In your blog entry, paste this entire entry and then insert your answers below each question.
What do you think about the following situations? Is what you would 'actually' do different from what you 'should' do? If so, why?
1. You run an orphanage and have had a hard time making ends meet. A car dealership offers you a new van worth $15,000 for free if you will falsely report to the government that the dealership donated a van worth $30,000. You really need the van and it will give you an opportunity to make the children happy. Do you agree to take the van?
2. You are shopping and notice a woman stuffing a shirt off the rack into her purse. Do you report her?
3. You discover a wallet lying on the street. It contains $1000.00 Do you send it back to the owner (using the address on their ID)? Would it make a difference if it belonged to Bill Gates?
4. It is 3 a.m. and you are late getting home. As you approach the intersection in your car you notice that no one is around. Do you drive through the red light?
5. Would it be justifiable to whip pigs to death if it resulted in better tasting pork?
6. Should someone who stole $1000 be punished more than someone who stole $100? Does it make a difference who they stole it from?
7. Should we punish attempted murder less than murder? Why?
8. You can only rescue one of each of the following, which do you save? Why?
a) A child or an adult
b) A stranger or your dog
c) Hitler or lassie
d) Your boyfriend/girlfriend or a famous scientist
e) A dog or a weasel
f) Your entire family or the entire canine species
g) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother
h) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother who just gave you one of his kidneys
9. Are the following acceptable grounds for a person to take the life of a non-human animal?
a) Its noise bothers you at night.
b) The wolf is killing your sheep.
c) Its meat makes a tasty dish.
d) You enjoy seeing it squirm.
e) The gophers are destroying your vegetable garden.
f) You just don't like snakes
g) The condor (an endangered species) keeps killing your prized carrier pigeons.
h) I enjoy hunting.
10. Are any of the following situations objectionable?
a) Raising and killing rabbits for food.
b) Raising and killing rabbits for fur.
d) Raising chickens under crowded conditions on wire netting.
e) Slitting open the bodies of cattle in slaughterhouses before they are unconscious.
f) A highly rated television show which depicts the actual torture of a convicted murderer.
g) A highly rated television show which depicts the actual torture of a poor homeless orphan.
h) Torturing a person (who will die from the injuries) as the only means to find out where they have hidden a nuclear bomb.
And lastly, read the situation and answer the questions below:
THE SITUATION
Jeff and his best friend, Steven go to different high schools. They’ve been friends since third grade, but since Jeff transferred to another school for 10th grade, they’ve started to grow apart.
One Saturday, Steven asked Jeff if he would drive him into the nearest city. He didn’t have his license yet and said he thought it would be fun for them to hang out. Jeff felt uncomfortable saying yes because he’d only had his license for six months and his parents told him he wasn’t allowed to drive into the city yet. But, Steven said that he wouldn’t be able to go without Jeff’s help and they never got to see each other anymore. Jeff agreed and they left that afternoon after telling Jeff’s parents they were driving to another friend’s house.
When they got to the city, Steven asked Jeff to drive across town to a particular address. When they arrived, Steven asked Jeff to wait in the car while he ran inside for a few minutes. After Steven returned to the car Jeff asked what was going on and Steven pulled out a bag of white powder. He admitted it was his drug connection and that the powder was crystal meth. When Jeff asked him why he didn’t tell him that was why they came to the city. Steven said he didn’t tell him because he figured Jeff wouldn’t go.
That night Jeff couldn’t sleep because he felt overwhelmed by what he had found out. He knew meth was no good and that Steven would continue using it with or without his help. He was angry that Steven had put him in the position of driving with an illegal substance, but even more importantly, he was worried about his friend.
Jeff had promised Steven he wouldn’t tell anyone about all this but it was driving him crazy. He had a teacher at school he really liked and trusted. He wanted to go to him and ask his advice. But what if the teacher decided to turn in his best friend? Jeff was torn about how best to protect Steven.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
11. What do you think about what Steven asks of Jeff? Is it fair? What would you do if your friend asked you to do the same thing?
12. What obstacles did Jeff face in telling Steven he would go to the city with him?
13. Have you ever been in a position where you had trouble saying you didn’t want to do something with a friend? What obstacles did you face?
14. What would you tell someone to do that was in the same position as Jeff?
15. Do you think Jeff should talk to the teacher he respects? If not, should he talk to anyone else? If so, who?
16. How do you think it would affect the friendship if Steven finds out that Jeff told an adult the situation?
17. How do you think Jeff will feel if he doesn’t tell anyone and Steven overdoses on meth?
18. How do you think Jeff will feel if he tells his teacher and the teacher tells him that he has to tell his own parents, or tell Steven to tell someone?
19. How do you personally weigh the friendship against the fact that the friend is doing something illegal and potentially problematic or harmful to themselves?
20. What do you do with those thoughts/feelings that can arise when you are doing something that you intuitively know is maybe not the best thing to be doing?
Bonus:
The definition of dilemma is a difficult choice to be made between two equally undesirable alternatives. How do we decide? And, how do we choose to live with our choices? Have you ever been in a dilemma? What was it like and how did you deal with it?
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 Rebekah B | November 2nd, 2009 IM NOT A GANGSTER IM A GOTH BUT I ALSO AM A PREP SOMETIMES |
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Rebekah B | October 30th, 2009 has anyone seen it yet? |
Rebekah B | October 30th, 2009 i cant wait for my birthday cuz i get to see twilight new moon with someone. its soooo awsome! |
john o | October 30th, 2009 true? |
Rebekah B | October 30th, 2009 is there anyone else who didnt see it? |
Rebekah B | October 30th, 2009 i know u did but everyone else didnt yet |
john o | October 30th, 2009 i already saw it |
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