US Government

During our study of the executive branch and its many regulatory agencies, we watched several news clips on current events and discussed both the pros and cons of government regulation in American life. We also read excerpts of Milton Friedman and listened to an audio version of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison Bergeron, which led up to a discussion on the tension between liberty and equality. If we are all equal, then does anyone have the freedom to be different? If the government regulates people so much as to keep them all at the same level of equality, can freedom still flourish? Or as Dash, a character in Pixar’s The Incredibles says, If everybody is special, then nobody is.

Mrs. Lapp

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Topics: 12Twelvth Grade
Date: Friday, January 8th, 2010 3:12 pm