Ethical Dilemmas for Classroom Discussion THE DAILY DILEMMA by Charis Denison (https://www.goodcharacter.com/dilemma25/) Ben said goodbye to his friends and started heading for home. He was in a great mood. He had two weeks off from school for winter break, he had just passed the test for his driver's license, and with no homework, he could hang out with his friends whenever he wanted to. Things couldn't be better. He turned his iPod up and smiled. As he passed the last row of stores before the hill leading to his house something caught his eye at the bank. Something was sticking out of the ATM. As he got closer, he saw it was cash. Ben looked around. There was nobody. No cars, nobody walking nearby. Someone must have just used the machine and then forgotten to take the money. Whoever it was, was gone now. He walked over to the machine and took the money out. Sixty dollars. There was also a receipt sticking out. Ben looked around again. Still no one. He could turn the money in at the bank tomorrow-it was after hours now. But, really, it was sixty bucks! Probably not much to the customer, but it would make a difference as to how many Christmas gifts he could get for his family.. or new music for his iPod. Does it really count if you only do something like this once? Ben thought this over. It's not like he's a thief or anything. Someone messed up by leaving the cash there in the first place. He felt pretty good about taking it. It's a one-time deal. And no one ever needs to know. He put the money in his pocket, crumpled up the receipt, and walked away. As the next song started playing, Ben remembered something his grandfather always said, "Every time you lie, you get closer to being a liar." But this wasn't the same thing. Was it? He turned up the volume and headed up the hill to home. 1. Trade places with Ben. What would you do? 2. Would your choice be different if you were with friends? How so?
Ethical Dilemmas for Classroom Discussion THE DAILY DILEMMA by Charis Denison (https://www.goodcharacter.com/dilemma25/) Ben said goodbye to his friends and started heading for home. He was in a great mood. He had two weeks off from school for winter break, he had just passed the test for his driver's license, and with no homework, he could hang out with his friends whenever he wanted to. Things couldn't be better. He turned his iPod up and smiled. As he passed the last row of stores before the hill leading to his house something caught his eye at the bank. Something was sticking out of the ATM. As he got closer, he saw it was cash. Ben looked around. There was nobody. No cars, nobody walking nearby. Someone must have just used the machine and then forgotten to take the money. Whoever it was, was gone now. He walked over to the machine and took the money out. Sixty dollars. There was also a receipt sticking out. Ben looked around again. Still no one. He could turn the money in at the bank tomorrow-it was after hours now. But, really, it was sixty bucks! Probably not much to the customer, but it would make a difference as to how many Christmas gifts he could get for his family.. or new music for his iPod. Does it really count if you only do something like this once? Ben thought this over. It's not like he's a thief or anything. Someone messed up by leaving the cash there in the first place. He felt pretty good about taking it. It's a one-time deal. And no one ever needs to know. He put the money in his pocket, crumpled up the receipt, and walked away. As the next song started playing, Ben remembered something his grandfather always said, "Every time you lie, you get closer to being a liar." But this wasn't the same thing. Was it? He turned up the volume and headed up the hill to home. 1. Trade places with Ben. What would you do? 2. Would your choice be different if you were with friends? How so?
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Ethical Dilemmas for Classroom Discussion
THE DAILY DILEMMA
by Charis Denison
(https://www.goodcharacter.com/dilemma25/)
Ben said goodbye to his friends and started heading for home. He was in a great
mood. He had two weeks off from school for winter break, he had just passed
the test for his driver's license, and with no homework, he could hang out with
his friends whenever he wanted to. Things couldn't be better. He turned his
iPod up and smiled. As he passed the last row of stores before the hill leading
to his house something caught his eye at the bank. Something was sticking out
of the ATM. As he got closer, he saw it was cash.
Ben looked around. There was nobody. No cars, nobody walking nearby.
Someone must have just used the machine and then forgotten to take the
money. Whoever it was, was gone now. He walked over to the machine and took
the money out. Sixty dollars. There was also a receipt sticking out.
Ben looked around again. Still no one. He could turn the money in at the bank
tomorrow-it was after hours now. But, really, it was sixty bucks! Probably not
much to the customer, but it would make a difference as to how many
Christmas gifts he could get for his family.. or new music for his iPod.
Does it really count if you only do something like this once? Ben thought this
over. It's not like he's a thief or anything. Someone messed up by leaving the
cash there in the first place. He felt pretty good about taking it. It's a one-time
deal. And no one ever needs to know. He put the money in his pocket, crumpled
up the receipt, and walked away.
As the next song started playing, Ben remembered something his grandfather
always said, “Every time you lie, you get closer to being a liar." But this wasn't
the same thing. Was it? He turned up the volume and headed up the hill to
home.
1. Trade places with Ben. What would you do?
2. Would your choice be different if you were with friends? How so?
3. Have you ever done something you knew was wrong because nobody was
watching? How did you feel when you did it? Would you do it again? Why,
why not?
4. What happens when you apply Ben's grandfather's words to cheating?
Do you agree that every time you cheat you come closer to becoming a
“cheater?
5. Think of a choice you made recently that might affect more people than
just you. Now imagine that everyone in the world did that same thing.
What would the world be like? Would you want to live there?
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