Ethics Syllabus [Fall 2007]

Syllabus
Week 1: Self-sacrifice: the difference between saving people and being a pretentious twit.
Week 2: Lying: Hiding things for someone else's own good, or your own?
Week 3: The Golden Rule: Do unto others. Really?
Week 4: Pride: You're not a unique and perfect snowflake. Get over yourself.
Week 5: Gluttony: The spiral of self-indulgence.
Week 6: Envy: People will be better than you at some things. Is that okay?
Week 7: MIDTERM PROJECT: Working in partnership, dealing with power struggles
Week 8: The seven virtues: (Chastity, temperance, charity)
Week 9: The seven virtues: (Diligence, Forgiveness, Kindness, Humility)
Week 10: Sloth: Squandering your gifts and why that's stupid.
Week 11: Greed: You can't have it all. Suck it up.
Week 12: Wrath: Killing entire villages is bad. Um. Hypothetically. Right?
Week 13: Lust: Yes, you're in high school. It doesn't mean you have to try to get laid all the time.
Week 14: Ethics of parenting practical exercise
Week 15: FINAL

[OOC: Subject to change at the whims of the mun/whatever's going on in-game]

Grades
Participate in class, respect me and your fellow students, and we'll get along fine. Ethics doesn't have right or wrong answers, so the course will be graded as pass-fail based on participation.

Detentions
If you're absent without an excuse for three class periods, you'll be spending your Saturday there. If you mouth off to me or another student, you'll be spending your Saturday there. Show respect and you'll be accorded the same.

Someday We'll Know - Mandy Moore