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[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara's nose is red, her voice harsh and scratchy. She's still not recovered from her virus, but she's in class by 8am.

"First of all, I need to apologise to you all for last week. I misjudged things badly, and I hurt people. You have no reason to forgive me for that, and I'm not asking you to. I simply want you to know that I am truly sorry.

"A few people suggested last week that I have no business being an ethics teacher. It's given me a lot to think about. In the end, it doesn't matter whether you're right - what matters is that you believe you are. I will not be teaching again next semester."

She drops her eyes, suppressing a chesty cough.

"Discussion topics today are your own choice. Raise an ethical issue, give us your opinion on it, and then engage in someone else's discussion. You're debating with each other today, not with me."

Quietly she sits down at her desk, taking out her notebook to observe the discussion, but resolving not to enter into it.

Comments

Lying

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky started the conversation.

"Is lying completely wrong? In what cases do you think lying would be the right thing to do?"

Re: Lying

[sooo_cute]

"Lying's not wrong if you're just trying to get out of grounding or something, especially if you really did lose track of the time and nothing happened, really, because it's only the second date and you're not that kind of girl," Quinn rambles. "Also, while it's better to tell someone if they're wearing two reds that aren't in the same color group together, sometimes it might really damage their self-esteem, so you should probably keep your mouth shut, but give them the lastest issue of Waif with that whole article on the color wheel instead."

Re: Lying

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"In addition to Quinn's examples," Callisto's lips twitched, "lying to save your life, or the life of someone you care about, isn't wrong."

Re: Lying

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"I've been wondering about little white lies," Angel said. "We were talking about that in Monday's class. According to the rules of AA all lying is bad. But is that really the case? Aren't some lies, like complimenting a home made meal that you didn't really like, still okay?"

Re: Lying

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Depends why, I suppose," Callisto might have edged lower in her seat upon seeing Angel, "if you were doing it to, uh, save a friend's feelings it might be okay, course it'd probably come back to bite you in the ass when they decided to fix you another meal."

Re: Lying

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe's voice is soft. "I agree with Callisto. If you're trying to save your life, or a friend's life, then yes, it's okay to tell certain lies. Trying to protect someone's feelings is also okay."

Re: Lying

[forlornslayer.livejournal.com]

"How do you decide what is protecting and what is hindering, though, Phoebe?"

Re: Class Discussion

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, like... what if someone knew the reasons why something big- maybe not, like, bad exactly, but still pretty life altering- had happened. Like they knew the reasons behind why you were, um, different. Is not telling you about it really protecting you? Or does it do more harm than good?

Re: Lying

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"I think it's perfectly acceptable to lie to someone to spare their feelings. But you should never lie about the important things."

Re: Lying

[lisacuddy.livejournal.com]

"Of course lying isn't completely wrong. It can be wrong, but it's sometimes a necessary part of life."