Episode #14, Take This Sabbath Day, from season 1 of The West Wing, first aired on February 9, 2000. In that episode, President Jed Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, must decide whether or not to commute a murderers death sentence. He has less than 48 hours to make his decision. The episode features an array of powerfully presented arguments economic, ethical, political, religious, and legal.
Pushed and pulled by those considerations, President Bartlet, a Catholic, eventually calls his wise old friend, a priest, played by Karl Malden, for guidance. The priest tells Bartlet, as president, Bartlet reminds him of a man who lived by a river. The man hears a radio report warning the river was going to flood, possibly trapping the man in his own home. The story is, of course, meant as an analogy to Bartlets situation.
Watch the video and evaluate that comparison (Bartlet as president compared to the man who lived by a river) using the standards of familiarity, simplicity, comprehensiveness, productivity, and testability.
You will write at least 150 words for each of your comparisons.
This means at least 150 words for the standard of familiarity;
150 words for the standard of simplicity;
150 words for the standard of comprehensiveness;
150 words for the standard of productivity; and
150 words for the standard of testability.
This assignment was done and submitted to my professor for feedback. she sent me this:
***You are definitely on the right track. Remember you are evaluating the comparison. In some of your analyses, you compare the two situations, Bartlet’s situation and the man who lived by the river’s situation. You should not compare the two situations. You should evaluate the comparison of Bartlet to the man who lived by the river. You should evaluate how the comparison helped or did not help Barlet — or would have helped Barlet had he made a quicker decision.
The first three are okay, but you will want to revise the tests of productivity and testability. You can tighten up the first three so your analyses are clearly of the comparison.
You are evaluating if the comparison of Bartlet to the man who lived by the river is productive, i.e. how does the comparison give Barlet any new ideas or suggest other possible consequences?
For testability, first, is the comparison able to be tested? Since the man who lived by the river is an analogy, then the comparison cannot be tested specifically — it is an analogy, it is not real. However, if we are to assume the comparison has some relevance, then you need to talk about if the comparison is an acceptable comparison and why.****
please make the changes the professor has suggested. I included the Chapter 12 PowerPoint. If you need the whole chapter I am happy to get that for you. I also included the paper that the other writer did so it can be fixed.
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