Watch the documentary Beyond Good and Evil: Children, Media & Violent Times. It is available through the library's access to Kanopy. As you answer the following questions make sure to share your own views about this topic.
Why is it argued that presenting relations in terms of good and evil dangerously oversimplifies the actual situation?
For example, explain the actual historical relation between the United States and Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
How is this dichotomy of good vs evil reflected in US culture more generally (e.g., in movies and video games)?
How are ‘the evil guys' typically depicted in movies? What about ‘the good guys'?
How do the evil guys and the good guys typically solve their problems in movies?
What do you think of the argument that solving problems with violence makes us weaker?
What is collateral damage?
Why did the UN ban cluster bombs?
Does arguing against seeing the world in the ultimate terms of ‘good' vs ‘evil' mean that there is no such thing as good and evil? If you agree with the documentary that the universe is not ultimately a conflict between the forces of good and evil, how do you understand these terms?
500 word minimum