1. PRESENTED BY LEO CHEN & ESTHER FANG
MELIORISM
PRESENTED BY LEO CHEN & ESTHER FANG

2. what is meliorism

3. definition of meliorism
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The belief that the world can be made better by human effort. (Oxford Dictionaries)
definition of meliorism
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4. Compare 3 "ism" Optimism – from Latin optimus (best)
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Compare 3 "ism"
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Optimism – from Latin optimus (best)
Pessimism – from Latin pessimus (worst)
Meliorism – from Latin melior (better)
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5. Half full, or half empty?

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Glass-half- full
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Two Kinds of Meliorism
Mitigative Meliorism
-Focused on how we can get less what we don't want.
Constructive Meliorism
-Focused on how we can get more what we want.
Both meliorism but different point of view.
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8. red cape Green cape Solving “Wicked” Problems with Red Cape or Green?
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RED cape can help you stop BAD things.
GREEN cape can help you grow GOOD things.
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9. How to solve a disease or famine?
Or should we have a better farming system?
Is it enough to just stop the famine?
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Which cape would you choose?
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10. Different point of view but same PURPOSE.
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“Meliorism treats salvation as neither inevitable nor impossible. It treats it as a possibility, which becomes more and more of a probability the more numerous the actual conditions of salvation become.”
-William James
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11. Voltaire's practice of Meliorism

12. 「 He is a man always reasonable, never a charlatan, never a fanatic.」
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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13. in the center of the town
ferney-voltaire
Town in Eastern France
Built local church
Founded cottage industries ( e.g. potteries and watchmaking industry)
Set up theater
Status of Voltaire
in the center of the town
Hala, Pottery Industry
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Bring Enlightenment
Population in Ferney increased more than 1000
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14. Meliorism in Candide

15. Constructive Meliorism
"That's well said,'' replied Candide,
''but we must work our land"
Philosophy + Practice
Constructive Meliorism
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16. References
Website:
A.C. Grayling. “The Form of Things: Essays on Life, Ideas and Liberty” Phoenix. January 1, Web 11 Dec < Shank, J.B. "Voltaire."
Berger, Michele. "Penn Current." Home. N.p., 28 Jan Web. 11 Dec < professor-explores-what-it-means-be-positive>
Pawelski, James. "Theory for Practice: Positive Psychology and Leadership." Psychology of Leadership. Harvard University, Boston. 10 Dec Lecture.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 31 Aug Web. 11 Dec <

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18. thank you