Ways of knowing. Emotion.

Today we will look at how our emotions can affect our knowledge.

Look at the photographs in pairs and discuss the emotions they give you. Write about an emotion you have when looking at the photographs.

What gave you these emotions? Can you explain how the emotion makes you feel?

1. Emotions.

National Anthem.

Nishino Kana

Rainforest being cut down.

Poverty. Tattoo.

What emotions do you feel?

How does this affect your knowledge?

What has given you this emotion?

Age. Culture. Experience

s. Beliefs. Friends. School. Natural. I am

unsure.Can you think of a person/people who may have a different emotion? Why?

Emotions.

Fox Mukai Osamu

War. Jesus on cross.

Maradona Handball.

What emotions do you feel?

How does this affect your knowledge?

What has given you this emotion?

Age. Culture. Experience

s. Beliefs. Friends. School. Natural. I am

unsure.Can you think of a person/people who may have a different emotion?Why?

2. Where do our emotions come from?

3. Can emotions be described as right or wrong?

4. Do we all have the same emotions? If not, what might give us different emotional responses to the same situation?

5. How does our emotion affect our ‘knowledge’?

6. Can we have knowledge without emotion?

7. How do we act/feel if others don’t share our emotion?

8. Is there a link between emotions and language? What emotions can`t you describe through language?

9. How is emotion linked to knowledge?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFd31vWO920

Sakura.

War.

Jesus on the cross.

Diego Maradona`s (Argentina) handball.

Rainforest being cut down.

Poverty.

Tattoo.

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Namie Amuro.

Fox.

'Black widow' sentenced to death for murder in Japan

Kanae Kijima says she is innocent and asserts the men either committed suicide or died accidentally

A Japanese woman who murdered her three former lovers in 2009 has been sentenced to death.

Kanae Kijima, 37, murdered three men aged 41, 53 and 80 for financial gain, the court said. The judge added that there was no room for leniency.

She met the men on internet dating sites and poisoned them with carbon monoxide by burning charcoal briquettes after giving them sleeping pills.

Kijima says she is innocent and plans on appealing against the verdict.

The case has gained notoriety in Japan as the "Black Widow" case, named after the female spider that eats its partner after mating.

More than 1,000 people queued up for fewer than 50 seats at the court to hear the verdict.

"The defendant repeatedly committed quite serious crimes that claimed the lives of three people," the presiding judge, Kazuyuki Okuma, in Saitama district court, was quoted by the Kyodo news agency as saying.

"There is no room for leniency as the defendant committed the crimes for selfish purposes. She reiterated irrational excuses in court and did not show any remorse."

Prosecutors said she killed the men so she would not have to pay back the money they had given her.

The defence said the men had either committed suicide because Kijima broke up with them, or died accidentally.

Two of the three victims were found dead in their homes in Tokyo's Chiba prefecture. The third was found in a rented car in Saitama prefecture.

'Black widow' sentenced to death for murder in Japan

Kanae Kijima, 37, murdered three men aged 41, 53 and 80 for financial gain, the court said.

My first emotions when I heard this story was…. I think Kijima is innocent / guilty because…..

A jury is a group of 6 people who decide if a defendant is innocent or guilty.

Should people in a jury have any emotions? Discuss with a partner. Explain your ideas.

What emotion would they take into the court?

How would their emotion affect their knowledge?

Would you allow them on the jury? Explain.

Kijima’s mother.

One of the victim’s children.

An Amnesty International worker.

A police officer.

1) Can one’s childhood experiences influence whether one will commit crime? Explain your answer—try to get another point of view.

2) Should the police use intuition as well as evidence when trying to solve crime?

3) Explain whether you believe someone’s beliefs about love and men should lead them to murder. Refer to relativism in your answer.

4) What emotions turn people to crime?

5) Is it possible to teach someone not to be a criminal or is emotion too strong?