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Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2012-01-26 10:12 am
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Ethics [Thursday, January 26, 2012, 1st period]

One of the occupational hazards of living with a politcal blogger was being forced to sit through the State of the Union address for a country Anakin cared about but, let's be frank, wasn't overly emotionally invested in.

At least it helped to come up with his next discussion in Ethics class?

"Hello, class," he said, beginning to speak once the speakers stopped broadcasting Chloe's radio. "Today we're going to talk about the ethics involved with money. Are there things that money shouldn't buy--elections, perhaps, or people? Do those sorts of transactions happen in your dimension anyway?"

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

[identity profile] cant-be-helped.livejournal.com 2012-01-26 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Dorothy at least had read enough of the history (or in her case, future history) book to feel like she knew enough to answer the question.

"It's hard to stop an election from being bought," she said. "But absolutely, people shouldn't be bought as if they were livestock. They're people, they deserve much better than that."

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

[identity profile] cant-be-helped.livejournal.com 2012-01-26 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Strict laws?" Dorothy said, trying to think of things. "Maybe even very harsh punishments for those who do so?"

It seemed the most straight-forward approach.

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

[identity profile] cant-be-helped.livejournal.com 2012-01-27 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Isn't that what police are for?" Dorothy said, not quite understanding the depth of Anakin's question.

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

[identity profile] cant-be-helped.livejournal.com 2012-01-27 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"You could have policemen made of metal?" Dorothy said. "They couldn't be bought off."

She was mainly thinking of Tik-Tok, the Royal Army of Oz.

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

[identity profile] cant-be-helped.livejournal.com 2012-01-27 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
"And I suppose you could always say that those who make the metal men could be bought off, too," Dorothy said. "I guess we just have to hope people would be more considerate of others instead of their own fortune."