Canvases covered in layers of poured paint opened discussions about ethics and criminal justice Friday at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Katelyn Hancock, assistant professor of criminal justice at UTC, said she did the paint-pouring activity with a class last year but wanted to bring its lessons to a bigger audience this year.
Her ethics and criminal justice students created a few ethical dilemmas — including ones involving police officers facing bribes, being tempted to steal much-needed money and conflicts of interest with a drug-dealing sibling.
On Friday, the students presented the scenarios to high school students from the county’s University High program. Then, they talked through different solutions based on ethical systems.
“The department tries really hard not to influence our decisions,” Ellie Yates, a senior in Hancock’s class, said at Friday’s event.
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