For this to work – there must be absolute silence. Carefully watch the following video clip and count how many times the players wearing white pass the basketball. For this to work – there must be absolute silence. Carefully watch the following video clip and count how many times the players wearing white pass the basketball.

Do we have selective attention? A 1999 study revealed how people can focus so hard on something that they become blind to the unexpected, even when staring right at it. When one develops "inattentional blindness," as this effect is called, it becomes easy to miss details when one is not looking out for them. How would this impact: texting, driving, walking in an urban area, listening to music with headphones, talking on phone while walking? Where are the notes?

Should Heinz steal the drug?

THINK-WRITE-PAIR-SHARE Take 15 minutes to think about and answer the questions that follow the reading. Be ready to share with a partner when time is up.

What if his wife needed more of the drug – he ruined her chances of getting it and she’ll die anyway If he goes to jail; who will help her then? That’s his wife, it’s his responsibility. If this was morally right – then how come everyone can’t get the medicine they need without insurance? Is that moral? What would happen if everyone felt they could steal it – it would be anarchy. Would you be willing to risk: -College - Relationships - Future - Job - Criticism He should only steal it for his wife, nobody else If he doesn’t even love his wife, it wouldn’t be worth it It’s morally right to choose life over money What if the drug wasn’t effective and it was all a waste of time?

Lawrence Kohlberg: Stages of Moral Development Younger children regard rules as absolute. They believe that rules are handed down by adults or by God. They can’t be changed. Children younger than 10 or 11 years think about moral dilemmas one way; older children consider them differently. The older child regards rules as subjective. He or she understands that it is okay to change rules if everyone agrees. Rules are not absolute but are tools which humans use to cooperate with one another. Stage 6 is rare – that all unjust rules should be disobeyed regardless of personal risk: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, etc.

Closing Quote… “We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.” -Jerry Springer