Here is a list of situations which you
have to classify from the most immoral to the least. In the first 15 minutes or
so, do it on your own, marking them from 1 (most immoral) to 10 (least
immoral), and try to think of the arguments to defend your choice, for example
a situation in which it would be acceptable to do such a thing, or on the contrary
the reasons why to deem such a thing acceptable would make life in society
impossible, etc... After that, propose it to the others. You must reach
a consensus on an order that is acceptable to all. If you do so before the
appointed time, think of one (or more) item which would be more immoral than
the one you ranked first, and one (or more) less immoral (but still illegal)
than the one you ranked last.
A. Kidnapping and holding a child for
ransom.
B. Politicians, to get money for
themselves, using their influence to get a law passed which they know to be
against the publicísd interest.
C. Smoking in lifts
D. Buying stolen goods.
E. Newspapers treating crime as news so
as to make a known criminal appear heroic.
F. Driving while well over the legal
limit of alcohol.
G. Not voting in a national election.
H. Tax evasion by withholding important
information.
I. Cheating on your partner.
J. Keeping £10 of extra change given by a
clerk by mistake.
