Authority Consults the Written Law, a fresco painted by Constantino Brumidi c. 1875. (Image courtesy of The Architect of the Capital.)
Prof. Leigh Hafrey
15.269
Fall 2009
Graduate
Literature, Ethics, and Authority uses story in the form of readings and movies to address the relationship between ethics and leadership. The course covers a range of topics, from issues of diversity and gender in the workplace to coping with the human realities of war and death. The course syllabus includes short stories, novels, plays, works of non-fiction, and films, and is representative of many different cultures and nationalities. This class is taught as a seminar to encourage discussion of these issues.