Ethics [Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Today's class was taking place in the Danger Shop where there wasn't a desk to be found: only a cloudless day, a beating sun and apparent kilometers of oceans surrounding five small dingies that were neatly labeled with four or five students' names, or in one case, four students and one lemur.

Anakin's voice came over the speaker system: "Welcome to your first practical Ethics class. You've all been shipwrecked. In a moment, the dingy you're in will be the only thing you will see. There is no land for hundreds of kilometers, no fresh water, and you've run out of food. The only resources you have are the other people--or in one case, the people and lemur--you have in the boat. Will you turn to cannibalism? If so, who will be the first to go?"

Hope you weren't hungry for breakfast, class.

"Again, if you'd prefer not to participate in this class, shake your head strongly and you will be taken out of the simulation."

With that the students were apparently left to their own devices.

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Listen to the lecture [9/6]

[sith_happened]

Or the not-very-helpful instructions.

Re: Listen to the lecture [9/6]

[lockestheway]

Peter... had gotten a little carried away writing this morning. In his defense, writing a peace treaty that was supposed to restore the entire planet to political and military stability kind of took precedence over Ethics class, at least in his opinion.

He came to a pause two steps into the Danger Shop, and blinked at the ocean. "...Okay then."

Re: Listen to the lecture [9/6]

[perilless.livejournal.com]

See, and this was the problem with simulations that Rosella was talking about last year. She knew it was fake, and she tried to suspend her disbelief, but she'd had breakfast before coming into class, so she may not have food now, but she knew she could go for much longer, and this really wasn't that much different from being shipped off to Tamir and being expected to figure things out there, too.

She sighed, and then shrugged, because she figured it could at least be an interesting exercise in sailing and getting to know whatever was stuck on the dingy with her.

Re: Listen to the lecture [9/6]

[wasthecuteone]

Oh, look, it was a way the plane crash could have been worse (that wasn't 'we all died instead of most of us'). Petra thought really hard about opting out, but then decided to try to keep everyone alive instead.