Ethics [Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 1st period]

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Rory had left for the Democratic National Convention on Sunday, which sort of explained why Anakin looked as sleep-deprived as the rest of the students when he entered the classroom a minute late.

It also explained why he had an infant in his arms and spit-up on the shoulder of his robe. Not that he knew about the spit-up. "Sorry about this," he said, "but Christopher threw a fit at the day care center, and when your baby has Force abilities...well. Now I have to replace all of their high chairs."

Temper tantrums at Anakin's house were so much fun.

"All right," he said, "onto today's ethical dilemma: If you had to choose between killing one person in order to save five others, or doing nothing even though you know that doing nothing means that those five people would die before your eyes, what would you do? And what do you think would be the right thing to do?"

Wasn't this a fun, cheerful subject, students?

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Re: Answer the discussion question [9/4]

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"Even if the situation necessitated that things go smoothly?" Alec checked. "Like if within those six people was someone you really needed to protect, no matter what?"

He wasn't arguing with her, more trying to get a feel for her resolve than anything else.

Re: Answer the discussion question [9/4]

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"One, nothing with high stakes ever goes smoothly in my experience," Jessica said. "Two, when it comes to people's lives, I try not to value one over another. If I really need to protect one person, then I really need to protect the other five, too."

"Which is what makes it all a pain and risky, of course, but that's the price you pay for option three."

Re: Answer the discussion question [9/4]

[nottrivial]

Alec smiled a little at that. "That's -- I like your reasoning," he decided. "I don't know I'd necessarily always be able to say that, no matter what, but -- that's good, that you can."