Ethics Unit 5 Review

Oppressive structures occur at various levels of society. Match the level with its correct description.

Match the following with its correct description

If one of us had never heard of San Quentin's death row before, discussing it in class would place this person at what stage of the "Circle of Social Action"? The three choices are: awareness, analysis, action

(a)  

As someone who has visited San Quentin's Death Row, Archbishop Cordileone is very aware of this social structure. His article in America Magazine attempted to share his analysis of the Death Penalty. His call to abolish the Death Penalty is at what stage of the Circle of Social Action? The three choices are: awareness, analysis, action

(a)  

In your own words, what is a social structure?

True or False: Each person has, essentially, one social identity: you are either an agent or a target, but you cannot be both. 

A part of yourself that has power or privilege in certain social contexts could be called a _ identity. 

(a)  

What is true of a target identity, according to how we discussed the term this unit?

A general belief about a group of people that is not necessarily negative (and that may even contain a bit of truth) would be called

A conscious but unexpressed negative belief about another person (or group of people) is called: