Harry Potter: Philosophy and Morality


Created By

Sam E

16-18
English Literature

10 Hours

10 LESSONS

HARRY POTTER: PHILOSOPHY AND MORALITY

Academic Development

Course Overview

Course Content


10 LESSONS

10 Hours Total Length

What Is Evil?: Voldemort, Volition and Virtue Theory

If Voldemort Is Evil, Is Harry Then Good?

The Mirror of Erased and Existential Despair

Death, Duty and Dumbledore

Obligation and Friendship: Aristotle, Kant and Morality

Splitting 'The Soul' and the Philosophy of Mind

Decisions, Actions and Moral Questions

'The Boy Who Lived… Come to Die'

Plato's Cave and Harry's Train Station

Love, the Human Condition and Ending

KEY SKILLS

Philosophical Thinking

Literary Texts

Close Reading

Philosophical Concepts

Educator


Sam E
English and Drama Educator