Ethics [Thursday, January 26, 2012, 1st period]

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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?"

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Mingle Before Class [1/26]

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For small talk before Anakin arrives.

Sign in [1/26]

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Like someone's trying to harvest your kidneys!

Listen to the lecture [1/26]

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Short as it is.

Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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"Are there things that money shouldn't buy--elections, perhaps, or people? Do those sorts of transactions happen in your dimension anyway?"

Answer the hypothetical question [1/26]

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"In many developing countries, it is possible to buy a kidney for a few thousand dollars. The seller is often very poor and needs the money to support himself or his family. Is it morally permissible to buy his kidney? Should the sale of organs from living adults be illegal?"

Talk amongst yourselves, kids!

Talk to the TAs [11/26]

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Who are probably not planning to harvest your organs.

Talk to Anakin [1/26]

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Who's also not planning on harvesting your organs.

OOC

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Ugh. How have I been awake for four hours already?

Re: Sign in [1/26]

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Simon Bellamy

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Stacey McGill

Re: OOC

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So we actually had a discussion at work the other day about this, and whether we'd actually sell our kidneys for the $10,000 average that people get.

It then led to talk of whether any of the people buying kidneys were ones that had sold them and figured out that they needed it later.

Re: Sign in [1/26]

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Alex Aaron

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Gabrielle shortly before she gets captured by cannibals, trufax

Re: Talk to the TAs [11/26]

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Gabrielle wasn't into organ-harvesting, thanks. For one, it was gross, and for two, it was way too violent.

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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"There are a lot of things money shouldn't buy," Gabrielle said firmly. "Definitely not elections, not people's spiritual devotion, and --"

It had been a long time ago, but she hadn't forgotten that she'd met Xena when Xena had rescued her and some of the girls of her village from a gang of slavers, so a haunted look flashed through her eyes for a moment.

"Absolutely not people. Sad to say all of those happen at home, though."

Re: OOC

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I'm jealous of your work conversations.

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Dorothy Gale

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Kate Daniels

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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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: Sign in [1/26]

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Sam Puckett drugged to the gills!

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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"Let's test this theory," Sam decided. "Everyone give me all your money."

Sam should never be put in charge of anything.

Ever.

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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"Is any dimension where money's never used to buy all those?" Kate wondered aloud. "It shouldn't be, and is. It's better here than it is at home I think, but seems to me there's always a darker side of humanity. However shiny it all looks on the surface."

Re: Answer the hypothetical question [1/26]

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"My dimension, it happens in America," Kate shared. Not just for kidneys, either. You could get thousands handing your whole body over for necromancy. "There's a market for anything, if you're desperate enough."

"In a perfect world people shouldn't have to. But if it's the only way to get by, it's the only way to get by." She would never do it, but she'd known people who had. "Sometimes it's better than the alternative."

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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"Mine too," he replied with a tiny, sympathetic smile. "Do you think there's any way to stop such exploitation?"

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/26]

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"I'll ask you the same thing I asked Gabrielle, then," Anakin replied. "Can you think of any way that would discourage people from trafficking in people?"