JL is agrade 9 high school student who has a difficult dilemma
to solve. Her best friend, Marsha, is failing in Christian Living.
She was far behind in her assignments, got very low scores in
class standing and quarterly tests, and failed to submit other
academic requirements. If Marsha does not get her grades
up, she will not be able to graduate with her class. Her teacher
does not give any make-up work, so Marsha’s only chance is
to get a high score in the final exam. JL helped Marsha study
for 10 days, but Marsha just can’t remember all the concepts
that they needed to understand.
3.
Marsha comes toKC and begs her to work out a way to
share her answers during the final examination. “JL, no
one will know. I’ll sit next to you and you just go slow and
don’t cover up your answers. I’ll do the rest. You don’t
have to do anything; just shade the right answers slowly.
If you don’t, I would have to attend summer school. I
need to go home to our province this summer. You know
that summer is the only time I can be with my family. I
need you! I’ve got to get at least a grade of 94%.”
4.
QUESTIONS
1. What isJL’s problem?
2. What makes the situation difficult for JL?
3. How do you think can JL solve her problem?
4. If you were Marsha, what would you tell JL?
How would you help her?
5.
When a dilemmais introduced, it is
analyzed with paradigms and then a
resolution principle is applied to arrive at
a solution.
6.
EXAMPLES OF RESOLUTIONPRINCIPLES:
1. End-based principle: it asks us to make the decision that
would result in the greatest number based on what we
perceive would actually happen as a result of our decision.
2. Rule-based principle: It asks us to find the one universal
principle that should always apply in any situation.
3. Care-based Principle: It advises us to put ourselves in
the position of those who would be affected by the decision
to imagine what action we would want to be taken
8.
Jesus looked upand said to her,
“Woman, where are they? Has no
one condemned you?” She said, “No
one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither
do I condemn you; go, and do not
sin again.”
