3LevelGuideQuestions

Nexttoeachquestion,determineifyouAAgreeorDDisagree

Level 1 - Literal Statements:

Doesthetextsaythis?Whatwordssupportyouranswer?

1. Itwasnotscientificprogress,butraw,humanoutragethatrepudiatedracism.____

2. Sciencemustreplacereligioninthemeasurementofhumanworth.________

3. ItwasdeterminedselfevidentthatNegroeshadnotbeencreatedquiteasequalas
others.______

4. Nazismwasnotonlyrationalized,butlicensedandfueledbythatlandsdevotiontoan
ethicsofreason.________

5. Humanistrationalewillplaceanysingleindividualsrighttolifeabovethesurvivalof
thecollectivewhole.___________

Level 2 - Interpretative Statements:

Doesthetextgiveyouthisidea?Whatwordsandphrasessupports
youranswer?

6. TheHolocaustwasmadepossiblebecauseoftheideologythattheyweredoing
rightratherthanwrong.________

7. ToolsandtechnologyplayedacrucialroleinthecontrolofJews._______

8. TheviewaftertheHolocaustledtoamoreintenselookonhumanrights.
_______
9. Scienceistheelementthatcanhelpchangehumanbehaviorforthebetter.
________
10. Ethicscanbemeasuredandisscientificallymoldedandformed._______

Level 3 - Applied Statements:

Doyouagreewiththis?Why?Bepreparedtoshareyouranswer.

11. Perhapsallofhumankindsgreatstorycanbereadasthisstrugglebetweenthe
humanandhumanitybetweenthedignityoftheindividualandthetriumphofthe
institutionsoverthedignityofthosethatformthem._________

12. Lifemustbeheldsacred,beyondreason._______

13. Allhumanbeingsarebornfreeandequalindignityandrights.Theyareendowedwith
reasonandconscienceandshouldacttowardsoneanotherinaspiritofbrotherhood.
__________

14. NeithersciencenorGermanethicsbroughtabouttheHolocaust,justastechnology
doesnotcausewar._______

15. Itwasnotaspiritofcruelty,certainlynotirrationality,thatdrovethesemen,hewrites,
butonthecontrary,anembrace,evenaworshipofscientificmedical
rationality.______

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