Photography 101; Tuesday, Third Period [10/31].

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Class being relocated today out to Furnado Animal Shelter, so there was probably a pretty good chance people could guess what the class was going to be about this week! All the pet costumes being up front and center was probably a pretty good indication, too, and once everyone seemed to be there, Prompto met them with an excited grin.

"Hey, guys," he said, "thanks for coming all the way out here for today's class, but I figured, since it's Halloween, we might as well have a little bit of fun with our topic today. Now, please let me know if you're allergic to any animals, because I didn't get the chance to ask before, and we'll work something out if that's the case, but, for everyone else, today we're going to take advantage of all these adorable animal costumes for Halloween and turn some of these shelter animals into some stars! I've got some tips and suggestions to offer you guys before we get started, but, if anything, hopefully it won't just turn into a lesson on how to work with uncooperative models!

"But before we get into that, of course, I've got a set-up to show off last week's photos so we can discuss how that went and then? On to the adorable!"

Philosophies of Good & Evil, Tuesday

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Lana nodded at the students as they settled. "Today we'll be discussing liberalism. Which is not a political point of view, but a specific moral philosophy. According to liberalism, the greatest good is freedom. The only rules and laws that are considered good are those that prevent harm to another. Anything else should be permitted. Any action that doesn't harm another is good, particularly if it helps others gain freedom."

She spread her hands. "Of course, as with other philosophies, we're left with problems of scope and math. How can you be certain what you're doing won't harm anyone else? If one action harms some, and another harms others, how do you choose? Who decides what 'harm' or 'freedom' looks like?"

"'My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins', is the oft-quoted answer," Atton said, once again lounging behind his desk, and wearing a t-shirt with 'death metal nutritional facts' under his leather jacket. "Under this philosophy, you can construe 'evil' to be whatever gets in the way of someone else's freedom. So on the one hand, slavery, obviously evil. On the other hand, driving around your neighborhood in a big truck waving guns around? No problem, and anybody who tries to stop you from doing that because it's intimidating is a bad guy."

"So," Lana continued, "let's discuss. Is this philosophy good at its base, or is it flawed to begin? If the former, could its execution work, and what difficulties would it face? If the latter, is there a way to redeem it?"