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How do we judge guilt or innocence?

Can you be guilty for something you didn't do?

How does memory work and can it be trusted?

What is the point of history?

Can you be absolved for your crimes? Sins?

Is morality learned?

What happens when the law and morality conflict?

Are all things that are illegal immoral?

Are all things that are immoral illegal?

Can you do something 'right' that is illegal?

How would you respond if it became clear that your morals and society's laws were in conflict?

Welcome to the new school year!

A guiding question for this year:

Why do we (humans, that is) tell stories?

A few follow up questions:

What social or community functions do stories serve?

What are the various forms of storytelling and why do we choose one over another?

How do stories work? What tools do we use to make storytelling effective?

Are there cultural differences that influence the way we tell or hear stories (and read and write)?

Why do we choose to tell some stories and not others?

Any other good questions that come to mind? Send them my way.

Song of Solomon Guiding Questions

What is freedom?

What does it mean to be free?

What is memory?

Does the past matter and how?

What is history, how does it work, and how is it created?

Some Summer Reading Thoughts

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Read the works!

How can we tell the difference between good and evil?

How do we know the difference between right and wrong?

Where does morality come from?

What do we do if we disagree with laws or community standards?

Are laws and community standards no more than arbitrary constructs, or do they have some basis outside of people?

The Tempest

- Can revenge be justified?

- Is the world 'just a stage?'

- How is power an issue in this work?

- How is this work an example of verissimilitude?

Do You NaNo?

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