BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:"Superheroes and Moral Leadership: What Costumed Avengers Can Teach Us About Power and Responsibility" with Chris Robichaud PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1931506_0 SUMMARY:"Superheroes and Moral Leadership: What Costumed Avengers Can Teach Us About Power and Responsibility" with Chris Robichaud DESCRIPTION:

Thursday, July 23, 2020: 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Via Zoom Webinar
Co-sponsored by Harvard Summer School

This session will use superhero narratives to explore some positive and negative lessons in moral leadership that these stories offer us. It will also examine several broad topics in ethics through a superhero lens. For instance, was the Joker correct in The Dark Knight when he claims that our morals are really just "a bad joke dropped at the first sign of trouble"? In the last panel of Amazing Fantasy 15, which introduces us to Spider-Man, Stan Lee writes that "in this world, with great power there must also come--great responsibility!" What is the exact link between the two? These questions and more will be interrogated, demonstrating how superhero stories provide us with many opportunities for productive moral reflection.

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