There are 3 project options. Choose two of the following options:
O p tion 1: P a p er o n a TV S e r i es
Watch one of the following series. You must watch a ll ep i s ode s .
Babylon 5 (5 seasons; 110 episodes)
The Good Wife (5 seasons; 101 episodes) The Shield (7 seasons; 88 episodes)
Mad Men (6 seasons; 78 episodes)
Death Note (anime series; 37 episodes; free, start here: http://www.vizanime.com/ep/688- deathnote-1)
Cowboy Bebop (anime: 26 episodes; free, start here: http://cc-anime.com/cowboy-bebop/1/)
Battlestar Galactica (4 seasons; 75 episodes) Justified (5 seasons; 53 episodes)
Breaking Bad (5 seasons; 62 episodes)
Borgen (Danish series; 3 seasons; 30 episodes)
Falling Skies (3 seasons; 30 episodes)
Tenchijin (Japanese series; 47 episodes; free: http://www.gooddrama.net/japanese- drama/tenchijin)
Tree with Deep Roots (Korean series; 24 episodes; free: http://www.hulu.com/tree-with-deep- roots)
Write a 1,500 word paper analyzing the show’s moral philosophy (ethics). What is the ethical message(s) of the series? Explain why you agree or disagree with the message. Your argument should not be limited to your feelings or opinions. Make sure to provide solid reasons in support of your view. You are encouraged to use course material in your analysis of the series. Do not summarize the plot. Do not include a works cited or title page. Do not use external sources. The only sources you need are the TV series and your readings.
O p tion 2: P a p er o n a B oo k ( o r Com i c Se r i es)
Read one of the following books.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
The Cloud Dream of the Nine, Kim ManJung (free: https://archive.org/details/cu31924023333077) The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson
War, Politics and Superheroes, Marc Dipaolo
The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin
Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer
Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter, Steven Rinella
Environmental Ethics: Duties to and Values in the Natural World, Holmes Rolston
After Pornified: How Women are Transforming Pornography & Why it Really Matters, Anne G.
Sabo
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield, Jeremy Scahill
The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle
The Ethical Slut, Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy
Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Dies the Fire, S.M. Stirling
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, Robert D. Hare
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living the in Age of Entitlement, Jean M. Twenge
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement, Milton and Rose Friedman
The Conscience of a Liberal, Paul Krugman
The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins
This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the
World’s Information, Andy Greenberg
Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon (free: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stapledon/olaf/last)
Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress
The Monkey and the Monk, Anthony C. Yu
The Probability Broch, L. Neil Smith
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (free: http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download) Hyperion, Dan Simmons
Tiguana, Guy Gavriel Kay
Preacher, Garth Ennis (66 issues)*
Scalped, Jason Aaron (60 issues, collected in 6 volumes)* Uncanny X-Force (Volume 1: 35 issues)*
*For these comic book series, you must read a ll issues
Write a 1,500 word paper analyzing the show’s moral philosophy. What is the ethical message(s) of the series? Explain why you agree or disagree with the message. Your argument should not be limited to your feelings or opinions. Make sure to provide solid reasons in support of your view. You are encouraged to
use course material in your analysis of the book. This is no t a book report, so refrain from plot summary. Do not include a works cited or title page. Do not use external sources. The only sources you need are the book and your readings.
O p tion 3: P a p er o n E t h i c al F il m s
Choose 15 films from the following list:
Man for All Seasons (1966: http://vimeo.com/42694153)
The Boys from Brazil (1978: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58H_kAZZsY) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Bad Lieutenant (2009)
Lifeboat (1944: https://swarm.tv/t/dDj)
All the King’s Men (1949: https://swarm.tv/t/hHk)
1984 (1956: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajWC_J-jgLc) Bulworth (1998)
12 Angry Men (1957:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RelOJfFIyp8) High Noon (1952: https://swarm.tv/t/eDl)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) M (1931: http://buff.ly/17m0KDO)
Billy Budd (1962: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV4Jg--exls)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqG1uwhTX2o)
3:10 to Yuma (2007) SLC Punk (1998)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Gattaca (1997)
Blade Runner (1982) Match Point (2005)
King Corn (2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvMxIEgbsIo)
Month Python – The Meaning of Life (1983: https://archive.org/details/MontyPython- TheMeaningOfLife1983)
The Corporation (2004: https://archive.org/details/TheCorp)
The Trial (1963: http://matineeclassics.com/movies/1963/the_trial/)
Network (1976: http://vimeo.com/47323848) Unforgiven (1992)
The Professionals (1966: https://swarm.tv/t/EPp)
No Greater Love: The Human Condition Part I (1959: http://stagevu.com/video/hzprqubspear) Ace in the Hole (1951: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlru8y_ace-in-the-hole_shortfilms) The Ballad of Narayama (1958: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gg-9hHEHYg)
Snowpiercer (2013)