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• Develop a historical perspective of “Progress” • Evaluate various sources of progress
• Discuss human destiny
• Develop a proper understanding of progress
staying in a situation without making any progress People generally believe that while technologies are constantly upgraded and economy continues to grow, the same does not apply to morality and society. People of different political affiliations even believe that human beings are falling back to the days when they were uncivilized barbarians.
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impoverish
scope contain restore traverse
tread water tip the balance
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• How to live happy and worthy lives? Answers
Salvation History and evolution Human’s self-improvement Political reform Education Science Commerce
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What did optimists in the Enlightenment and the 19th century think of human destiny: Happy and worthy lives A better world What was the big question then? How to bring about progress
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Enlightenment
Enlightenment
• A cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries • First in Europe and later in the American colonies. • Purpose: to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. • For: science, skepticism, intellectual interchange • Against: superstition, intolerance, abuses by church and state.
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• What evidence is presented to show “It’s Getting Better All the Time”? Longevity Multiplied income Literacy Social justice Medical development
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• Please translate the following into English
不负所望 Tread water重筑信仰Βιβλιοθήκη 扭转局势 停滞不强 不敢苟同
Restore one’s faith
Beg to differ
Tip the balance
What is the new argument about progress? Can you give any concrete examples for “morals and society are treading water or…sinking back into decadence and barbarism”?
Onwards and Upwards
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How
do you understand “…the idea of progress has become impoverished”?
Why do
people argue so?
“Progress” be defined?
How shall
What do
you think is human destiny?
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The concept of progress: Now and Then (paras.1-6) II. Problems with the concept of “Progress” (paras. 9–21) III. Silver-line: Moral sensibility and governance (paras. 22-28)
Problem: Progress ＞Statistics
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The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism. (Para. 1)
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Part I: The concept of progress Now and Then (paras.1-6) Main Idea
Onwards and Upwards
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Does this unit “Onwards and Upwards” deal with the same subject as Unit 8 “Economic Growth is a Path to Perdition”? Why or why not?
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Political right • Accept or support social hierarchy and social inequality • Believe inequality to be natural and even desirable • Small government • Society: Conservatism and traditionalism • Economy: Laissez-faire capitalism
Ancient Greece: the theory of world-cycles or the doctrine of eternal return Epicureans, Xenophanes and Plato: seeds for Progress Renaissance: curiosity and individual potential to be God-like Enlightenment: scientific and societal advance American Revolution: progress potentials of the "Empire of Liberty"
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