Ethics [Tuesday, April 21, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

"Welcome to your Ethics final," Anakin said, pacing around the classroom. "I will provide you with a series of scenarios. You tell me which option you would pick, and why. Since this is Ethics, there are no black and white correct answers to anything. What matters to me is that you have some sort of reason for your choice."

He might have glanced toward Marco. "If your logic is faulty or snide or clearly half-assed, that's when I will become...unhappy."

Comments

Re: Scenario #1 [Ethics]

[i_vanquish_evil]

Van Helsing hates this test already.

He writes:

I have no frame of reference with which to effectively respond to this question; however, the most appropriate choice is (c). The lives of those one cares about are important - precious even, to some - and there is need of locating the kidnapper and convincing him or her of the error of those ways.

Or so I've been told by those previously charged with my education. In my experience, kidnappers are frequently irrational bastards and negotiation is rarely successful. Admittedly I only have three scenarios from which to draw this experience, but negotiation was not an option in any of them. And for fear of wandering off topic, removal of the threat proved far more effective and ethical, as the bastards refused to see the error of their ways in any case.