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1. State your ethical approach

The common good.

1. Say what ethical approaches are (the definition)

The common good - The common good approach is an ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of promoting the community's well-being as a whole, rather than just one's own self-interest.

The rights approach - The rights approach is an ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of respecting and protecting the fundamental rights of all individuals. It suggests that individuals and organizations should act in ways that respect all people's inherent dignity and worth and ensure that their basic rights are not violated.

Virtue approach -The virtue approach is an ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of developing and practising virtues such as honesty, integrity, compassion, and fairness. It suggests that individuals and organizations should strive to cultivate virtuous character traits and act in ways that promote the common good.

Utilitarian approach - The utilitarian approach is an ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of maximizing overall happiness or well-being. It is about weighing the costs and benefits of different actions and choosing the one that produces the most positive outcomes.

Fairness approach - The fairness approach is an ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of treating individuals fairly and impartially. It suggests that individuals and organizations should act in ways that promote fairness, equity, and justice.

1. Explain what your ethical approach is about

The common good - The common good approach is an ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of promoting the community's well-being as a whole, rather than just one's own self-interest.

Our superhero name is Mr Common Hood. It shows the common good approach as it promotes the community's well-being as a whole rather than focusing on one's self-interest.

Post viewing draft - English

New vocabulary words

Patho: A quality that evokes sadness or pity.

Contrive: Create or bring about by deliberate use of skill.

Incasadescently: White, glowing, luminous with intense heat.

Themes and ideas

Klara is more human than most humans as she experiences feelings that no other robot experiences. She experienced a breakdown and what it felt like to be sad. 

What connections can you draw so far between Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049? Some connections between both Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049 is the idea of love and what it is. Love is more of what others think of you rather than what you think of them. In Blade Runner 2049 we see the love between K and Joi. K a replicant develops feelings for Joi who is an A.I. As the viewers we see the connection they both have with each other even though they aren't human. This can also be shown in Klara and the Sun. Klara is a robot and even though she is, she was able to develop feelings and emotions and have a more deeper connection with Josie.  

Another connection in both Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049 is the discrimination we see. In Blade Runner 2049 we see discrimination as people who aren't "lifted" are looked down on. People who aren't lifted are looked down on because they aren't genetically modified so they aren't able to go to the school they want and are likely to get a job with less pay. We see this in Blade Runner 2049 as K is a replicant and is hated because of that. In Blade Runner 2049, replicants were made to do jobs better than normal humans. As there is an increase in replicants, more humans aren't employed and because of that, hate on repli

How has your understanding of what it means to the human/to have personhood changed since studying these texts? My understanding of what it means to have personhood now is about how aware you are and the feeling you encounter.  

Practice paragraph: Blade Runner 2049

In the scene where Officer K arrives home after work, we see the aspects of lighting combined with character is used effectively. For instance, when K is walking to his apartment the lighting is low-key and dim. It’s very dull, colourless, and bare of any objects. This can be compared with the character of K as he is lonely, hated and an outcast. The director combines these aspects to show the bleak outlook of the world K lives in as he’s isolated from everyone, and how his apartment reflects himself and how he feels. These aspects used were able to help the audience get an idea of how K is portrayed through his apartment. It allows us to understand that K’s life is meaningless and lacks any personhood. The combination of both the lighting and character in the scene help show his journey in figuring out if he was the special child. As the film progresses K’s character development changes and his personhood increases.

Reflection Section

Text title: Travis Scott speaks out after a 'mass casualty incident' at the Astroworld concert.
Text type: Article 
Text creator: Jess Cohen
Text purpose: To tell people what happened at the Astroworld concert.
Date: 8/11/21

The article, I read talked about how there were multiple incidents that happened at the Astroworld concert. Officials say that there were 8 confirmed deaths from the "mass casualty incident" that happened. Authorities said that around 9pm the crowd started to compress towards the front of the stage. As this happened more people started to get injured and get scared. More people began to get unconscious as they fell to the ground, making people even more panic. There were around 300 people treated on-site for minor injuries while some were rushed to area hospitals, including 17 people and 12 of them were taken to HFD units. Out of all of them, 11 of the patients went into cardiac arrest. The two-day festival was cancelled after the incidents. 

Critical literacy question: Who is most likely to read this and why?

People who are fans of Travis Scott are likely to read this as well as people who want to know more about the incidents that happened during the concert. 

Personalised passion project - Bubble Tea and Boba Cafe

For our Personalized Passion Project, Johanna and I have decided to make a Minecraft boba cafe and boba tea. This is because we both share a passion for boba. The research was used to help us with our project. We searched a couple sites and videos regarding the tea and we looked on Pinterest for cafe inspirations. We ended with a driving question: “how we can make boba for ourselves and friends.”

The planning we did helped us keep track of what needed to be done each day throughout the term. In our plan, we didn’t include our plan for the boba cafe we made in Minecraft. Next time something we would do differently in our planning is to research a better website because the one we used had an unrealistic time to make boba. 

There was a lot of thought and process going into both the cafe and tea. 

During the making of the cafe, we both implemented our ideas so that the cafe suits our best interest. Making the Minecraft cafe took us a couple tries for it to get to where we wanted it to be. As for the tea, it was easy to make as there were few steps going into it, however, an issue that we encountered was uncooked tapioca pearls as we relied on one website that wasn't valid. Our project ended up being fun as it included the shared interest in boba. 

Reflection questions

Now that it's over, what are my first thoughts about this overall project? Are they mostly positive or negative? My thoughts about my overall project are positive because Johanna and I did a really good job at making our boba cafe as well as making the boba.

How well did I and my team communicate overall? Johanna and I did a really good job of communicating as a team. This helped us figure out what we needed to do each step of the way.

What would I do differently if I were to approach the same problem again? If we were going to do this again we could make the tapioca pearls earlier as it took a while for it to cook.

Reflection Section

Text title: Squid Game surpasses Brigderton for Netflix's top all-time series launch with 111 million views.

Text type: Article

Text creator: Jordan Rose 

Text purpose: To tell the readers about how popular the new series on Netflix has become. 

Date: 19/10/21

The article, I read talked about how the new series on Netflix called Squid Game has surpassed Brigderton in the all-time series launch with 111 million views. Because the new series has become a huge hit throughout the world it reached a historic milestone. The last record was from the series called Brigderton with 82 million views the first month. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that Squid game would be a big hit and since then there has been a lot of attention towards the series. Currently, the Netflix show is the most viewed in over 90 countries so far. 

Critical literacy question: Who would most likely read this and why? I think the people who would most likely read this are people who are fans of the show and want to know more about it. I also think that people who are most likely to read this are people who want to find out how many views Squid game has gotten. 

Reflection Section

Text title: Greta Thunberg takes another swipe at Jacinda Ardern's response to climate change. 

Text type: Article

Text creator: Unknown Auckland reporter

Text purpose: To tell us what Greta Thunberg thinks about what Jacinda Arderns thinks of climate change.

Date: Tuesday 28 of September

In the article that I read talks about Greta Thunberg's perception about climate change from Jacinda Ardern. As she says New Zealand hasn't really done much to help with the climate crisis because the NZ emissions still haven't gone down. From 2022 the government is going to try and meet a "carbon budget" which is the number of greenhouse gases New Zealand is going to "spend" each year.  The climate change Minister Shaw says that New Zealand will try to ensure that they are playing a part towards the global emissions in half by 2030. Thunberg responded in December on a tweet talking about how New Zealand had bigger goals than one target “If that was the sum ambition of any government, then that would be worthy of criticism; it is not our sum ambition and it is not the totality of our plans on climate change."

Critical literacy question: Who is most likely to read in text and why? I think people who are interested in climate change would be because it tells you information about what New Zealand is planning to do. I think people who are interested in what Greta Thunberg is talking about would be as well.