Ethics [Thursday, December 17, 1st 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. If your logic is faulty or snide or clearly half-assed, that's when I will become...unhappy."

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Scenario #4 [12/17]

[sith_happened]

Sigh, children. Your stubborn son is refusing to take a Very Important Career Option you are offering him. Do you:

a) Let him follow his own path. He is, after all, his own person.
b) Whack off his arm and let him fall down a giant hole.
c) Offer the option to his sister instead.
d) None of the above.

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley sure found these questions odd.

"C, d'uh. I mean, you can't make your kids do things. That makes you a bad parent. But you can ask and stuff, and if they both say know, well... there's always adoption?" She giggled.

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[glacial_queen]

Karla was confused. "What kind of career option would that be?" she asked. "Serving in another Queen's Court? It's not like I could force him to belong to a caste that he doesn't belong in. Who'd want a male who didn't want to be there? I mean, he'd only be more snarly and difficult to deal with. And if he's a Warlord Prince, then forcing him to do something wouldn't just be stupid, it'd also be dangerous."

Karla just shrugged. "I'd probably have my Consort or Steward or another male talk to him. Once we figure out why he doesn't like the option I'm giving him, we can work out a way to make it be more compatible with him."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

"A," Jonas said immediately, looking a little confused at how this was even an option. "No one should be made to do anything they don't want, family legacy or not."

This was, oddly enough, something Jonas felt strongly about and something he'd experienced firsthand.

"If you make him follow your own path, you're potentially closing up avenues that he could be successful or happy in. He might do well in the path you're offering but that wouldn't make a difference if it wasn't his decision and he wasn't happy and he always felt held down and in your shadow."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[trigons_child]

Raven was really wondering now where these questions were coming from.

"I do not think I will be having children," she said carefully, "but if I did, I would try to guide them down the best path for them. Ultimately they must make their own choices, but if I knew what my child was doing was wrong" -- like, say, following in their grandfather's footsteps -- "I would have to do what I could to stop them."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[life_inshadow]

"A," Tara said after a second. "I can see being disappointed, but - it's his life, not mine, right?"

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Less queasiness, more decisiveness. Katchoo's jaw set firmly as she said, "Let him choose his own damn path. Good intentions, sure, maybe you've got 'em, but it's your kid, you're never not gonna have a blind spot there."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[icecoldfrost]

God, it was Winston all over again, and Emma ground her teeth to keep from getting up and just walking out of the classroom.

"Let him walk," she spit out. "If you try to force it, he's just going to fuck it up anyway out of spite."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Oh, look, a sudden spurt of anger. Daddy issues, ahoy!

"A," she said, with a touch of bitterness. "Or C. So long as you're not gonna play the 'good thing she loves me' card with him after that."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[longislandiceme]

Bobby briefly considered answering with 'have the world's most powerful telepath alter your memories so your son could go to mutant boarding school', but decided against it.

"C," he shrugged. He didn't want to be his father all over again (leaving aside the fact that he never planned to have kids). "Of course, if she didn't want it either, I wouldn't push her. But it makes sense to make the offer to both of them, if you really think it's that great, right?"

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

"I'd let him follow his own path," Ellie said. "I don't think it's fair to put that kind of pressure on your kids."

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose shrugged. God, even in Ethics examples, who your family was made all the difference. "C. Why bother giving it to the kid if he's not going to appreciate it. "

Re: Scenario #4 [12/17]

[thatsamilkshake]

"Whack off his arm?!?"

One might guess that Francine would be going with A, after she stopped hyperventilating.