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 3

[perilless.livejournal.com]

"How is it cheating," Rosella said, with a bit of an exasperated sigh, "to use the powers and resources afforded to you to save your life and the lives of the others with you?"

Another reason why she hated Ethics. It made people feel bad about doing things like, you know, living.

Re: Dingy 3

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Good point," Luke said before snapping his fingers and making a bottle of water appear in his hand. "But you don't get any because you're snippy."

Re: Dingy 3

[perilless.livejournal.com]

"If I'm snippy," said Rosella, barely keeping from sighing again, "it's because I think these exercises are a bit silly. Your not sharing the water with me will have no real world consequences, only hypothetical ones. If you don't share with me, it's not as if you'll have the weight of my eventual dehydration on your shoulders in actuality, which I trust is why you would keep me from having any. I should hope that, if this was a real situation, you would not deprive someone of comfort and life merely because of a snippish tone."

Re: Dingy 3

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"That was a mighty long speech for someone who thinks these exercises are a bit silly," Luke told her, giving Rosella a smile. "You're right, if this was real I would probably give you water. Well, actually, I'd skip the Cast Away stuff and just get everybody off the boat 'cause nobody likes sunburn."

Re: Dingy 3

[perilless.livejournal.com]

Rosella snorted, failing a little to keep back a grin of her own. "I'm a princess," she informed him. "Long speeches are part of my birthright. But that just simply emphasizes my point that even a real life simulation won't be able to fully allow us to judge how we would act in a real life situation. So, now that it's been established that at least one of us has the ability to make all of the danger a moot point, I suggest we all relax and enjoy our little sailing excursion."