Ethics [Tuesday, September 2, 2nd period]

[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."

Comments

Sign in [12/2]

[sith_happened]

Like you've just been told to marry someone you just met.

Re: Sign in [12/2]

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton Sawyer

Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[sith_happened]

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

Re: Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

Toby was mesmerized by the story and slightly terrified that someone might make him marry a girl.

Re: Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Penelope listened attentively, already knowing what she would have done.

Re: Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella listened, and shuddered. She could too easily imagine her father putting her in a similar situation.

Re: Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[noboynextdoor.livejournal.com]

Having someone he loved marry someone else?

Nooo, that story didn't hit close to home at all.

Re: Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Molly listened to the story and tried to think of what she would have done in the princess's place.

Thoughts of her Thanksgiving at home, trying to help a friend through the aftereffects of a miscarriage, probably made her seem a little distracted, but she really did try to concentrate.

Re: Listen to the lecture [12/2]

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick had a passing familiarity with the story.

Personally, he figured the princess would give him the tiger, assuming that he'd be able to fight off the tiger. Now, Dick wasn't saying he could. Just that any princess who loved him would assume that he could.

Decide his fate!

[sith_happened]

Which way do you think the princess went? Was the guy marrying some beauty, or totally tiger food?

Re: Decide his fate!

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton looked around for a partner.

Re: Decide his fate!

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Penelope had a ready answer to this and waited patiently to see if anyone would partner with her.

Re: Decide his fate!

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Yurika already knew her answer, but dutifully looked around for a partner anyway.

Re: Decide his fate!

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Molly figured that since this was a fairy tale, he probably ended up marrying a gorgeous beauty, or refusing to at the last minute, or something.

What would you do?

[sith_happened]

Tiger chow or happily ever after?

Re: What would you do?

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"I would have let him marry another woman," Penelope answered, completely sure of herself.

Re: What would you do?

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"I'd let him marry someone else," Ella said firmly. "You'd have to, if you truly loved him."

Re: What would you do?

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes frowned. "I'd tell my father to go stuff himself, help my lover escape, and run away to another kingdom."

Re: What would you do?

[endsthegame]

Answering the question was easy. "Marry them off," he said. No blood on his hands.

He still couldn't make it applicable in any way unless it was Val, though; and even then, the exercise seemed a little pointless. He'd already lost her several times, and he knew he'd have to give her up again eventually. It was just how things worked.

Re: What would you do?

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"It's not like a princess is going to be allowed to pick her husband anyway," Dōjima answered, bored. "Have him marry the other woman, and deal with the rest of it once you're on the throne and Daddy isn't."

It was what she had planned for if (more like when) her father arranged a marriage for her, anyway.

Re: What would you do?

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper rolled her eyes.

"Most beasts I am knowing, tigers also, is not much liking taste of human meat," she said. "So tiger is probably only eating human because he starve. So, I feed tiger proper meal first."

Re: What would you do?

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Molly fidgeted. There might have been thoughts of tigers.

Talk to the TAs [12/2]

[sith_happened]

Hello, TAs!

Re: Talk to the TAs [12/2]

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

There was so much thinking to be done in this class. Toby's brain hurt, but he was way willing to talk to anyone who wanted.

Talk to Anakin [12/2]

[sith_happened]

Who totally has an opinion on this, yes.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Hmmm. I'd let him get married, then plot her death. Mwahaha.