Ethics, Wednesday, September 18, 2019

[sith_happened]

Anakin was nowhere to be seen when Ethics class began, but there was an enormous bowl of (real, this time) Halloween candy on his desk.

There was a sign next to it that said, "TAKE ONLY THREE."

Inside the bowl were full-sized candy bars, as well as smaller "fun-sized" ones, Reese's Cups, Starbursts, those weird Bit o' Honeys, and even apples and boxes of raisins.

Was there a trick here today too?

Oh, probably. Pick your treats anyway.

Comments

Re: Explain your choice!

[following_my_fishie]

Del looked at the three candies she'd taken. "Um. The sign said to? So I took three? Nobody seemed to want these, that other girl was throwing them back at the bowl? I don't know. I've never had these before. Maybe they're good? They might be bad. That's okay. I've eaten bad things before. I don't mind. I don't want them to feel bad. They're candy, they're trying their best."

A small shrug. "I didn't take any of the other stuff because other people seemed to want it more and I don't need it."

Re: Explain your choice!

[sith_happened]

"Would you have taken fewer if the sign hadn't said to take three?" Anakin asked.

Re: Explain your choice!

[following_my_fishie]

"Yes," Del nodded, "The sign said to take only three. Not one or two or four or none. Only three. So I took only three."

Re: Explain your choice!

[sith_happened]

"And if it had said 'up to three', what would you have done, then?"

Re: Explain your choice!

[following_my_fishie]

"I would have taken only one," Delirium said in an apologetic tone, "I don't really want any candies but it's rude not to take something someone offers you." She was clearly reciting that. Barnabas nudged her ankle in approval. "I don't need to eat. I like to! And I like candy! But I'm not in a candy mood right now so only one is all I'd have taken for polite."