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fandomhigh2017-11-13 02:42 pm
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Ethics, Monday
"Ethics are not often made, they are born, they are taught, in our very first years in this galaxy," Obi-Wan began. "Our ethical core depends on the circumstance and long-held beliefs of our ancestors."
Anakin nodded. "And because they are instilled from the first moments we can remember, we're often caught flat-footed when we run into people or species who are taught something quite different. And that's the root of many conflicts: the inability to understand that our own experiences are not universal experiences."
"Today, we wanted to see if we could perhaps begin a conversation," Obi-Wan said. "We wish to hear from all of you what your ethical background is - the rules you were taught when you were young."
"For all that we are both Jedi by training," Anakin said, "Master Kenobi and I started off in quite different places. The rules I grew up with were...somewhat contradictory--I had a mother to teach compassion, but I was also owned by a Hutt, then a Toydarian, and they valued my silence and ability to work for a very long time. Compassion was no part of either of those things."
"Whereas the Jedi who raised me thought highly of compassion, but less so of attachment," Obi-Wan said. "We were not supposed to get too close, lest it affect our judgment. My own teacher was a particularly severe example of this for many years." He bowed his head. "We would like to hear your stories - three things you were encouraged or discouraged about, ethically speaking, as a child."
Anakin nodded. "And because they are instilled from the first moments we can remember, we're often caught flat-footed when we run into people or species who are taught something quite different. And that's the root of many conflicts: the inability to understand that our own experiences are not universal experiences."
"Today, we wanted to see if we could perhaps begin a conversation," Obi-Wan said. "We wish to hear from all of you what your ethical background is - the rules you were taught when you were young."
"For all that we are both Jedi by training," Anakin said, "Master Kenobi and I started off in quite different places. The rules I grew up with were...somewhat contradictory--I had a mother to teach compassion, but I was also owned by a Hutt, then a Toydarian, and they valued my silence and ability to work for a very long time. Compassion was no part of either of those things."
"Whereas the Jedi who raised me thought highly of compassion, but less so of attachment," Obi-Wan said. "We were not supposed to get too close, lest it affect our judgment. My own teacher was a particularly severe example of this for many years." He bowed his head. "We would like to hear your stories - three things you were encouraged or discouraged about, ethically speaking, as a child."
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