Ethics Class, Monday, 2-4pm

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Over the course of this term, we've looked a lot at your personal moral stance on things. Today we're going to be looking more generally - on how morals are taught to children, often insidiously.

"A good medium for this is fairy tales. Every culture has them - stories that are told to children, bearing little moral gems to shape and guide. The first thing I want you to do is a select a fairy tale. Don't worry if it's not one I'll know, just pick one you're familiar with."

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Re: First Hour

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Well," John started, "There's the raven and the woodpecker, or something like that. A long-billed bird and a short-billed bird are presented with a narrow vase of water. The two birds are thirsty and only the long-billed bird can reach the water. The long-billed bird laughs at the short-billed bird until the short-billed bird starts putting stones in the vase, enough stones so that the displaced water reaches the top and the short-billed bird can drink."

He exhales. "Here you have a bully, a nerd, and some idiot that leaves water in vases. And the moral is, I guess, that if you don't have the natural ability to do something, you've gotta be crafty to get the same thing done. And that snotty people suck."

"And the mun couldn't find a robot related one, dammit!"

Re: First Hour

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara laughs softly. "Yes. Snotty people suck. So are you comfortable with the moral lessons that teaches children? Sometimes people suck, and you have to fend for yourself?"

Re: First Hour

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John looks at Tara for longer than socially acceptable before stating, flatly, "Yes. And then the robots come."