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

[wannabelawyer.livejournal.com]

"Rumpelstiltskin kind of taught kids that lying and trickery and paying people off are the ways to succeed in life. The girl and her dad lie about her being able to spin straw into gold so she can go marry the king, and then she pays off the little guy to do it for her and barters her non-existent kid for it, and then she backs out of the deal and uses everything she's got to find out his name. And then he tears himself to bits, which is just kind of creepy. It's like, hey kids, lie about everything and sell your offspring and everything will turn out great!"