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

[holy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"I suppose that's as useful a strategy for war-mongering as any," she mused. "Could they not have blamed the plane accident on those they hated, instead? It might have saved them time."

Re: Dingy 2

[wasthecuteone]

"You're asking me to understand the workings of Ladybird Hope's mind," Petra said. "That is not a thing that will ever be happening. And the guy they wanted to pin it on was crazier than she was." And part of the reason Petra was glad they hadn't gotten the boat with the lemur. Even live ones sort of freaked her out.