Ethics Class, Monday, 2-4pm

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"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

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"Well, she meant to eat them, so it comes off as self-defense, which seems ok to teach kids, but it's awfully harsh self-defense," Xander says. "It's pretty eye-for-an-eye there, instead of teaching them to just run like hell if they get a chance to get out of a bad situation."