Select the one concept or theory that you believe will be the most important to you in the future. How will what you learned change the way you solve problems?
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Critiques of the USPSTF’s New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
In this radio program, at least one caller and one of the guests (Constance Lehman, the medical director of radiology and director of breast imaging at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) criticize the Task Force’s new guidelines. What reasoning do they offer in their objections?
Revisiting Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: Understanding the USPSTF’s Perspective
Treating Breast Cancer: Why have the US Preventive Services Task Force’s new guidelines for breast cancer screening cast doubt on previous, long-standing recommendations that women over the age of 40 get routine mammograms and that all women should perform regular breast self-exams? On what evidence did the Task Force base their guidelines?
The Case for Drug Legalization: Promoting Harm Reduction and Shifting the Paradigm
Legalizing Drugs: State whether or not you believe drugs should be legalized, and provide reasons to support your conclusion.
The Enigma of Morality: Exploring the Discrepancy Between Knowledge of Ethics and Moral Behavior
Thinking and Acting Morally: How do you explain the fact that morally evil people can be highly educated in terms of ethics and religion? How do you account for the gap that sometimes occurs between knowledge of ethics and being an ethical person?
The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Connection between Thought and the Body
Using Metaphors: Explain what the author means when he says “we think with our bodies” and “abstract thought would be meaningless without bodily experience.” What examples does he provide to support these statements? Can you think of examples of your own that illustrate this insight?
The Shifting Definition of “Family”
The Evolving Concept of “Family”: The author of the first article, Kate Rice, quotes Alexis Walker: “Family is both a belief and a practice.” Professor Walker explains that her students tend to view a family in traditional terms, comprising a mom, a dad, and children. Yet when she asks students whether they come from a family like that, only a few put their hands up. How would you explain this discrepancy? Did you find the same split perspective in your response to the first question? Why or why not?
Global Warming: A Looming Catastrophe
Global Warming: What exactly is “global warming”? What is the role of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in creating global warming? What are some of the devastating effects scientists believe that global warming will result in? What are the reasons and evidence that have convinced scientists that global warming poses a potentially catastrophic threat to the future of the Earth?
The Complexity of Violence: Understanding the Role of Guns and Addressing Root Causes
Perception and Reality in the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting:
Dan Baum, in his article “The Price of Gun Control,” contends that in our efforts to curb violence in America we are making a mistake by focusing on guns. He states: “It’s true that America’s rate of violent crime remains higher than in most European countries. But to focus on guns is to dodge a painful truth. America is more violent than other countries because Americans are more violent than other people. . . . by obsessing over inanimate pieces of metal, we avoid looking at what brings us more often than others to commit violent acts.” Do you agree that “Americans are more violent than other people”? Should we be focusing on gun control in our efforts to curb violence? Why or why not?
The Influence of New Media: Balancing Information Consumption and Critical Thinking
The Influence of New Media: The author acknowledges that “the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind” and that this puts him at risk for being a “mere decoder of information” rather than a deep thinker about information. Would you say that this is true for you as well? Why or why not?