Ethics [Thursday, November 8, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was quieter than usual, trying to shake off the feeling of foreboding he'd woken up with. He hoped it had nothing to do with the bachelor party he'd be attending later in the day.

His weekend plans weren't far from his mind, though, as the day's lesson made clear. "Love is patient, love is kind," he began, then made the universal symbol for "blah, blah, blah" with his hand.

He might secretly be a soft touch on the subject, but no one in this room would ever know it.

"In the Jedi Order, we were taught that in order to maintain proper distance, to negotiate impartially across our galaxy, we were to strive for serenity, not passion. To be proper Jedi, we shall not know anger, or hatred, or love."

He crossed his arms over his chest and glanced around the room, eyes resting on Qui-Gon and Jaina for longer moments. "Is this an unreasonable standard to hold someone to?"

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Re: Discuss!

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"Repressing emotions like that is a really bad idea," he said. Rodney was not the type of person to repress anything. "Eventually, it will all come out. It's better to release your emotions as you have them, like a pressure valve, than to let them build up until there's a major explosion."

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "That's what Jedi do. Figure out what has made us react, then make it stop doing that."

Well, most Jedi. Anakin had never really gotten the hang of it.

Re: Discuss!

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"So, it's alright for Jedi to have those feelings as long as they exercise control over them?" Rodney asked with a bit of confusion. "I don't know about you, but I'm not exactly Vulcan Hephaestian material." Not that Rodney had wanted to be a Hephaestian when he was a kid or anything. Really.

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[sith_happened]

"You can have the reaction, but you can't act on it. I might find three quarters of this class irritating beyond the normal level of human endurance today, but going on a murderous rampage wouldn't be very Jedi of me."

Re: Discuss!

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney was really hoping he wasn't part of that three quarters. He gulped. "Yes, I can definitely see the benefit of not acting on all of your impulses," he said nodding. "That's something us non-Jedi should practice as well. Murderous rampages are frowned upon in most societies, after all."