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fandomhigh2012-08-28 09:13 am
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2012-08-28 09:13 am
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Ethics [Tuesday, August 28, 2012]
When Ethics began, the desks, instead of being set up in the usual rows typical of a classroom, had been shoved to the sides, and a long line of white tape had been stuck down the middle of the room. The instructor was also nowhere to be seen.
This served a purpose: breaking the students' preconceived idea about what a class devoted to ethics might be about, and setting them up for nervous chatting before Anakin arrived.
He did, precisely two mintues late, clicking the door shut behind him. "Welcome to Ethics," he said. "I'm Master Anakin Skywalker. Please set yourselves up along that white line."
He waited until all of the students were lined up before explaining. "There's a philosopher from this world named John Rawls, who believes that most reasonable principles of justice are those everyone would accept and agree to from a fair position. In Fandom especially, we are coming from a variety of cultures and traditions to examine ethical dilemmas, and so the idea of a 'fair position' is a bit of a moving target. The choice that might be right for you might be completely contrary to my own life experiences, but that will not make your point of view less valid."
Anakin began pacing, his cloak swirling around his ankles as he did so. "Rawls believed that to come to this fair position, a magical 'veil of ignorance' must be put into place in order to erase everyone's knowledge of their places in society." He smiled a little wryly. "I'm not saying that at some point, Fandom might not do that sort of work for us and erase your memories of who and what you are, but today we're going to conduct an exercise that's slightly less drastic--one that will make you examine the parts of your life you might take for granted, and how that affects your view on the world."
He glanced down at a piece of paper. "Let's begin."
This served a purpose: breaking the students' preconceived idea about what a class devoted to ethics might be about, and setting them up for nervous chatting before Anakin arrived.
He did, precisely two mintues late, clicking the door shut behind him. "Welcome to Ethics," he said. "I'm Master Anakin Skywalker. Please set yourselves up along that white line."
He waited until all of the students were lined up before explaining. "There's a philosopher from this world named John Rawls, who believes that most reasonable principles of justice are those everyone would accept and agree to from a fair position. In Fandom especially, we are coming from a variety of cultures and traditions to examine ethical dilemmas, and so the idea of a 'fair position' is a bit of a moving target. The choice that might be right for you might be completely contrary to my own life experiences, but that will not make your point of view less valid."
Anakin began pacing, his cloak swirling around his ankles as he did so. "Rawls believed that to come to this fair position, a magical 'veil of ignorance' must be put into place in order to erase everyone's knowledge of their places in society." He smiled a little wryly. "I'm not saying that at some point, Fandom might not do that sort of work for us and erase your memories of who and what you are, but today we're going to conduct an exercise that's slightly less drastic--one that will make you examine the parts of your life you might take for granted, and how that affects your view on the world."
He glanced down at a piece of paper. "Let's begin."
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Because he'd had to be aware of these things his entire life. Pissing off the wrong authority figure didn't tend to end well for him.
"What is it with you people up there on that side of the line and being so worried about hurting our feelings, anyhow? Hand to god, Sholeh, if you start treating me any different because I'm standing back here I'll never talk to you again."
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And then he was doubling forward and pretty much going to die laughing, thanks.
"Say that a little louder so the rest of the class can hear, huh?"
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"Well, it's your fault for not wearing underwear!" she hissed at him. "And--Mother's third eye! They're all gonna think I'm a lightskirt!"
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Look, that was problematic! For reasons!
"Ew!"
So much for mature discussion, here. Especially since they were pretty much hissing it back and forth from eleven steps apart.
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Why was she still participating in this conversation? Why?
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"Well, don't go sticking your hands down people's pants!"
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Logic at its finest!
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... These two.
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Because they were the most mature. Ever. The both of them.