Ethics [Thursday, November 1, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin leaned a little uncomfortably against his desk as he waited for the students to take their seats.

"Today we talk about diligence, temperance, and forgiveness," he said quietly, "and we're going to use examples from last week's exercise to do so."

He flipped the hologram to life, focusing on a shot of Palpatine's face. "The goal was to save this man, the democratically chosen leader of your galaxy, at the cost--if necessary--of your own lives. After the first dozen or so droids shooting at you, you certainly had the option of retreating and leaving the mission for someone else to complete. So when does diligence turn to foolhardiness?"

The holocam switched to footage of two Jedi, blue blades flashing, taking on an older man wielding a red lightsaber. The older Jedi went ricocheting into a wall, then the second one, fire in his eyes, closed in on their opponent who dropped to his knees moments later with two lightsabers held to his throat.

The Jedi wielding the lightsabers looked an awful lot like their teacher.

"Temperance," Anakin said softly. "Do you kill him now? He's dangerous. He held the head of a galaxy-wide government hostage. He injured your partner. He certainly tried to kill you first. Or do you capture him and leave him to the whims of the courts?"

He shook his head. "Finally, forgiveness. You save the chancellor, at great personal expense, only to discover he's not the kind of man you thought he was. Your act of heroism has managed to make the situation at home much, much worse. How do you forgive yourself for it? Can you forgive the others who put you into that position?"

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Re: Answer the discussion question: Diligence

[solo_sword]

"If you commit yourself to a mission, you should do everything you can to follow it through," Jaina said. "I mean, even with droids shooting at you, you'd still have to get out anyway, and would still be running the same risks to escape. You stick to it until you can't anymore."

Re: Answer the discussion question: Diligence

[sith_happened]

"And how do you choose to commit yourself to a mission?" Anakin asked. "If you'd been giving the parameter of this one: fighting through a space battle above the capital to sneak on board the vessel of a notoriously criminal general and his Sith partner to take back the leader of government, would you have done it?"

Re: Answer the discussion question: Diligence

[solo_sword]

"If I think it needs to be done, I'll do it," she said simply. "I'd have gone on this one."

It didn't occur to her to think that maybe taking on a Sith at her level wasn't a great idea. Dummy.

Re: Answer the discussion question: Diligence

[sith_happened]

"The Sith would've taken you down without breaking a sweat," Anakin said. "That ricocheting person? Was Obi-Wan."

Re: Answer the discussion question: Diligence

[solo_sword]

"Maybe. I'd still have gone," said she who'd nearly flown into a sun to avoid the Vong in a ship she'd hijacked for a mission she'd aso hijacked.

Re: Answer the discussion question: Diligence

[sith_happened]

"Skywalker," Anakin said, eyes shining.