what would you do? Dawn Tahani
What would you do at the sight of a terrorist attack?
A couple days ago we were talking about a situation in class where a person was walking down a dark alley way, and whether they would turn around and run or whether they would keep on walking. whether they would judge the person who was following them or simply not judge.
Economics is all about choices and what we choose to do in that situation will help us decide what the best action is for us, for the self interest of each person.
We all i think would want to be the best person and do the right thing, but doing the right thing often times might put our own lives in danger and it is known that humans or any other animal does what ever they can to protect themselves from harm. If there was a terrorist attack for an example.
Options:
~ run
~ stand up to them
~ nothing
~ protect your friends and family
There are an ample amount of ways to go at this topic, but most of us due to selfish human nature would try our best to run away from the situation, or give in to not get hurt. This is interesting because it allows us to have a choice but that choice is made after we take a quick analyzing view of the situation that is occurring.
There is a quiz that was developed by The America Prepared Campaign, a non-profit group organized to help Americans prepare for a terrorist attack and other emergencies, to learn what you need to know in order to protect your home and your family. It is interesting to see what the resluts are for each person.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/5807934/ns/today/
http://www.americaprepared.org/
Would you judge a person from their race, color, or way of lifestyle? Do you think that the choices we have are based on what society has trained us to think, our "gut" feeling?
A couple days ago we were talking about a situation in class where a person was walking down a dark alley way, and whether they would turn around and run or whether they would keep on walking. whether they would judge the person who was following them or simply not judge.
Economics is all about choices and what we choose to do in that situation will help us decide what the best action is for us, for the self interest of each person.
We all i think would want to be the best person and do the right thing, but doing the right thing often times might put our own lives in danger and it is known that humans or any other animal does what ever they can to protect themselves from harm. If there was a terrorist attack for an example.
Options:
~ run
~ stand up to them
~ nothing
~ protect your friends and family
There are an ample amount of ways to go at this topic, but most of us due to selfish human nature would try our best to run away from the situation, or give in to not get hurt. This is interesting because it allows us to have a choice but that choice is made after we take a quick analyzing view of the situation that is occurring.
There is a quiz that was developed by The America Prepared Campaign, a non-profit group organized to help Americans prepare for a terrorist attack and other emergencies, to learn what you need to know in order to protect your home and your family. It is interesting to see what the resluts are for each person.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/5807934/ns/today/
http://www.americaprepared.org/
Would you judge a person from their race, color, or way of lifestyle? Do you think that the choices we have are based on what society has trained us to think, our "gut" feeling?
I am not sure what your point is in this post. I was hoping you would explain the quiz and how the decision making you are talking about are related to economics!
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