Mr Blair and Iraq
You are Tony Blair, PM of England. You want the Government in Iraq to stop torturing its people and to stop producing nuclear weapons. So you declare war on Iraq.
You bomb their towns and cities. You hope this will kill enough government soldiers to give someone else a chance to take power, and stop the production of nuclear weapons.
By doing this, you will also kill lots of innocent men, women and children, destroy homes, schools, hospitals, factories, farms. People will go hungry, there will be more illness and violence as people attack each other.
DO the CONSEQUENCES calculation on your table.
The Beggar
There is a beggar outside of the school gates every day. He is very grateful if anyone gives him any food. Today, he is asking very loudly for food, saying he did not eat anything yesterday. Your mother gives you a cheese roll every day for lunch, but no money. You feel sorry for the beggar and want to give him your lunch. You do not know if anyone else will give him something. By giving him your lunch, you will be hungry all afternoon, and you have a football game/ dance class straight after school.
DO the CONSEQUENCES calculation on your table.
The Bank Robbery
You have had a burning, life-long ambition to build hospitals and health centres in Africa. Unfortunately, you have been unable to raise enough money to do this, even though everything else – the builders, the plans, the doctors, the medical equipment, is ready and organised. Do you go and rob a bank, shooting dead anybody who gets in your way, to get the money you need? You think you have a fool-proof way of robbing the bank without hurting anyone, and getting out of the country to safety, unrecognised, but there is always a chance things could go wrong.
DO the CONSEQUENCES calculation on your table.
The Job Application
You are fresh out of university and you have been looking for a long time for your first job. You have sent off dozens of applications, with no luck. One day, you spot your dream job, that would be perfect for your skills and qualific ations, and would set you up on the road to a successful career. However, this job requires you to have some experience of working in this area, which you do not have.
You make up that you have worked in some businesses, knowing that they would consider as relevant experience. You use your family and friends’ names as referees and forge a letter of recommendation using these businesses letter-headings and logos, and giving your own phone number instead of the companies’. You know that if they investigate you too carefully and find out you were lying, you will lose any chances of getting the job, any future job in the field, and possibly end up with a criminal record for fraud.
DO the CONSEQUENCES calculation on your table.