Ethics [Tuesday, September 17, 2013]

[sith_happened]

"Ethical choices aren't always highly charged situations where souls are on the line in a split second," Anakin announced from where he'd met his class in front of a grocery store across the causeway.

It had taken Anakin years to realize that, but he was a naturally overdramatic overdramatic person. "The choices you make in everyday life will affect the choices you make in highly charged situations. If you are morally ambiguous on the small stuff...well, it's hard to break that habit on the big things."

"You will each face a different scenario inside the store that I've pre-arranged," he said, "and then we'll discuss what you did and why you chose that."

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Shopping!

[sith_happened]

Anya Corazon: The person in front of you is five dollars short on their total. Do you give them the money?

Chaz Villette: A toddler's in the cereal aisle throwing a tantrum while his mother looks on. Do you say anything?

Cordelia Chase: You're in the produce section and want to see how sweet the grapes are--do you try some?

Emma Swan: The woman in the bakery miscounted and gave you five donuts, but only charged you for four. Do you correct her?

Flick: You dropped a carton of eggs--do you stick around to offer to pay or just wander off?

Karina Lyle: The food you were buying was on special but it's ringing up at the cash register as the normal price. The difference is only about 10 cents per item and there's a long line behind you. Worth fighting over?

Mira: You have 11 items in your basket. Do you go through the 10 and under express lane anyway?

Raleigh Becket: There's a free sample station set up! Score! How many free samples do you get before you start feeling like you're taking advantage of them?

Scott McCall: There's a long line behind you and the woman in front of you is not only counting out precise change, she's just pulled out a wad of coupons she wants the cashier to run through now. Eyerolling at her: yes/no?

Re: Shopping!

[shippedtomaine]

Ahahahahaha...no.

Free donuts were the tastiest ones. When they were real, at least.

Re: Shopping!

[flickofthewrist]

For a second, Flick just stared at the broken eggs. He'd never had this happen with Jude since Jude was the careful one and he was the stupid one. He'd been the one breaking things and Jude would both offer to clean them up and offer to pay.

But Flick -- well, he wasn't Jude. And he wandered off, feeling like a heel but not having any second thoughts about it. It wasn't like a grocery store didn't have this happen all the time. They probably budgeted for it anyway.

Re: Shopping!

[notyetplatypus.livejournal.com]

Chaz didn't go for the mother, but he did kneel down near the kid and tried to strike up a cheerful conversation with the toddler. He had a lot of experience with kids.

Re: Shopping!

[notapredator.livejournal.com]

Mbira went right through the express lane without a second thought. Clearly she was a terrible person.

Re: Shopping!

[haslayers.livejournal.com]

It wasn't that Cordelia was ethical or not here. She just didn't shop for herself and didn't think there was anything to it other than dropping a bag in your cart and letting that be that.

Also, she was counting calories. So no grape-tasting.