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Meeting I · Saturday 5 DECUpcoming

What makes someone good?

Are the Grimms teaching morality, or compliance with a particular social order?

The Philosophy
Schur, Part 1 · Ch. 1–4
The Tales

  1. Cinderella

    Vol. I, No. 21Aristotle

    Is enduring mistreatment a virtue, or a trained habit of giving in?

  2. The Fisherman and His Wife

    Vol. I, No. 19The golden mean

    Is wanting more always a vice? And what about the husband, who keeps passing along wishes he knows are wrong?

  3. The Frog King, or Iron Henry

    Vol. I, No. 1Kant

    She keeps her promise only because her father makes her, then throws the frog against a wall and gets a prince. What exactly did the story reward?

  4. Mother Holle

    Vol. I, No. 24Kant on duty vs. reward

    The second daughter goes only for the gold and comes home covered in pitch. Does the motive change the act?

  5. The Companionship of the Cat and Mouse

    Vol. I, No. 2Scanlon

    A “partnership” the mouse could reasonably reject. What principle could the cat offer to justify it?

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