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Exploring Values If you could have more of one of these, just by wishing, which would you wish for, and why? (discuss one pair at a time)
Supplementary questions: 1) Power or Pleasure What is power? Are there different kinds of power? Can you have power without controlling other people or things? Does power give pleasure? What kind of pleasure? Are there pleasures that are easy for powerful people to have? Are there pleasures that are hard for powerful people to have? Is wealth power? Can you be powerful without being wealthy? 2) Wealth or Friendship What is wealth? How much money do you have to have to be called wealthy? Can money buy friends? Can money make it easier to make friends? Can money get in the way of friendship? Why is wealth important? Why is friendship important? Which would it be worse to be without, money or friends? 3) Intelligence or Courage Can you be courageous without being at all intelligent? Is it courageous to attempt something dangerous that has no chance of success? Are you courageous if you aren?t scared at all? Is it intelligent not to be scared? Do you need courage to be intelligent? Do you need courage to use intelligence? Is it worse to be stupid or cowardly? 4) Security or Fame What counts as fame? How many people have to know about you? Can you be famous to 27 people? If many people in Otara know you, are you famous? Do people outside your own community have to know about you to make you famous? Can you be famous for anything, or only some kinds of things? Can fame and security go together? Would you rather be without fame or without security? Why is security important? 5) Freedom or Fairness Why is freedom important? What is freedom? What would you do if you were perfectly free? What would life be like if everyone were perfectly free to do what they wanted? Can freedom and fairness conflict? Can freedom and fairness go together? Could fairness reduce your freedom? Could fairness increase your freedom? 6) Truth or Happiness Does knowing the truth make you happy? Are there things you would rather not know the truth about? Could you be happy while not knowing the truth about something? Would you rather be unhappy and know the truth, or be happy and be decieved? If you had 6 months to live, would it make you happier to know that or not to know that? What is happiness? (basic exercise adapted from Ethical Inquiry - teachers? manual for ?Lisa? Mathew Lipman and Ann Sharp) |
