Ethics, Tuesday, November 2, 2021

[sith_happened]

Anakin had an excess of non-monster chocolate left over from the weekend, which was why the students would find either a fun-sized bar of fair trade/free trade chocolate (because Ethics class and also because his wife was a connoisseur of decent candy) a full-sized bar, or nothing at all, hidden in their desks.

"Today we talk about jealousy, feelings of entitlement, and resentment," Anakin said, biting into his candy. "Now before you came to class, all of you were equal in the amount of chocolate you didn't have before you. And now some of you are still in the same chocolate-less having moment, while others have more. No one did anything to earn this chocolate, it's just the luck of where you sat down. Now you could move around, attempting to change your fate. You could ask for your classmates to share, though they are under no obligation to do so. Or you could sit there and be angry at me for not being equitable, though, again, I'm under no obligation to do so."

He smiled. "Let's discuss. Why do we expect fairness when it so seldom happens?"

Comments

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"So treats were hard to come by," Anakin said, nodding.

Re: Discuss!

[onlyajones]

"They were ... well some of them still are, there's still rationing happening back home," she explained, "I've ... I've just not been in a position to experience what that's like," she finally admitted.

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"You didn't get rationed?" Anakin asked.

Re: Discuss!

[onlyajones]

"Well ..." Jo said rather guiltly as she said this, "there's...er...the upper class families ...they can usually find a way around the rationing, if they have enough money and my dad ... he has a lot of it,"

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"So you cheated," Anakin said baldly.

Re: Discuss!

[onlyajones]

Jo went slightly pink, “uh yes I guess we did or do,” she added a bit sheepishly.