Final Ethics Class, Friday 8-10am

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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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"I was always kinda fond of that one with the elves and the shoemaker." Beka snorted, "Man never knew what a good thing he had. And those elves... They could have made so much money for themselves."

She paused, "I think the moral was something about how if you're really depressed, magical beings will lift up your spirits. I suppose that'd be kind of insidious for kids. Seeing as how magic is a lie. Mostly."

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Tara furrows her brows a little. "...You think that's the moral of the story? Um, would you like to broaden that out a little? Maybe look at the ethics from the elves' perspective?"

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Pulling more from out of her foggy memory, Beka shrugs. "They saw a guy needing help, they gave him that help. Heck, he did half the work, he got all of the money. Of course, then he and his wife had to go and make clothes for them. So, maybe they did learn that they didn't have to work for him forever."

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"...Okay!" Tara says brightly. "So if you were to rewrite the story to make it more appropriate in the lessons it teaches, what would you do?"