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fandomhigh2016-09-15 12:37 pm
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Ethics, September 15, 2016
Today's classroom was rearranged again, this time with a single round table in the center of the room, with Anakin and Obi-Wan already seated at it. "Last week we did an exercise in perspective," Anakin began. "Today we'll discuss how it made you feel and what kind of ethical obligations it might bestow upon beings who might not have seen how privileged they were until that moment." He smiled dryly. "Those without tend to already know it. Those with tend to assume everyone has their same experiences."
"As we said at the beginning of last week's class, privilege is a complicated creature," Obi-Wan continued. "Even those of us who have less privilege, still sometimes have privileges of which we are unaware, because it has always seemed to be part of our lives. Some of us have none at all. Some of us have many, and are aware of it." He looked around the table. "Historically, rulers have often wielded privilege like a blade, a tool of division, giving one group or another the 'right' to feel better than everyone else. At the same time, they have used it to intimidate those with less privilege, to ensure their power."
A pause. "This was not what we were trying to do to you last week. We were merely trying to give some indication of what privilege is, and what forms it can take."
Anakin nodded. "Take, for instance, the Jedi in the room. In our own galaxy, we are a privileged group: we never have to worry where our next meal will come from--assuming we are not out in the field--we have access to an entire galaxy's full of learning, we are afforded respect wherever we go, even if it's sometimes given grudgingly. But without the protections of the Jedi robes, we would have very different experiences on a planet with, say, a strong tradition of matriarcal thinking or a history of anti-human xenophobic thought."
"On the other hand, Jedi are recruited very young: they usually have little choice in the matter. And the Order frowns on 'normal' luxuries such as private property and attachment," Obi-Wan said. "There are things we are asked to give up." A pause. "Meanwhile, being different has also painted a target on our backs, as it has done for any isolated group. The Jedi have been blamed for many things of late, and it has become increasingly dangerous for us to be out in the galaxy, to be recognized as such."
Ahem.
"This goes to show how complicated such privileges can be, and how they can easily shift, especially when it comes to groups who are easily identifiable," he continued. "So our first question to you today is: considering last week's class, what is privilege to you? How do you see yourself in relation to it?" He folded his hands together. "Secondly, how do you feel about such a disparity? Should we find ways to ensure that everyone who stood in front of the line, moves back? That those who found themselves behind it be moved forward, so that everyone is on the line? How would such a system work? Or do you feel differently about the disparity? Does your position last week work into this? And so on."
He smiled at the class. "Thirdly... It is said that a being's worth can be judged not by how he treats those more privileged than he, but those less," he said. "How do you feel about that statement?"
"As we said at the beginning of last week's class, privilege is a complicated creature," Obi-Wan continued. "Even those of us who have less privilege, still sometimes have privileges of which we are unaware, because it has always seemed to be part of our lives. Some of us have none at all. Some of us have many, and are aware of it." He looked around the table. "Historically, rulers have often wielded privilege like a blade, a tool of division, giving one group or another the 'right' to feel better than everyone else. At the same time, they have used it to intimidate those with less privilege, to ensure their power."
A pause. "This was not what we were trying to do to you last week. We were merely trying to give some indication of what privilege is, and what forms it can take."
Anakin nodded. "Take, for instance, the Jedi in the room. In our own galaxy, we are a privileged group: we never have to worry where our next meal will come from--assuming we are not out in the field--we have access to an entire galaxy's full of learning, we are afforded respect wherever we go, even if it's sometimes given grudgingly. But without the protections of the Jedi robes, we would have very different experiences on a planet with, say, a strong tradition of matriarcal thinking or a history of anti-human xenophobic thought."
"On the other hand, Jedi are recruited very young: they usually have little choice in the matter. And the Order frowns on 'normal' luxuries such as private property and attachment," Obi-Wan said. "There are things we are asked to give up." A pause. "Meanwhile, being different has also painted a target on our backs, as it has done for any isolated group. The Jedi have been blamed for many things of late, and it has become increasingly dangerous for us to be out in the galaxy, to be recognized as such."
Ahem.
"This goes to show how complicated such privileges can be, and how they can easily shift, especially when it comes to groups who are easily identifiable," he continued. "So our first question to you today is: considering last week's class, what is privilege to you? How do you see yourself in relation to it?" He folded his hands together. "Secondly, how do you feel about such a disparity? Should we find ways to ensure that everyone who stood in front of the line, moves back? That those who found themselves behind it be moved forward, so that everyone is on the line? How would such a system work? Or do you feel differently about the disparity? Does your position last week work into this? And so on."
He smiled at the class. "Thirdly... It is said that a being's worth can be judged not by how he treats those more privileged than he, but those less," he said. "How do you feel about that statement?"
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Listen to the lecture
Or do. We're not the boss of you.
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Or in using them to avoid eye contact with your no-longer-Padawan-sized Master who'd awkwardly kind of hit on you while teenage.
To pick a random example.
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As a coping strategy, it kind of worked.
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Question 1!
Make sure to talk to each other, not just to Obi-Wan and Anakin!
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Question 3!
Talk to Anakin and Obi-Wan
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Like that hadn't just broken his heart a little more or something.
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