Ethics Syllabus [Fall 2008]

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 reliving the action sequences of Episode III
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]

Detentions [OOC how-tos]:

You're in a class with Anakin Skywalker. It's shockingly easy to get a detention. Excessive note-passing, falling asleep, or talking in the lecture section will get you a detention, as will looking like an ex-boyfriend of his wife making fun of his hair arguing with Anakin in a tone he finds disrespectful (though he is careful not to give out detentions just for disagreeing with him. If you phrase it as "wow, you must be stupid to believe that," well, things will change). Throwing a punch will get you a fun demonstration of Force powers, a fully pissed off, highly trained Jedi on your case, and a detention.

Oh, and Anakin's got excellent hearing. And mind-reading. Thinking nasty thoughts about him won't go unnoticed :)