide which organization should receive my donation and then justify and advocate for your decision.
Examples
Here are examples that other students have done for their charitable giving investigation:
- Researching the impact of a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières (i.e., Doctors Without Borders).
- Comparing the impact of a $200 donation to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund with a $200 donation to the University at Buffalo’s UB Fund.
- Justifying why Kids Wish Network should receive the $200 donation.
Here’s What I Want You to Do
The instructions for this experiment will be explained during class. The experiment will then be done at that time. Because of that, please be sure to show up promptly on time to class for this experiment, as late arrivals will not be able to participate.
Here’s Why I Want You to Do It
I am having you perform this charitable giving investigation because it has you…
- Research how different charities spend the cash donations they receive.
- Compare the impact of different charitable organizations.
- Advocate for an impactful charity to receive a cash donation.
As such, this charitable giving investigation will help you achieve these learning outcomes for the course:
| 3. | Apply important philosophy concepts and theories to various hypothetical and real-world situations. |
| 5. | Connect philosophy with your own lived experiences. |
| 6. | Put philosophy into action. |
| 7. | Reflect on your own assumptions and form more considered judgments on how you may address social issues. |
Here’s How You’ll Earn Philosophy Experience Points
This experiment in philosophy is worth a total of 500 philosophy experience points, which is broken down as follows:
- Research: 250 points.
- Advocacy: 150 points.
- Reflection: 100 points.
Each of these will be assessed based on completion. That is, if you complete each of them as instructed, then you will earn all their points. If you do not do that, then you will earn 0 points.
Using Philosopher’s Stones
Since this experiment in philosophy occurs during class time, philosopher’s stones cannot be used for an extension. As a result, please be sure to show up promptly on time to class for this experiment.
Collaboration & Academic Integrity
The nature of collaboration and the expectations for academic integrity for this experiment in philosophy will be discussed during class.
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Acknowledgment
This “Experiment in Philosophy” is based upon a similar “Experiment in Ethics” from Ramona Ilea and Monica Janzen. I highly encourage you to visit their website on Engaged Philosophy for much more!