Improv Everywhere

For Monday's Class:

FIND: Define Situationist.  Find 3 videos from the group Improv Everywhere that best illustrates their purpose and how they conduct a "mission." 

LISTEN: The Spy Who Loved Everyone (which is the second act of this podcast) 

WRITE (part 1): Questions to consider for Monday: Is Improv Everywhere being ethical in how they "hoax" people?  How could they make their missions more ethical?  Is it possible to make an "ethical" hoax?

For Wednesday's Class:

TAKE: the survey listed here http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/

RESEARCH: From the "Ethical Philosophy Selector", research the person that it says you most resemble "ethically."  Find information about that person's philosophy and bring at least 2 examples to class.

WRITE (part 2): Begin your ethics paper.  Read over the Core 1 worksheet on Ethics. Use the paragraph you wrote about your own ethics, whether it is ethical to scam bad people, and whether or not you should   Consider your own stance on the hoaxes we've seen or read about in class (the Octopus, the Fountain, Improv Everywhere, 411 Scammers, Alternative Reality Gaming, etc).  Which hoax(es) is the most ethical?  Which hoax(es) is the least ethical?  Why is this the case?

2-pages, MLA format, complete by WEDNESDAY's class.