fandomhigh | Ethics, Wednesday, September 25, 019 [1st period]

No snacks today, kids, just Anakin at the front of the class with some deeply stupid hair that he hadn't found time to fix yet. "There's a quote in the Bible, a religious text on this world often used to define its cultural ethics that says, 'But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters.'"

He slid his hand through his hair. "I'm not sure I would interpret that to mean that if you lied to me and said my hair doesn't look that bad, it would stand to reason that you are shoplifting from T&C in your spare time, but there is something to the idea that when you start lying about little things, it becomes easier to lie about big things. So today I want to have a discussion about where your line is for shading the truth. Are lies of omission okay for you? Denials to someone's face when they ask you about something you did but they can't prove? How about denials when they can prove it and you just don't think they want to? Is it different for you to lie to your peers than it is to lie to someone in a position of authority?"

He smiled. "Parents Weekend is coming up. How much of the bald truth of this place will you tell those visiting you? How much will they believe?"

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These days, for Tisarwat, lying was like breathing: done mostly without notice and entirely for survival. She wasn't even sure if she'd had a completely honest conversation with anyone since coming here. And she planned on keeping it that way.

Which was interesting, since her best answer to these questions was the honest one, but she was eschewing that in favor of something she thought would be much more interesting. And, she felt, pointed.

"Of course one should always be truthful to the best of one's ability." Her hands, folded securely in front of her. Her expression, slightly vacuous with a faint, pleasant smile. Her shoulders, ticking up in a sheepish shrug. But then, just a little flash of something else in her lilac eyes as she looked at the Dean.

"But if you must lie, always make sure it's based on a truth."

Anakin definitely noticed the flash but wasn't going to call her on it. "Why should it be based in truth?" he asked.

Well, good. Because he was supposed to have noticed it.

"Because then," she offered, with a slight laugh, a duck of her head, "it's not entirely a lie anymore, is it?"

"And why does that matter to you?" Anakin asked.

"Oh," said Tisarwat, blithely, shaking her head, "it doesn't really matter to me at all." Except that it did, if only because it made it easier to twist or turn it one way or the other in a positive light. "But it does usually matter to the person being lied to."

"But if you lie well enough, they'll never even know," Anakin said.

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