Ethics [Thursday, September 2, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin walked into his classroom precisely on time and gave the students assembled there an appraising glance-as the door clicked shut behind him. "I'm Master Anakin Skywalker," he said in a voice that was intended to carry. "You may address me either as Master Skywalker or Professor Skywalker. This is Ethics, and we're going to skip the introductions--I'll figure out who you are, if I don't recognize you already--and move straight to our first discussion."

His cloak flared out behind him as he handed out the syllabus. "Today's topic," he said, pointing to the top of the page, "is self sacrifice: knowing the difference between saving people and being a pretentious twit."

Anakin wasn't a great believer in softening his language.

"Any time I ask a a group of people what they would do to save someone they love, they blither on about how they would set the world on fire, lie, cheat, steal, kill, die, et cetera, et cetera. I've been at this school five years now and realize that half of you have probably already been put into this situation. I'm never in a mood to hear adolescent ramblings about how wonderful you were or might hypothetically be."

He leaned back against his desk. "What I want to know is what would make you walk away. When do you decide that the risk isn't worth the cost?"

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Re: Answer the discussion question [9/2]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

"Of course not. But contradicting orders just don't...happen because you feel like you are right and everyone else is wrong." And she knew the feeling; she was a teenager after all.

Re: Answer the discussion question [9/2]

[sith_happened]

Anakin had done his fair share of contradicting orders because he felt he was right and everyone else was wrong. It caused no small amount of grumbling about Jedi, their feelings and who the kriff put them in control of military operations anyway.

"So you're saying that you'd follow orders you believed to be wrong?" Anakin replied.

Re: Answer the discussion question [9/2]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

"No, I wouldn't, but I would try to be very objective about it." In the end, it was all based on each's perception of things. "There aren't strict rules for this kind of stuff."