Ethics Class #5, Friday morning, 8-10am

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Tara looks tired but happy as the students come in. She wears a scarf around her neck that doesn't quite cover a greenish-purple bruise.

"Last week we looked at power and responsibility. The first hour is an extension of that. I want you to divide into two groups. If your name has an odd number of letters, you're in Group A." She waves to one side of the classroom to indicate that the group should congregate there. "If your name has an even number of letters," waving to the other side of the classroom, "you're in Group B. Go."

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Re: Group B

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"Let's answer both," Tara replies. "In one scenario, they come to you and tell you that they've removed a portion of your memory, and that it is for your own good not to remember it, or know any details of what it is you're not remembering. In the other, you put the pieces together from other people's references of things you have no ability to recall. Your loved one has never mentioned it. How is your reaction different in those situations?"

Re: Group B

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Phoebe nodded at Tara. She knew her way too well sometimes.

"Okay, if my loved one came to me and was that honest with me, I'd be inclined to attempt to not dig any further. If it was something so traumatic that they had to wipe my memory, then I'd be curious as to what happened to me, but perhaps I would let it go. On the other hand..." Phoebe sighed. "If I put it together myself from people's comments around me, and my loved one had never mentioned it? I'd be pretty upset and want to know what the hell was gong on and what they had done to me."