Tag Archives: Ethics

Teaching Memo: Holocaust Education 7-Week Unit of Study

Posted on 2021/04/06 by Steve Capone

“So here it is – I’ve built this unit. It’s the plan I bring with me into a 7-week course on the Holocaust with my current sixth graders…” Continue reading →

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Telling Myself Stories About Myself

Posted on 2017/06/12 by Steve Capone

John Locke followed his assumptions (holding experience to be paramount) through to the conclusion that what makes us human is our collections of disconnected ideas – memories – that there is no self underpinning these memories. We’re bundles of ideas. … Continue reading →

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Considering the film “Land of Mine” at Sundance 2016.

Posted on 2016/01/27 by Steve Capone

My Sunday’s Sundance film in Salt Lake City was not well attended, due I surmise to the powder day being had by anyone on the ski slopes at the time of day. Those who were in attendance at Rose Wagner … Continue reading →

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Were the U.S. (today) in charge of East Germany (in the `80s), Communism Wouldn’t Have Fallen

Posted on 2015/07/04 by Steve Capone

It’s Independence Day back in the states, but here in Germany, they don’t seem to celebrate it (not sure why yet, but I’m on the case). I had a worrisome thought tonight. I realized that oppressive communism as it functioned … Continue reading →

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“Kein Mensch ist Illegal”

Posted on 2015/07/04 by Steve Capone

I’ve been noticing graffiti and stickers bearing this slogan around town here in Dresden, and I did twenty seconds of web searching to figure out what it’s about. I had a half-understanding of this from just reading the text of … Continue reading →

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