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fandomhigh2011-11-01 09:48 am
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2011-11-01 09:48 am
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Ethics Class [Tuesdday, November 1, 2011, 1st period]
Anakin leaned against his desk at the front of the classroom. "According to many modern liberals," he began, "moral obligations can arise in only two ways: First, there are universal duties that we owe to every being, like the duty to avoid harming people unnecessarily. Second, there are voluntary obligations that we acquire by consent, as when we agree to help someone or promise to be faithful to our partners and friends. According to many modern liberals, there are no other types of moral obligation."
He began pacing between the desks. "Critics of liberalism disagree. They say there is a third type of moral obligation that is neither universal nor voluntary. We can be morally obligated to a particular community even though we haven’t assumed the obligation voluntarily. Obligations of membership and loyalty can arise from shared identities, communities, and traditions—because we’re someone’s son or daughter, someone’s friend, a member of a particular community, or a citizen of a particular country or planet. The Jedi Order in my time worried about such obligations and how they might affect our Order's larger mission to provide justice to the galaxy at large without prejudice, so those who were trained as Jedi were removed from their family and homeworlds as soon as possible--often as infants or toddlers."
He waved a hand, looking slightly embarrassed. "But that was just one solution. Who do you think is right--the liberals who only see two obligations, or their critics?"
He began pacing between the desks. "Critics of liberalism disagree. They say there is a third type of moral obligation that is neither universal nor voluntary. We can be morally obligated to a particular community even though we haven’t assumed the obligation voluntarily. Obligations of membership and loyalty can arise from shared identities, communities, and traditions—because we’re someone’s son or daughter, someone’s friend, a member of a particular community, or a citizen of a particular country or planet. The Jedi Order in my time worried about such obligations and how they might affect our Order's larger mission to provide justice to the galaxy at large without prejudice, so those who were trained as Jedi were removed from their family and homeworlds as soon as possible--often as infants or toddlers."
He waved a hand, looking slightly embarrassed. "But that was just one solution. Who do you think is right--the liberals who only see two obligations, or their critics?"
Re: Follow-up question [11/1]
It was possible she was missing the point.