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

[sedlexduralex.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no big then," Jocelyn decided. "I was picturing some type of equal-but-opposite cannon action thing."

Re: Dingy 3

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"It might rock the boat a little," Angelica said thoughtfully. "But I shouldn't blast a hole in it." She hoped. "But I could, if I was trying to!"

That wasn't reassuring, Angelica.

Re: Dingy 3

[sedlexduralex.livejournal.com]

No, but it sounded like fun! "Too bad it's not still hot out," she said. "That sounds like a fun way to spend an afternoon - see how big of a hole can be blown in a boat." Perhaps only fun for crazy people, but.

Re: Dingy 3

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"Only if nobody was in it," Angelica said. "I wouldn't want to accidentally hurt somebody."

She was going to be a terrible assassin.

Re: Dingy 3

[sedlexduralex.livejournal.com]

"If someone's messing around in a boat you're about to blow up, they kind of deserve it," she pointed out.