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fandomhigh2018-09-18 12:13 pm
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2018-09-18 12:13 pm
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Practical Ethics, Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Aphra and Anakin were late to class. One of them looked utterly unrepentant. "Hey, kids, we ran into some technical difficulties."
That was one way to put it.
Anakin loved a dramatic entrance, but only when he'd planned to have one. "We had an impromptu trip to the mainland," he muttered, giving the unrepetant one a glare. "So today's class will be on making good choices."
So that should go well, with this pair.
It wasn't like Aphra had done anything that would leave her with a record! "A good decision being one you both survive and profit from."
Anakin stared at the ceiling, silently begging it for help. "And we're back to how definitions can shift based on your personal ethics. You can also survive and profit from a bad choice. It doesn't stop the choice from being bad."
"Only if you're an absolutist." Amazing how Aphra made that sound like 'stick in the mud'. "People who live in the real world need to be more flexible."
"That's how people in the real world end up getting arrested by the absolutists enforcing laws," Anakin retorted.
"It was a misunderstanding," Aphra said primly. "Anyway, where do you draw the line between good and bad decisions?"
"Do you judge by the results?" Anakin asked. "'I'm in jail, that must have been a bad choice', for instance. Or do you judge by your intentions? 'I meant to help that person but it spiraled out of control and now I am in jail. But I still stand by my initial decision?'"
"If everything's on fire it's probably a bad decision, though." Very helpful, Aphra.
That was one way to put it.
Anakin loved a dramatic entrance, but only when he'd planned to have one. "We had an impromptu trip to the mainland," he muttered, giving the unrepetant one a glare. "So today's class will be on making good choices."
So that should go well, with this pair.
It wasn't like Aphra had done anything that would leave her with a record! "A good decision being one you both survive and profit from."
Anakin stared at the ceiling, silently begging it for help. "And we're back to how definitions can shift based on your personal ethics. You can also survive and profit from a bad choice. It doesn't stop the choice from being bad."
"Only if you're an absolutist." Amazing how Aphra made that sound like 'stick in the mud'. "People who live in the real world need to be more flexible."
"That's how people in the real world end up getting arrested by the absolutists enforcing laws," Anakin retorted.
"It was a misunderstanding," Aphra said primly. "Anyway, where do you draw the line between good and bad decisions?"
"Do you judge by the results?" Anakin asked. "'I'm in jail, that must have been a bad choice', for instance. Or do you judge by your intentions? 'I meant to help that person but it spiraled out of control and now I am in jail. But I still stand by my initial decision?'"
"If everything's on fire it's probably a bad decision, though." Very helpful, Aphra.