Ethics [Thursday, February 7, 2013, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

"Please set yourselves up along that white line," Anakin said as he strode into his classroom.

Sure enough, a long white strip of tape had been put down the middle of the room and the desks had been shoved to the sides.

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."

Comments

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[sith_happened]

"If you ever tried to change you appearance, mannerisms, accent, or behavior to avoid being judged or ridiculed, take one step back."

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[nips-your-nose.livejournal.com]

Jack? Was still on the line. Changing anything about himself wouldn't have made any difference, anyhow. People still wouldn't have seen him.

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[pulseof_life]

Why would she change anything about herself? She liked herself.

Yeul stayed put.

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[ultron_junior]

Victor stayed where he was again. He figured not using his powers in public too much wasn't quite what Anakin was getting at.

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Um.

Did it count if you turned into a gas to avoid that?

Yeah, Maddie probably had to step back again.

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal made a face, but took a step back. She'd hidden her pointed ears out of safety concerns, not for ridicule, but it was sort of the same principle.

Re: Experiment in Privilege - 3

[dressedinblood]

Before or after death? Well, she supposed that was kind of the point, she let people assume she was alive, and hid her other self. So she took a step back.