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.

Comments

Re: Dingy 2

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Well, this wasn't a cave and no one had a box of scraps...

"I'm pretty sure we could figure out a way to signal for help before that becomes a problem," Tony insisted. Because technology was infallible! "My phone isn't fixed yet, but I could supe up someone else's."

Re: Dingy 2

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Okay. Good. Option one: Call for help," Jack replied and patted himself down to find his phone supplied by General Dynamics. Pulling it out he handed it over to Tony. It was about the size and thinness of a credit card and set up for video conferencing.

Yes. It was that cool. Steve Jobs could suck it.

"Will this work?" Jack asked as he pulled off his jacket and started examining it. "While you do that maybe I could... weave a fishing line from the threads here."

He paused for a second as he stared at the jacket.

"Anyone here know how to weave?"

Re: Dingy 2

[holy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"I can sew," Lucrezia offered. "I have never attempted to sew a fishing line, but I would do my best to attempt it."

Re: Dingy 2

[wasthecuteone]

"I can sew, too," Petra told her. "Tony, you can have my phone, too." It wasn't as impressive as Jack's phone, just, you know, a garden variety teenager's cell phone, but it probably had some useful circuitry or whatever.