Ethics, Tuesday
"Today, we would like to confront you with a somewhat more mythical ethical scenario," Obi-Wan said. He had his hands tucked into the sleeves of his robes, but looked to be somewhat in good spirits. "Which circumstances have delayed a few too many times..."
Like through invasions and ancient Jedi Masters.
Details!
"But it's much less traumatizing than the droid babies," Anakin promised, which, admittedly wasn't that high a bar to clear. "There's a story from this planet called The Lady or the Tiger that I believe many of you might have already heard about, in a mythical land where trial by combat was still a thing."
He shrugged. "Obi-Wan and I have been to a similar planet. It was Obi-Wan's fault."
Keep telling yourself that about Geonosis, Anakin.
"Excuse me?" Obi-Wan said sharply. "I rather distinctly remember the situation surrounding Geonosis going rather differently." Beat. "It is Geonosis you're referring to, isn't it?"
Look, they'd been to a lot of planets. Some of which utilized trial by combat.
Anakin nodded, smirking slightly. "With the...space tiger." Easier than explaining a nexu. "Anyway, in the story, a princess has taken up a relationship with a commoner and her father finds out, which is never how you want these particular stories to go. He proposes a trial by combat: if the man is innocent, the door he opens will lead to a beautiful lady--not the princess--who he will immediately be married to. If he opens the second, he gets a grisly and public death by tiger."
"The man is understandably in quite a state," Obi-Wan said, "so he looks up to meet the gaze of his former lover. Perhaps she can tell him which door to choose? She then grants him an answer with a gesture of her hand."
He smiled faintly at the class.
"This is where the story itself ends," he said. "The question that remains is: which answer did the princess give the commoner?"
"Take a moment to read the story," Anakin said, "because this isn't exactly a fluffy forgiving princess, and then give us your opinion about what the princess did, and then what you would do."
Like through invasions and ancient Jedi Masters.
Details!
"But it's much less traumatizing than the droid babies," Anakin promised, which, admittedly wasn't that high a bar to clear. "There's a story from this planet called The Lady or the Tiger that I believe many of you might have already heard about, in a mythical land where trial by combat was still a thing."
He shrugged. "Obi-Wan and I have been to a similar planet. It was Obi-Wan's fault."
Keep telling yourself that about Geonosis, Anakin.
"Excuse me?" Obi-Wan said sharply. "I rather distinctly remember the situation surrounding Geonosis going rather differently." Beat. "It is Geonosis you're referring to, isn't it?"
Look, they'd been to a lot of planets. Some of which utilized trial by combat.
Anakin nodded, smirking slightly. "With the...space tiger." Easier than explaining a nexu. "Anyway, in the story, a princess has taken up a relationship with a commoner and her father finds out, which is never how you want these particular stories to go. He proposes a trial by combat: if the man is innocent, the door he opens will lead to a beautiful lady--not the princess--who he will immediately be married to. If he opens the second, he gets a grisly and public death by tiger."
"The man is understandably in quite a state," Obi-Wan said, "so he looks up to meet the gaze of his former lover. Perhaps she can tell him which door to choose? She then grants him an answer with a gesture of her hand."
He smiled faintly at the class.
"This is where the story itself ends," he said. "The question that remains is: which answer did the princess give the commoner?"
"Take a moment to read the story," Anakin said, "because this isn't exactly a fluffy forgiving princess, and then give us your opinion about what the princess did, and then what you would do."