GP_Virtual_Self_Study Series#2

Self study for Global Politics

GP_Virtual_Self_Study Series 1

Aging and Society
Examine the changing needs of an aging society.
Will there be enough retirement savings?
Health care? Mobility issues? Insurance?

Contemporary Topics in GP

• What do scientists do?
• How does science affect society?
• What makes a humane society?
• Should the punishment fit the crime?
• Is it nature or nurture that best explains human behaviour?
• Where do our values and opinions come from?
• Mass media; representation or reality?
• Do the arts challenge or reflect society?
• Is your country really a democracy?
• Does the world have to change?
• How do new ideas come about?
• How have inventions affected society?
• How do changes in social attitude come about?
• How and why do we measure change in society?
• Do we need religious beliefs?
• Should everyone have the same moral responsibilities?
• How do we decide what is right and wrong?
• Why do people do what they do?
• How should art be valued?