1. Ethics
System of moral principles governing the appropriate conduct for a person or group

2. Ethics
Always conflict between individual and the ‘group’

3. Prisoner’s Dilemma

4. Arrested You and an accomplice have been arrested
Both care more about themselves then the other
Prosecutor makes the following offer:
Choose to confess or remain silent
If you confess and other silent, you go free
If other way, they go free you serve lots of time
Both confess, both serve smaller sentences
Both silent, minor charger with little time for both

5. Choose You Stay Silent Talk Accomplice Stays Silent Both in jail
1 Year
You – Free
Accomplice –
10 Years
Talks
You – 10 Years
Accomplice is Free
Both serve 6 Years

6. Think about: What is the conflict with each option?
What is the best choice for both?
What is your safest option?
Which would you pick?

7. Tragedy of the Commons
Conflict for resources between individual interests and the common good

11. Therefore
Unrestricted access to a resource ultimately dooms the resource to be over-exploited.
We look at it as individuals and do what is best for us, and not for the whole.
Ethically we cannot look at best for us, but best for whole
Adam Smith has invisible hand theory: By looking out for self we ultimately look out for whole because it is what is best for us – If others look out for themselves everyone is taken care of
Does this work?

12. Other cases of ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
Whistle blowing
Arms race
List ethical decisions you face everyday
Prepare a debate for your point of view
Example

13. Research: Find arguments for pro / con Example
Cheating
Lying
Stealing
Downloading
Fighting
Drinking / Smoking underage
How you act at work
Racism
Use of Cell Phones in School
PDA
Other topics:

14. The case We are farmers. We raise sheep What do we want
Lots of sheep
What do we need for the most sheep?
Lots of land to graze
Once to many for our land – what will we do?
Use any available

15. If there are other farmer’s what do they also do?
Use available land
When we forget about everything & everyone else what will happen to the land
Used up
What happens then?
All sheep die
Who benefits from overusing?
We did for short time, then everyone loses due to over exploiting