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Ethics [Thursday, February 16, 2012, 1st Period]
The presence at the front of the classroom today wasn’t an imposing Jedi Master, just a short, distracted-looking bard in a bright yellow outfit that really shouldn’t have been appropriate for winter but she was wearing it anyway.
“Hi, everyone,” Gabrielle said in a voice that bore a touch of strain despite its general calmness. “Master Skywalker can’t be here today, so, um . . .”
She wasn't really prepared to teach; she might have been, but her mind was all over the place lately. She was trying, though, even if it meant she had to fall back on an old topic, one that was almost hackneyed if you’d ever been privy to a good number of her adventures with Xena.
“I thought we’d --” Gabrielle fidgeted and scratched behind her ear. “There’s this concept of the greater good. When we’re faced with a difficult choice where we can only take one action, but more than one thing is at stake, how do we decide which option to take? Say, for instance, someone really close to you -- their life is in the balance, but if you help them, an entire group of helpless people may get killed, and you just don’t have the time to do both? Do you go against your own beliefs and do something you hate to do if it will benefit others?”
If it sounded kind of like she was very familiar with that particular scenario . . . well.
She cleared her throat and went on. “I’ve always believed in it, personally, but it’s a concept that, in practice, can be a lot harder than it sounds. So . . . let’s discuss that. Do you think acting for the sake of the greater good is a useful approach to life? How do you decide what the greater good is? And if it comes down to that kind of choice, between a personal sacrifice and the good of many, do you think you could make it?”
“Hi, everyone,” Gabrielle said in a voice that bore a touch of strain despite its general calmness. “Master Skywalker can’t be here today, so, um . . .”
She wasn't really prepared to teach; she might have been, but her mind was all over the place lately. She was trying, though, even if it meant she had to fall back on an old topic, one that was almost hackneyed if you’d ever been privy to a good number of her adventures with Xena.
“I thought we’d --” Gabrielle fidgeted and scratched behind her ear. “There’s this concept of the greater good. When we’re faced with a difficult choice where we can only take one action, but more than one thing is at stake, how do we decide which option to take? Say, for instance, someone really close to you -- their life is in the balance, but if you help them, an entire group of helpless people may get killed, and you just don’t have the time to do both? Do you go against your own beliefs and do something you hate to do if it will benefit others?”
If it sounded kind of like she was very familiar with that particular scenario . . . well.
She cleared her throat and went on. “I’ve always believed in it, personally, but it’s a concept that, in practice, can be a lot harder than it sounds. So . . . let’s discuss that. Do you think acting for the sake of the greater good is a useful approach to life? How do you decide what the greater good is? And if it comes down to that kind of choice, between a personal sacrifice and the good of many, do you think you could make it?”
Mingle Before Class [2/16]
Sign In [2/16]
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Listen to the Lecture [2/16]
Answer the Discussion Questions [2/16]
Re: Answer the Discussion Questions [2/16]
Theoretically. Jim had spent enough time around pirates and other assorted riff-raff that he wasn't going to just take something like that as a given.
Answer the Hypothetical Question [2/16]
Re: Answer the Hypothetical Question [2/16]
"Logically, I know it's the best thing to do," he replied. And then he shook his head. "Realistically, I don't think I'd be able to do it. All I have left to lose is my mom. I just... I couldn't."
Selfish, maybe. But honest, at least.
Talk to the TAs [2/16]
Re: Talk to the TAs [2/16]
In his aide-like manner.
Yay, aides!
OOC [Ethics, 2/16]