Case Study 1 - Just Society

RS1022 ~ Case Study for Seminar #2 Alphaland, Migration and the Pastoral Circle Respond to these questions on the Seminar Notes template. See instructions below. 1) Consider the issue of immigration and displacement (i.e., refugees). In your role as President of Alphaland, use the Pastoral Circle to analyze this issue and decide on appropriate action(s). Discuss your analysis for each stage of the Pastoral Circle. Use the information included in the case study. You may also use other information you know/have about immigration and displacement. a. Stage 1: Involvement b. Stage 2: Exploration c. Stage 3: Reflection d. Stage 4: Action 2) Why did you decide on these actions regarding the refugee crisis? What elements of your moralscape are influencing your decision (see Kammer article)? Discuss. 3) Are the action(s) you decided on an example of direct service, or social analysis and action? Why? Please respond for each action/decision. 4) What is a ‘just’ society? What alignments, if any, do you see between your ideas and the perspectives of the Eastern and Western religions discussed at class? *** When responding, do NOT adopt a different persona, or pretend to be someone you are not. Rather, use your experiences and perspective to answer the questions, including the moralscape questions. You are you with your experiences and perspective … and you hold the position of the President of Alphaland. Instructions – PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW: Read the case study and answer the questions on the Notes Template available on OWL. Your notes should:  Include your name, student number and date in the upper left corner. No cover page.  Include the questions (in bold)  Be typed, single-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margin, and maximum of 2 pages, including works cited . Notes beyond 2 pages will not be read. No exceptions.  Be in the format given. Do not change the margins, fonts etc.  NOT use point form, abbreviations, shorthand, slang, etc. This is an academic submission.  Include other information you would like to contribute. Cite any information you gather and reference, including course readings. In text citation (author and page number) is good. Please use MLA or APA to cite bibliographic information.  Submit as a Word document (i.e., .doc or .docx). Other document types will not be accepted. This includes PDF format!  Save and upload your notes with the following file name: o Your family name, your first name – Seminar 2 notes o For example: Walsh, Corinne – Seminar 2 notes  Submit to the ‘Assignments’ section of OWL by October 30 th at 9am . o Notes will only be accepted via OWL. o Notes must use Turnitin.com. (This is already activated on OWL.) Email submissions and print submissions are not accepted. o A penalty of 5% per day will apply to late submissions without academic accommodation. 3