I. Who are some people who believed in or against these rules? When researching this question it seems almost every religion had their own version of the golden rule. From the scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith: Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself.
—Bahá'u'lláh
Christianity The "Golden Rule" has been attributed to Jesus of Nazareth: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7:12, see also Luke 6:31). Judaism The concept of the Golden Rule originates most famously in a Torah verse (Hebrew: "ואהבת לרעך כמוך"):
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your kinsfolk. Love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
n. pag. Web. 9 Feb 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule#Global_ethic>.
II. This week in class we played games that showed peoples competitive nature. The games we played awarded points for different things. The first game, you get more points if you don’t cooperate and your partner does then if you both cooperated. But you get more point all together if you both cooperate. If you didn’t want to chance your partner double crossing you to end with more points then you, you could both end with an equal amount of the most points possible. The second game was chicken. Unlike the other game, there was a chance to lose points. This made the game even more competitive.
The point of these games was that if everyone works together the result will end better for everyone. But on the other side, if you try to get ahead of the people you should be working with, then everyone misses out. But because everyone is afraid their partner will go against them, they ago and do it first. That way they have a chance of not being left behind. I found it was a very accurate way of showing this.
III. What are some examples of working together for a better result? What are some ways showing the fear?
n. pag. Web. 9 Feb 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule#Global_ethic>.
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