fandomhigh | Philosophy classroom: Ethics class #3, Monday, 2-4pm

Two boxes sit on Tara's desk. One is filled with homemade cookies, with a small placard labelled 'To all those who attempted the assignment - help yourselves!'. The other is a bin to return the Master/slave badges at the end of the class.

Tara smiles as the students settle down.

"I told you last week that part of the point of this assignment was to separate out the issues of slavery and abuse. There are many, many issues with slavery, even without abusive elements attached, and I want to tell you how proud I am of all of you for attempting the assignment - especially those of you who were uncomfortable with it. I have a lot I want to say, but I'm going to bite my tongue and let you all speak, first. Tell me about your experiences with the assignment - what was challenging for you? What was easier than you thought it would be? Do you have any insights you would like to share?"

[ooc: If you would provide linkage to any RPed assignment bits and pieces, I would be forever grateful when it comes time for grading. Also, those of you who made icons? I adore you, and worship your icon-fu.]

"I would not ask anything of you that I am unwilling to do myself - including act as a slave. Anyone who completed the assignment is eligible to 'win' me as a slave, under the same terms of the assignment as you performed. I realise many of you are probably glad that this is over, but if you are interested, or want revenge, please put your name down on the sheet provided. I will post this as a voting list, and the involved parties will decide as a class who is to Master me, and what is to be done with me."

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"Was that really necessary to show that slavery is unethical? I might have told you that a week ago."

"Was that the point of the lesson?" Angelus asked, aiming the question at Six and not Tara.

6 scowls. "If you're asking if I was the benefits of the Master lifestyle, I'll tell you now that there are not any. The whole assignment was a mockery of decent education."

"Here's something I don't get," Angelus said, throwing the comment out to anyone in the room who cared to answer it. "For all that we had plenty of people yapping about the evils of slavery, I didn't see anyone trying to organize a group to free the students who were made to serve."

"I have done more work to liberate the imprisoned in my time here than you will ever know," 6 said, glowering. "Do not impugn otherwise."

"Fair enough," Angelus said. "Still doesn't explain to me why other students who were oh so happy to climb the stepladder to their high horses couldn't be bothered to act to save the slaves around them, even in the world of pretend."

"A mockery?" Tara raises an eyebrow. "So what did you learn, Mr. 6?"

"Nothing. I told you when I began this assignment -- it was tyranny. It remains so."

Tara cocks her head, and replies, "and yet you ordered your partner to walk six steps ahead of you. You were under no obligation to do that. Why did you?"

"Attempt to humor you, perhaps learn something I did not already know from the vantage of the imprisoned. Alas, I found myself more disgusted at my captors and disgusted at those who would willingly place themselves in shackles. It is a farce, madame, one quite beyond my comprehension."

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