HONR 3200 P 1 302
Week #5
At the start of class our group of philanthropists started by going over 4 topics that were from either the reading or were recurring topics that the class had shown previous interest in.
This group covered what the most pressing issues were in mental health. One big issue that was discussed was that there are a lot of people who don’t fully understand mental health. Addressing mental health was one of the areas that class was interested in supporting.
This group addressed the pro’s and cons’ of becoming an effective altruist. The point was made that many people were unsure of the individual impact that they could make. There was a lot of internal debate within each individual in the class where they had to decide for themselves whether or not to commit themselves to being an effective altruist.
The class dug deep and came up with many ideas and opinions as a groups covering mental health, effective altruism, The debate on putting restrictions on how foundations operate, and the ethical questions in have tax incentives for giving. Many ideas were generated from these discusions.
For the second half of class each of the 4 groups that were doing research on identifying the big issues in the Lowell community for mental health and substance abuse. Each group presented their own findings with the rest of the group. The group focused on the issues going on in mental health and substance abuse for students of the high school or college age. As a class each group contributed statistics, demographics, current services, and personal accounts from school officials to get a better idea of the
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