PHIL 102
Ethics,
Politics, & Law
Spring Quarter
2008
Movie
Papers
The movie
papers are due in a single portfolio as soon as you have completed the seven
required papers.
Erin
Brockovich
Do you
think "justice" was done for the citizens of Hinkley? Would
things have worked out any differently if Ed's assistant had been a man?
Whose Life
Is It Anyway?
We have
been talking about liberty and privacy so far in this course. Do you
think that Ken had the right to make the decision to end his life? Why
or why not?
Philadelphia
Oregon
recently passed a ballot initiative that amended the state Constitution to
permit and recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
Do you believe that Andy and Miguel should have been allowed to
marry, if they had chosen to do so? Why
or why not?
Far From
Heaven
Why
do you think a gay, white film maker would choose to make a film about
discrimination and intolerance that focused on race and a heterosexual
relationship?
Lives of
Others
The events
in the movie took place in East Germany in the 1980s. Are we headed
toward a world like that here in the United States after 9/11 and the
"war on terror?" Why, or why not?
Dirty Pretty Things
Illegal immigrants are a
moral, political, and legal controversy in our culture. Did the characters
in the movie make you more sympathetic to what it must be like to be in a
country illegally? Should this matter in terms of public policy?
Why, or why not?
4 Little Girls
Write
a letter to your granddaughter explaining how in the world things like this
could have possibly occurred in the United States in the 1960s.
Do the Right Thing
Did Mookie do the right
thing? Did Spike Lee think he did? Why do you supposed Spike Lee
wrote his script as he did?
All the President's Men
Just
how important do you believe a totally free press (media, including TV)
is? Do you think it is compromised by the fact that the media is big
business, and dependent on advertisers for corporate profits?
Dead Man Walking
Was
the movie pro or anti capital punishment. Justify your answer