Ethics [Thursday, April 10]

[sith_happened]

"There's a very famous story on this world," Anakin began. "Of the lady or the tiger. For those of you not from this world, the short version is there was a fictional king with his own sense of justice--instead of a court system, he had an arena with two doors. Behind one door was a beautiful woman, handpicked by the king. Behind the other was a tiger. If you chose the tiger, you were eaten and declared guilty. If you chose the lady, you were considered innocent and married the lady. The king didn't care about your previous marital status or sexual orientation, apparently."

He began pacing. "One day the king discovered that his daughter had been having an affair with someone far below her station, so the man was arrested and tossed into the arena. Now the princess knew which door has what behind it, and her lover looked up to her for advice. She had two choices: watch her love die, or marry another woman. The story ends with the princess telling him which door to open, but leaves us hanging as to what waited behind it."

Anakin smiled. "Your task today is two-fold. First, pair up with a classmate and decide what the princess did. Then tell me what you would have done in the princess's place."

Stranded - Plumb

Comments

Listen to the story!

[sith_happened]

If you think about feeding Anakin to a tiger, he'll know.

Re: Listen to the story!

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

The story just made Karal sad, and he rested his head on his hand while he listened.

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[the_merriest]

Oh, wow, there was no good end to that story. Was there?

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[withoutverona]

That was a sad story, and it made Romeo think he was lucky Fulgencio Capulet hadn't had access to tigers.

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[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew just sat there frowning and thinking about how just a few months ago, he wouldn't have been able to fully relate to just how harsh this situation was.

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

This was a story that had always fascinated Lana.

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[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam had heard the story before and found it to be a very sad story. It didn't seem fair.

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[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Oh. This story just made Amber sad.

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[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

Harry thought the story was depressing. And kind of stupid. But then he wasn't a fan of choices that involved someone getting dead.