Period+7+Protocols

Below I want your philosophy class to make a protocols document. This document will help to give purpose and direction this course. Be insightful and creative. Design the class the way you think it should exist. As a class I want you to address:

1. What do you want to get from this class?

I hope to become a self-sufficient thinker to develop answers to questions that are the most important to me. I hope to be able to think arguments through in a logical manner and also think logically about larger questions.

2. How will you as an individual and as a class achieve this?

Through studying philosophers and understanding their views through discussions while adding our own.

3. What are the rules of engagement in the classroom and online?

Criticisms towards ideas are allowed; insults intended for people are not. I agree with the above, and also that everyone should participate (whether online or in the classroom)

4. How will these protocols be enforced? People should be called on even if their hand is not raised; on the blog, probations should be issued to people who disobey the rules & points taken away (for example, a 2-day probation would result in a loss of points from those 2 days)

5. Anything else that should be included? What constitutes cheating? What should one do if he/she has knowledge of cheating? How should it be punished?