Ethics Class - catch up session, 10am-4pm

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Tara posts the class list on the door, as promised in her email, detailing the gaps in each student's participation. Penned at the bottom in a neat round hand is a note: Some of you may have discussed these with TAs out of class. Please inform me if this is the case.

She looks happy and well-rested as she sets up discussion stations around the room.

[ooc: I'll put names on the comment threads for the people who haven't completed them, rather than listing up here. Because I'm odd that way.]

Comments

Superheroes!

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"Assume you have superpowers. What superpowers is up to you - even if it's just wealth and status - but to put us on a level, we're all extraordinary. This is just us, though. Assume also that you're in the vast minority, and the world still consists of ordinary human beings.

What are your responsibilities? To your family, to your friends, to your society - to yourself?"

For Archie and Faith.

Re: Superheroes!

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None. Just because you have, like, extra powers, doesn't mean you're obligated to do anything with them. I mean, what if you didn't want them? Or you hated them? Why should someone who has extra powers be any more obligated to do something then someone who doesn't? It's not fair.

You have no responsibility to your family, unless you like them. Just because you're related doesn't make you, like, indebted to them. You should always look out for your friends. Society- hah. You owe society nothing. And, obviously, you owe yourself the most.

Re: Superheroes!

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"Would I have responsibilities to my family? That would depend on quite a few factors, I think. Well, for the sake of this discussion let's assume that these 'superpowers' of yours were latent in me until after they shipped me off, in which case, I would posit that I have no responsibilities to a family that wanted to be rid of me -- whether or not they were aware of my abilities. To my friends, and to my shipmates -- my responsibilities would be to take care of them as best as my powers could afford, and to protect them in any way possible."

Archie falls silent, cracking his knuckles and staring at the floor with a maniacal focus before he looks up again and says quietly, "But yes, my primary responsibility would be to protect myself, and guard this second chance of mine."