Ethics Class, Monday, 2-4pm

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara's face is tight and drawn as she addresses the class.

"For those of you who heard about Friday's class - we're not talking about that. If you wish to talk to me in my office hours you are very welcome to although they will be slowplayed liek woah, because I'm single parenting this week. However, I would appreciate it if we could keep in-class discussion today on the topic at hand.

"The topic, such as it is, will be chosen today by you, not by me. Here's what I want you to do:

"Raise an ethical issue. Give us your opinion on it. I don't mind what you choose - there are hundreds of issues we haven't touched on yet in class. Go wild. Have some fun with it, if you want to, just make sure there is an ethical question to be addressed. Respond to another person's raised issue with your opinion - beyond just 'I agree'. I'd love to see you all engage in some proper debates with one another, and I'm quite happy to give extra credit for people who engage in multiple debates."

Comments

Re: Class Discussion

[miss-monochrome.livejournal.com]

[Relieved that today's class apparently wasn't going to be a repeat of what she'd heard about Friday's, Chiana thinks for a microt before picking a fairly calm topic.]

Well, I've always been told that...that lying is wrong. I've always ignorned it, but that's a different discussion. Kinda the...the opposite of Angel's question, I guess, but isn't there times when lying would actually be better than telling the truth? Might not exactly be "right" but, if the truth would only hurt the person and not...not do anybody any good, is tellin' a lie still the wrong thing to do in that case?

Re: Class Discussion

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Angel said. "It's one thing if you're perjuring yourself, another if you're telling a white lie. 'I didn't steal that money' might be bad - um - assuming you did steal it. But 'Yes, you look fat in those pants.' isn't exactly a nice thing to mention. Um, not that you do, Chiana. Just making up an example."

Re: Class Discussion

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* I think you have to lie, sometimes. *pauses* And, sometimes, you have to tell the truth.

Re: Class Discussion

[wannabelawyer.livejournal.com]

"There are plenty of times lying's better than the truth. Just like with pretty much everything else, it all depends on why you're doing it. As long as it's for the right reasons and nobody's going to get too hurt, it's not wrong. Least not the way I see it."