A news story

Imagine that you are the anchor for a local news outlet and you are to provide a news story for the evening
news on the state of the political landscape in America (in other words, answer this question: why is the United
States politically divided between liberals and conservatives?). As the research basis for your story, you view
the Haidt video to learn about the differences of the moral mind between liberals and conservatives. In other
words, Haidt's assessment of the moral mind forms the outline of your news story. In addition, you add what
you learned from the I Am documentary that we watched at the beginning of the semester about how people
respond to and interact with others. Finally, include in your news story what you now know about social
contract theory as the basic idea for how we form a government. Remember to identify key elements like what
does social contract theory say? Who first created the idea? How does it help us understand ourselves, our
country, our place in the world?
Submit the text of your "news" story.
Remember, you are to role-play, so put yourself in the shoes of a reporter!
As we continue to think about social contract theory, Jonathan Haidt's speech given to TED brings out some
interesting ideas to consider. Please watch the video. How do his findings about brain analyses help you to
think more critically and deeply about practical implications of social contract theory?
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_the_moral_roots_of_liberals_and_conservatives/up-next?
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