Ethics, Friday, November 13, 2020

[sith_happened]

"Good morning, class," Anakin said, sweeping into the classroom. "Today we're going to talk about doing the right thing even when no one else is watching. We talked about this a little bit when we discussed unsupervised Halloween candy, but let's expand it into things that aren't stealing. What if you've hit a car but no one saw you? What if someone's test answers are in plain view and you didn't study?"

He crossed his booted legs. "I think the big question is--do ethics only exist if there is someone else to watch and enforce them?"

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Answer the question!

[sith_happened]

Do ethics exist if no one is watching you?

Re: Answer the question!

[toottootmagicflute]

"Of course," Wei Wuxian said. "If someone gets hurt, they're still hurt even if they don't know who you are, right?"