Ethics [Tuesday, April 20, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

"Welcome to your Ethics final," Anakin said from behind his desk. "I will provide you with a series of scenarios. You write down which option you would pick, and why. Since this is Ethics, there are no black and white absolutely 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."

Comments

Sign in [4/20]

[sith_happened]

Ready for the summer.

Re: Sign in [4/20]

[therewaslife]

Nobody Owens

Scenario #1 [4/20]

[sith_happened]

You arrive home after an extended period away to discover your mother has been kidnapped. She's presumed dead. What do you do and why?

a) Mourn and move on.
b) Brood about it constantly. Perhaps write poetry.
c) Ignore the idea that she might be dead and go after her yourself. Upon finding her remains, torch the village she was in.
d) None of the above.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[therewaslife]

Bod didn't take long to choose his answer.

A. Sometimes, things happen that are beyond your control. Hoping for a miracle could also lead to loss of other life.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[likes_scoundrels]

D. You said presumed. Unless there was proof she was dead, I would do everything I could to find her and save her.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[bitchprince]

C

A

I don't know, how do mothers work?

D. She's already dead.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[noteviltwin.livejournal.com]

Andy ignored the fact that his mother had been dead since he was a baby and answered D. He would've answered C if it hadn't been for the whole torching the village thing.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff glowered at the paper before scrawling C - with some extra time spent beating on the guy responsible.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[bitchy_smurf]

d) I have no mother

d) I do not mour

a)

c) If one substituted 'someone you care ab

d) I do not know.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[puppy_fair]

Zack's initial reaction to this question was a mighty wince. Option C conjured up visions of Banora burning to the ground, of Angeal's mother dead on the floor of her home and him screaming at Angeal and--

D) I would have to know for sure. I've seen too many living people announced 'dead' lately to be able to just accept that they are. And if she really has been kidnapped, maybe I can save her. I have to at least try.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[not_tylerdurden]

D) My mother is too intimidating to be kidnapped.

Re: Scenario #1 [4/20]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

d. SHE'S ALREADY DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!

d) Same as c but without burning down the village. Energy would be better spent trying to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Scenario #2 [4/20]

[sith_happened]

You're an excellent swimmer out for a walk in your new outfit. You hear the screams of a teenager crying for help from the water. There is no danger to yourself if you attempt a rescue. What do you do?

a) Rescue the kid.
b) Keep on walking. There is no moral imperative to save people and no legal obligation to try.
c) Try to find someone else to help.
d) None of the above.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[therewaslife]

Bod answered this one quickly a well.

A. The new outfit is not that important. A human life means more than clothing.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[likes_scoundrels]

A. A new outfit is nothing compared to someone else's life.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[bitchprince]

A. Of course.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[noteviltwin.livejournal.com]

Andy answered without even needing to think about it. A, of course. This one he was pretty sure had a right and wrong answer.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Easy. A - while knocking him unconscious.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[bitchy_smurf]

b)

a)

d) I would choose to take my entertainment in the water at that time, and fish the disruptive individual out so that my pleasure would be un-disturbed.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[puppy_fair]

A) Uh... It's only clothing, man.

Re: Scenario #2 [4/20]

[not_tylerdurden]

A) Most of my outfits look the same anyway.

Scenario #3 [4/20]

[sith_happened]

An insane rebel who has threatened to explode several bombs in crowded areas has been caught. Unfortunately, she has already planted the bombs and they are scheduled to go off in a short time. It is possible that hundreds of people may die. The authorities cannot make her divulge the location of the bombs by conventional methods. In exasperation, some high level official suggests torture. This would be illegal, of course, but the official thinks that it is nevertheless the right thing to do in this desperate situation. What do you do and why?

a) Torture her to get the information. There's no time left to be reasonable.
b) Torture her and her family to get the information. If you're going to do something illegal, might as well be really, really thorough.
c) Continue working through the the legal structure of the judicial system and hope for the best.
d) None of the above. Perhaps your dimension works differently?

Re: Scenario #3 [4/20]

[therewaslife]

This one took Bod a little longer to answer. He found he didn't like either choice so, when he chose, it was with some hesitation.

A. I wouldn't want to do any of these choices but if the choice was saving many over loosening my own morals, I'd save many.

Under duress.

Scenario #4 [4/20]

[sith_happened]

As a "special honor", the authorities who have captured you and your children will let you choose one of them not to die immediately. You will never see the other one again, as the two of you remaining will be sent to languish in the spice mines of Kessel, which are not known for their low mortality rates. Do you choose your older son or your younger daughter? And how do you deal with the guilt?

a) You choose to let your son live. He's older and might survive the intense labor in the spice mines.
b) You choose to let your daughter live. She's younger--perhaps one of the other prisoners will take pity on her and assist her.
c) None of the above.

[OOC: Why yes, I did just watch Sophie's Choice. Shhh.]

Re: Scenario #4 [4/20]

[therewaslife]

Apparently, this exam just got more difficult as it progressed. Bod frowned.

A. I don't know why I chose this. All of the answers are either uncomfortable or unknown.

He still didn't feel comfortable with that choice.

Talk to Anakin [4/20]

[sith_happened]

After the test is over, of course.

Re: Talk to Anakin [4/20]

[noteviltwin.livejournal.com]

Following up what he and Sam had said while doing radio last night, Andy had made a stop in town and when class was over, walked up to Anakin's desk and put the cake in front of him.

"It's a day late, but Happy Birthday."

OOC

[sith_happened]

Thank you for such a fun class!

Re: OOC

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire will not be there for the final due to plot reasons, but she will be ICly sending an email to notify her professors.