MORAL ACT AND CONSCIENCE

The Three Font Principle

• Object: an action rationally and freely chosen, the objective
• Intention: a free choice of the will to perform and action
• Circumstance: Who, what, where, when, WHY?

FORMATIVE TV SHOW

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=auUWXOD8guU
• Object: to entertain people and to help a family
• Intention: remodel their home for free, give them gifts
• Circumstance: Knoxville, the Watson family and their friends
• The show crew and volunteers help to rebuild a home of a struggling family

DEFORMING TV SHOW

• Bachelor Pad, http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=auUWXOD8guU
• Object: to entertain people
• Intention: get shock value and hold a kissing contest
• Circumstances: group of young men/women, in an isolated house
• The contestants kiss each other to win the show and get money

FORMATIVE MUSICAL MESSAGE

• "Live Like We're Dying" by The Scrip
• We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say.
• Should be so careful who we let out of our lives
• And if your plane fell out of the skies Who would you call with your last goodbye?
• If every second counts on a clock that's tickin' Gotta live like we're dying

"LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING" MESSAGES

• Positive: express your love now, do good, live in the moment
• Positive: treasure life, do not take it for granted
• Negative: puts a lot of emphasis on time

HARMFUL MUSICAL MESSAGE

• "Get Your Shine On" by Florida Georgia Line
• Strawberry shimmer on hot lips, silver buckle hangin' off her hips
• take a sip. Don't stop girl, you know I love it when you Get your shine on
• Silverado, candy painted, Ray Ban's got the whole world shaded.
• Feelin' lucky got hooked up with some Kentucky clear, slide that little sugar shaker over here

"GET YOUR SHINE ON" MESSAGES

• Positive messages: few good messages, but it praises the girl
• Negative: objectifies women, focuses on partying and drinking
• Negative: woman is only liked for her looks and ability to party
• Negative: the man is not expected to "entertain" the girl

SONG#3

• "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green
• I see you driving 'round town with the girl I love, I'm like, Forget you!
• Said, if I was richer, I'd still be with ya
• I pity the fool who falls in love with you Shit she's a gold digger Just thought you should know nigga
• oh, I really hate your ass right now!

FORGET YOU MESSAGES

• Positive: empowering to heartbroken people
• Positive: attacks materialism and superficiality
• Negative: uses bad language, is demeaning to his ex and her boyfriend
• Negative: spreading hate instead of forgiveness

1. OVERALL MESSAGES

• Positive: make the most of life, materialism is bad
• Negative: women are objects, forgiveness is a weakness

2. SONG THAT REFLECTS VALUES

• "Forget You" most embodies both the good and bad values
• It says materialism is bad, we must live for love and others
• But it also spreads hate and holds to grudges, uses bad words
• I value forgiveness, love , faith, and creativity
• It is catchy, but hateful and vengeful, it does not match my values

3. GOSPEL MESSAGES

• Values love over things
• Conflicts because uses bad words, no forgiveness

4. MUSIC IS DESTRUCTIVE

• Popular singers are tying to get shock value and push the bonds
• They sing about risqué, and taboo topics in loose moral ways
• Yes, they need to express themselves, but in constructive, social ways
• Young people hear these songs and learn that immoral behavior is okay
• When good and bad becomes relative in songs, the society suffers

REFLECTION QUESTION

• Do you think it is ok to make break up songs that demean the ex?
• Where is the line between praising a woman's beauty and objectifying her?

WORK

• Rachel: found Extreme Makeover, came up with reflection questions
• Sophie: found Bachelor pad show, bad songs
• Both: analyzed messages, made PPTs