DEBATE

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DEBATE!
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Scenario 1

• You are a relatively popular student at your
  high school. Your friend from childhood happens
  to be less popular than you, but you still remain
  friends. Lately, however, your friend has been
  being bullied and harassed by another group of
  popular students in your grade. As you are
  walking to class you witness your friend being
  bullied, do you stick up for him and risk your
  popularity or do you let him fend for himself in
  order to save face?

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Scenario 2

• Your best friend has just told you a very
  horrible secret that no one else knows but you.
  The secret your friend shared with you has taken
  a toll on his health and caused his parents to
  become concerned. Do you keep this secret to save
  your friend and yourself from humiliation or
  trouble or do you tell someone even if it means
  you may have to face consequences for not telling
  anyone sooner?

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Scenario 3

• Youre driving out of the parking lot one day
  after school and you accidentally graze the
  bumper of another car which leaves a tiny scrape.
  You dont think that anyone has seen you do
  this. What do you do? Drive away and pretend it
  never happened or leave a note for the owner of
  the car?

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Scenario 4

• Erica and Billy, two of your close friends, have
  been dating for a year. While at the movies one
  weekend, you see Billy there holding hands with
  another girl. Billy doesnt see you. Do you
  tell Erica, who is away visiting relatives, and
  risk losing your friendship with Billy? Or do
  you keep it to yourself and keep both of your
  friends?

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Scenario 5

• Youve been studying all week for an important
  test. You need to get an A on the test to bring
  up your grade. If you do not bring up your
  grade, you will be grounded for the weekend by
  your parents. During the test, your mind goes
  completely blank and you cannot remember the
  answers. You know how important that it is that
  you get an A though so that you can go out with
  your friends. Sitting to your right is the class
  genius who always gets As. Do you discretely
  copy his answers? Or do you keep your eyes on
  your own test and risk failing the test on which
  you needed to get an A?

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Scenario 6

• Youre pulled over one afternoon for speeding.
  Because you were going way over the speed limit,
  your ticket is 135. You want to pay off the
  tickets before your parents find out because they
  have threatened to take away your car if you get
  a ticket, but you dont have that kind of money
  since you do not have a job. Do you take the
  money from your parents and hope that they do not
  notice? Or do you tell your parents about the
  ticket, ask for their help in paying for it, and
  risk have your car taken away?

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Scenario 7

• You were at a party that got busted by the
  police. All of your friends got in trouble for
  underage drinking, but you hid and were not
  found. Your friends are in deep trouble with the
  law, with the school, and at home. Your friends
  have told you though that they will not rat on
  you and that it is up to you to confess the
  truth. Do you confess to your parents and to the
  authorities that you were at the party, too, and
  face-up to the consequences? Or do you risk
  losing your friends by remaining quiet but
  keeping the respect of your parents, teachers,
  and community?

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Vocabulary

• Brainwashing To train or teach so intensively
  and thoroughly it effects the beliefs and mental
  attitudes within the brain.
• Bias A mental leaning preference, and
  influenced by someone or something.
• Prejudgment To form an opinion beforehand,
  prematurely, or without all of the evidence.
• Prejudice A judgment or opinion formed before
  known facts, preconceived idea, showing favor, or
  being suspicious or intolerable.

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Vocabulary (Con.)

• Stereotyping A fixed view of a person or group
  of people, having critical judgment on someone or
  group.
• Discrimination To notice a difference, treat
  differently, and act against the welfare of
  others.
• Intolerance Lack of acceptance to others
  opinions, views, or beliefs.

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Where Do Attitudes Come From?

• Experiences
• Associations

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Causes of Prejudiced Thinking

• Lack of Accurate Information
• Misinformation
• Fear of the Unknown
• Lack of Understanding
• Blind Loyalties
• Feelings of Inferiority

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A Prejudiced Individual

• Often Insecure
• Close-Minded
• Makes Faulty Assumptions
• Beliefs/Attitudes Not Based on Logic or Facts

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ETHICS

• What is Ethics?
• The study of moral standards and how they affect
  conduct (behavior).
• What are moral standards?
• A system of principles governing the appropriate
  conduct of an individual.
• How someone should behave.
• Knowing right from wrong.
• Knowing good from evil.
• Moral obligation is to DO what is right or good.

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ETHICS

• Ethics is an action HOW a behavior is or should
  be performed.
• Values underline ethics, but are not the same or
  interchangeable.
• Values the beliefs and attitudes that determine
  someones behavior.

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Ethical Scenarios

• Suppose you are a sales clerk in a store and some
  of your friends want you to let them shoplift.
• If you refused to let them shoplift, would that
  make you a disloyal friend?
• If they shoplift despite your objections, what
  would you do?
• Many people think you cant get ahead being
  honest. Do you agree or disagree?

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Ethical Scenarios

• Suppose you are working in a store on commission
  and have a customer who knows nothing about the
  product she is buying. You sense she will buy
  any model you recommend.
• Is it your duty to sell her the most expensive
  model in the store?
• Do you sell her the better product which is
  cheaper and make a smaller sale?

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Ethical Scenarios

• Suppose you think that your co-worker is sexually
  harassing you.
• Should you report it to upper management and risk
  losing your high-paying job or try to deal with
  it yourself?
• Why or why not?

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Ethical Scenarios

• You are the lunchtime host at a popular
  restaurant. The waiting list is thirty minutes
  long. A customer offers you 20 to seat his
  party next.
• Do you take the 20 and seat the customer?
• Do you make the customer wait and risk losing his
  business and the 20?

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Ethical Scenarios

• Suppose you are serving a customer who insults
  you with racist remarks and attitudes.
• Is this a problem for you?
• Why or why not?

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Ethical Scenarios

• Suppose you are getting paid less than you think
  you deserve. Could that justify stealing from
  the company or goofing off on the job?
• Why or why not?

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Ethical Scenarios

• Suppose your supervisor instructs you to do
  something unethical or illegal.
• Do you do it and keep your job?
• Or do you refuse to do it and risk losing your
  job and your source of income?

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Concluding Questions

• How often do you think about whether something is
  right or wrong before you make a choice?
• If you care about doing the right thing, does
  that make your choices easier or harder?
• Why or why not?