Seven Seats
Who do you name to stay in the water?
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Seven Seats
A boat holds seven. There are nine of you in the water: you, someone from your family, a stranger who is a doctor, two children you don't know, and four other adults. The sea is cold and the decision has to be made in about a minute. Nobody is going to volunteer.
Who do you name to stay in the water?
Then ask
- Did your family member get a seat automatically? Say why that's fair, or admit it isn't.
- Would you rather be the one who decides or the one who's decided about?
- If you drew names instead, would that be fairness or cowardice?
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