Engage the community:
Begin by finding an ethical issue or social problem that currently impacts or has recently impacted your local or regional community (such as your neighborhood, town or city, county, school district, religious community, or something of similar scope to any of these).
Briefly summarize the issue or problem, and provide a link to a news article, video, or some other resource that documents the issue or problem so that your fellow students can learn more about it when formulating their responses to you.
Apply the theory:
Next, choose one of the ethical theories and discuss how the moral reasoning of the theory might be used to address or resolve the issue or problem.
Evaluate the reasoning:
In evaluating the application of the moral theory you may, for example, consider one or more questions like:
Does this differ from the way this issue is currently being addressed?
Does it present a better response than another ethical approach would?
Does the theory present an adequate response to the issue, or does it leave significant aspects of the issue unresolved?
Does applying the theory to this issue raise other problems or concerns?
In light of this issue, are there ways the principles or values of the theory might need to be modified from the form that we studied in class?

View these links:

https://www.ted.com/speakers/shaka_senghor

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/couch-crisis/magical-healing-power-caring-and-hope-psychotherapy

http://hopeoptimism.com/pages/funding-initiatives/philosophy-hope-optimism

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_gratitude_changes_you_and_your_brain

https://www.forbes.com/sites/womensmedia/2016/07/08/8-ways-to-have-more-gratitude-every-day/#1fdf07261d54

INSTRUCTIONS:

For Reflection #14 Please answer 4 of the following questions:

Why do you think, Andy, the main character, decided to play the music of opera singer for the prisoners? (Sull’aria” from Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro”)
What do you think the prisoners were thinking when they heard the opera singer?
Think of a person ( family member, friend, current or historical person) who inspires you with hope? Why do they inspire hope?
How do you inspire hope in others / how do you sustain your own hope?
What does gratitude mean to you?
In what ways do you practice gratitude in your life?
Do you think that society as a whole could benefit from more people using gratitude in their everyday life? How can you be an instrument of change through gratitude?