The Values Exchange has many different types of questioning activities - surveys, polls, snapshots and cases. We will use all of them at different times in the semester so it may be helpful to have some examples you can use as practice.
You should have already experienced the Vx survey when you did the 'What is ethics?' survey and of course surveys are familiar tools to most of you already.
In Weeks 3-5 we will be using Vx Snapshots and we'll look at a demo shortly but first here, we will look at the format of a Vx poll. Polls are fun and usually focus on unusual or controversial topics. They aren't necessarily based on the PPE content but if you engage with them I'm sure they will aid the development of your thinking in general! I'll post polls, which are optional, as and when I come across interesting material but hope to do this most weeks - but not weeks 3-5 when you'll have Vx Snapshots to keep you busy!
From Week 3 we will also start to use Vx Cases and in the latter part of the paper you will submit a Vx case for grading - so again- practice and site familiarisation is the key!
Okay- so, here we go!
Have a read through, including the links and then simply cast your vote! If you can add your reasons even better. As we go through the semester you'll gain confidence to provide more reasons and your reasoning will (hopefully) improve! Evereyone can see all the responses but only after they have responded too. That way we can all learn from one another. And...remember.... in ethics...there are no right and wrongs...so you make your response 'right' by providing some clear reasons. All the best!
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While driving to work recently I stopped at the petrol station. The man in front of me in the queue to pay was dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown.
On my drive to work I thought about the pyjama clad man. Growing up I do not recall ever seeing people dressed in this way, in public. It got me thinking about how societal norms change over time and how society decides what’s ok and what’s not.
After a bit of reading I discovered that not everyone is happy about this emerging trend.
Seems pyjamas in public has caused quite a stir down in Gisborne with some locals brandishing the trend as ' lazy and totally disgusting', while others arguing that pyjamas are much more modest than many other examples of clothing worn in public:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10828053
The debate is certainly not confined to NZ.
For example one Tesco supermarket in Cardiff, Wales, banned pyjama wearing in its store: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/tesco-bans-shopping-in-pyjamas-28515180.html
A Belfast school has banned parents from coming to drop their children at school clad in pyjamas: www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8526732/Schools-ban-parents-from-wearing-pyjamas-at-d...
In a letter to parents, the principal describes the practice as “slovenly and rude”.
'Over recent months the number of adults leaving children at school or collecting children from school dressed in pyjamas has risen considerably,' he wrote.
'While it is not my position to insist on what people wear, or don't, I feel that arriving at the school in pyjamas is disrespectful to the school and a bad example to set to children.'
Defending his stance, he said: 'There used to be about 15 to 20 pyjama-wearing parents, but there is anything up to 50 now.
'People don't go to see a solicitor, bank manager or doctor dressed in pyjamas, so why do they think it's okay to drop their children off at school dressed like that?'
Others see the issue differently, such as Khiry Tisdem, of Shreveport, Louisiana. He has no problem stepping out in his pyjamas and makes a good point:
'I wear my (pajama) pants anywhere,' Tisdem said. 'I'm an American, and I can wear my clothes anywhere I want. I'm a grown man. I pay my own bills, so I can wear my clothes the way I want. I don't know why it's an issue.' usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-13/public-pajama-ban/52532630/1
What do you think?
Is it “slovenly and rude” or does the public pyjama party get your vote?
Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gareth1953/5547932679