After Dinner Conversation - Crimes And Punishments: Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Fiction

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Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill SubsSynopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of crimes and their punishments. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.

Idle Horns: A horned demon of hell born to eternally torture the damned walks off the job.Community Of Peers: A foreigner wanders into a remote village just before a convicted criminal is about to be punished and is asked to throw the first stone.Form Seven Alpha: A city resident is caught breaking the law and is given the choice between one of five punishment options.Conscience Cleaners: A genuinely repentant criminal appeals to the court to have his memory erased of the crime he committed.Blackorwhite: A lactose intolerant inmate tells his story to, and befriends, the doctor assigned to look after him.Conveyor: Arthur Montague is on trial for genocide and war crimes...again, and again, for eternity.Soon The Sentence Sign: A bar fight turns into a brush with the colonial AI driven judicial system.Bunny Racing: Two bunnies race, but one of them has been eating a special carrot from the forbidden forest to help him run faster.The Only Punishment: A street-hardened criminal is forced to live his crimes from the perspective of his victims.Human Contact: A college student heads to a party, gets high and drunk, and ends up having a night that will forever change lives.Reviews ★★★★★“With Science fiction we can explore other galaxies and alien conflicts, but with philosophical fiction we can explore other minds and ethical conflicts. Let this book take you on a Phi-Fi adventure.”— William Irwin, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, King's College“After Dinner Conversation has taken up the initiative to write themed collections of short stories that fit focused ethics courses – say, a course on bioethics, AI ethics, Tech ethics etc. These collections can offer a spine for such courses or individual stories could be added to a course as illustrative material to stimulate discussion. The stories are lively and engaging and followed by a set of questions to start classroom discussion. Also, outside of educational contexts, the stories will work nicely to stimulate conversation in families, elder hostels, youth clubs, or book groups.”— Luc Bovens, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill