Ethics in Pop Culture
Sarah Rosenson
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(65)
In this eight week class we will discuss ethical dilemmas from Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, The Hobbit, The Good Place, The Simpsons, and The Office.
Class Experience
US Grade
Studying ethics is incredibly fun, and it also develops critical thinking and logical reasoning skills. But most importantly, studying ethics helps people develop their own moral codes. One great way for students to delve in to these ideas and concepts is through the lens of favorite books and TV shows. In this course we will explore ethics through dilemmas that come up in popular books and TV shows. Our discussions will include talking about various philosophies of ethics, such as...
For over a decade I taught at a private high school with most of my classes being about ethics. I created and taught a general ethics class, a class on "Harry Potter and Philosophy," and a class on "Ethics and Sports," among others.
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The books discussed in this class contain violence. Hopefully your child has already read at least one of the series or books we will be studying, so if your child read one of the series and was not upset by it, they should be comfortable in our discussions of the ethical issues raised by these stories. If you would like more information, you can find the Common Sense Media evaluation of everything we will be discussing at this link: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Hopefully students will be fans of one or more of books or shows we are discussing. But to reiterate what it says above, students do NOT have to have read all of these books or seen all of the TV show episodes. Every week we will go over enough of the plot to make sure everyone can understand and share thoughts on the dilemmas we discuss in class. Warning: this will definitely include spoilers for anything you haven’t read. Please note that for The Hobbit and Ender’s Game, we will focus only on those books, and not the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or the other books about Ender.
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Meet the teacher
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(65)
For over a decade I have been teaching classes like "Ethics in Sports and Modern Life," "Ethical Dilemmas in Law, Medicine, and Journalism," "Harry Potter and Philosophy," "The Philosophy of Justice" and "Women of the Bible" to high school and...
Group Class
$144
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages 13-16
6-10 learners per class
