lecturer pushing her religious/political agenda on us at 9am
Firstly, some context. Poly Y1, I am 16 this year. I am a guy, and you can read my reddit user okay it's quite obvious how I lean politically.
This was in a class but the topic was mainly ethics. ('"ethics @ duke" say wallahi bro' was the vibe, iykyk)
This was genuinely quite annoying. The lecturer was quite literally pushing capitalist bs all morning from 9am. And I'm not talking about complex issues with nuances like using AI to enhance a job economy or wtv.
She was literally talking against basic human needs. She was criticizing the strikes and protests held by Greta Thunberg for climate change and for Palestine, saying "this is not the right way to do it." like, we literally don't get to pick and choose how people react when they realize billionaires are hoarding infinite wealth and burning our planet while working class people literally have to choose between student loans, rent and food or other basic necessities.
Next slide: Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani female educational activist. Yes!! another basic human right we can use as a "do you think it is ethical for women to resist oppression". Like omfg. I quite literally have a Pakistani female friend about my age who could get her education solely because of the work of people like Malala who stood up and fought against patriarchy and oppresion for their rights. She didnt say much about Malala because she could see a few of the hijabis, myself and one or two dudes in the back already giving the "fuck-off" eye to her.
Next slide: "Is euthanasia legal." A contentious one, sure, but the right to die is not one that can be policed by anyone. This lecturer has the guts to say "I don't believe in euthanasia because from God we come, to him we shall return." How is this even remotely related to the ethics of euthanasia??????
I completely understand the complications of euthanasia, especially when it surrounds money or dearly loved ones. But the right of euthanasia is a very human, core right, the right for someone to leave forever when they so personally choose. But how is denying the right of euthanasia because God told you so even remotely related to the argument of ethics? Morality and humanity can still happen outside of religion.
While on the topic of religion, I was itching to say that religions are not sacrosanct and dangerous ideologies must be open to debate and corrected. Couldn't get to that though before she pulled it out.
Ok too tired basically that's it. I'm not saying this lecturer is just pure evil, and I can only empathize as to why one could possibly think that way and help to educate. I just know it's because of how apolitical our society is, and completely disinterested in discussing politics. speaking about educate, some links below regarding the issues i am talking about
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_resist (for information on the "right to resist")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_movement_of_Singapore#Tripartism_in_Singapore (repeated violations of workers' rights in Singapore and incidents regarding workers' rights)
also read on on Malala Yousafzai's fight in Pakistan, the work of Greta Thunberg and other issues of basic human rights like the right to protest in Singapore
TLDR: Lecturer teaching ethics class basically says oppressed people don't have a right to fight back against oppressive systems because resistance is "violent and unethical", and through this denies basic human rights enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights like the right of women to be educated, to strike and be fairly compensated for wage labour, the right to protest to resist and rebel against oppression for basically 2 hours in poly.