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fandomhigh2013-02-14 11:32 am
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2013-02-14 11:32 am
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Ethics [Thursday, February 14, 2nd period]
"Good morning," Anakin said, giving the students a slight smile as they entered. "In honor of Valentine's Day, I've given three of you a chocolate bar, three of you a box of candy, and two of you nothing at all. Please look under your desks to see which you've received."
He began pacing between the desks. "Some of you might be feeling some decidedly less than loving emotions my direction, or in the direction of the students with the larger amount of chocolate. Some of you might be pretending to care deeply about dental hygiene or ruining your lunchtime appetite in order to displace the feelings of envy you might have right now."
He paused. "Envy is a strange emotion. None of you had this chocolate when you came into the room, nor were you expecting any. Two of you will be walking out exactly the way you came in, and yet you might feel cheated. My questions to you today are: what do you think inside of us makes us envious of what other people have, even if we might have other gifts that offset what they've received? And from an ethical standpoint, how would you use this common human flaw to manipulate someone into giving you something you want?"
He began pacing between the desks. "Some of you might be feeling some decidedly less than loving emotions my direction, or in the direction of the students with the larger amount of chocolate. Some of you might be pretending to care deeply about dental hygiene or ruining your lunchtime appetite in order to displace the feelings of envy you might have right now."
He paused. "Envy is a strange emotion. None of you had this chocolate when you came into the room, nor were you expecting any. Two of you will be walking out exactly the way you came in, and yet you might feel cheated. My questions to you today are: what do you think inside of us makes us envious of what other people have, even if we might have other gifts that offset what they've received? And from an ethical standpoint, how would you use this common human flaw to manipulate someone into giving you something you want?"
Re: Listen to the lecture [2/14]
What? Chocolate was serious, legitimate currency when dealing with females in her world! She wasn't going to share this with a bunch of kids who could just go buy their own!