AOK 1- Human Sciences
This term describes helping others out of genuine concern for their wellbeing, even when it may benefit us emotionally.
What is altruism
This 16th-century political philosopher wrote The Prince, arguing leaders should be pragmatic and use cunning to maintain power.
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This term describes art that challenges or questions political, social, or cultural power
What is Subversive Art?
These four psychological factors—empathy, moral emotion, identity, and self-worth—help explain why people choose to help others.
What are the psychological motivations for helping?
This is the study of how history is written and interpreted, focusing on the historian's perspectives and biases.
What is Historiography?
This is the suppression or removal of writing, artistic work, or information considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
What is censorship?
This question challenges whether helping remains selfless when the helper gains emotional satisfaction from the act.
What is “Can an act still be altruistic if it benefits the helper emotionally?”
This is the specific year in which the event in colonial Massachusetts demonstrated how power could define truth over objective fact.
What is 1692?
Censorship and subversive art both demonstrate how those in power control what the public is allowed to know, affecting this TOK concept.
What is interpretation?
According to Carol Gilligan, this type of moral reasoning is based on relationships, empathy, and responsibility toward others.
What is the ethic of care?
Carol Karlsen's The Devil in the Shape of a Woman argued that the Salem accusations targeted these types of women, thus reinforcing male dominance.
Who were older, independent, or nonconforming women?
Graffiti is often seen as criminal unless approved, while gallery art is seen as prestigious, showing how authority shapes interpretation.
What is the influence of authority on the interpretation of art?
This concept explains how our moral values develop through a blend of internal psychological motivations and external systems such as media, culture, and institutions.
What is co-construction of moral values?
The Indigenous workshop example of the Robin Dance preserves this type of knowledge that is passed on through lived and performed action rather than written text.
What is Embodied Practice?
Comparing the value of Banksy’s street art to the Mona Lisa demonstrates how this determines what art is considered valuable or important.
What is the role of power and authority?