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fandomhigh2011-01-05 11:24 pm
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2011-01-05 11:24 pm
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Ethics Class [Thursday, January 6, 1st period]
Anakin stalked through the classroom doorway precisely on time, his cloak swooping overdramatically in his wake. "I am Master Anakin Skywalker," he said as his eyes made contact with every student in the room, "and this is Ethics. Most teachers are spending this week making introductions. I do things slightly differently."
He began passing out a short story. "There's a very famous story on this world of the lady or the tiger. For those of you not from here, the short version is that 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 immediately married to the lady. The king didn't care about your previous marital status or sexual orientation, apparently."
He leaned back against his desk, though the posture of his back showed that he wasn't very comfortable with the idea of relaxing. "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 had what behind it, and her lover looked up to her for advice. She had two choices: watch her love die, or watch him 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--pick someone you haven't met yet--and decide what the princess did. Then tell me what you would have done in the princess's place."
He glanced around the room. "And I am looking for a teacher's aid or two if any of you are interested."
He began passing out a short story. "There's a very famous story on this world of the lady or the tiger. For those of you not from here, the short version is that 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 immediately married to the lady. The king didn't care about your previous marital status or sexual orientation, apparently."
He leaned back against his desk, though the posture of his back showed that he wasn't very comfortable with the idea of relaxing. "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 had what behind it, and her lover looked up to her for advice. She had two choices: watch her love die, or watch him 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--pick someone you haven't met yet--and decide what the princess did. Then tell me what you would have done in the princess's place."
He glanced around the room. "And I am looking for a teacher's aid or two if any of you are interested."
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"So, lady or the tiger?" Peter asked. "We're lucky Heinlein didn't write this fable, or else we'd have a third option of a lady/tiger hybrid."
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He chuckled. "It's just a joke. But which are you thinking she picks?"
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Word.
If she was already foolish enough to choose a partner so far from her caste, she would no doubt pick the lady.
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"Fair enough," Peter said. "And this way she doesn't have to worry about him getting in the way if she finds a new, more class-appropriate beau, right?"
He still wasn't offering an answer of his own.
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She is a princess. The kingdom comes before her own wishes.
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And the lesson is: Inhumans have no sense of humor.
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Seriously, what the hell, Vulcan.