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CHRIsTIAN (MANUAL) 105 15. You are playing a football match. An opponent tries to clear the ball and kicks it really hard. The ball accidentally hits your leg and you score a goal. All your teammates congratulate you. Do you deserve the acknowledgement? Exercise: To deserve something and being just Explore what it means to deserve something, the concept of justice, and the relationship between them. This exercise, as with the previous one, can be done with “body” posi- tioning (marking a line, going to one side or the other depending on the answer, etc.). 1. If you are late to class because you have been watching TV, do you deserve to be left out of class? Would it be just? 2. If you are late to class because the bus broke down, do you deserve to be pun- ished? Would it be just? 3. If the teacher sees you copying on an exam, do you deserve to fail? Would it be just? 4. If you have studied but you are ill and you do badly at an exam, do you deserve to fail? Would it be just? 5. If you have studied and the teacher asks you something that was not included in the class notes, and you don’t know the answer, do you deserve to fail? Would it be just? 6. If you are the eldest of several brothers, do you deserve to inherit all your par- ents’ possessions? Would it be just? 7. If you set the table, make the bed and tidy your things, do you deserve a reward? 8. If you have studied and you answer all the questions correctly, do you deserve to pass the exam? Would it be just? And if you failed, would it be unjust? 9. If you lie to a friend and he finds out and never wants to see you again, do you deserve this? Would it be just? 10. If you help a friend, do you deserve her gratitude? If she does not thank you, is that unjust? 11. If you work in a shop running small errands, do you deserve to be paid? If they did not pay you, would that be just? 12. If your football team has trained very hard but two players get injured just be- fore a match and you lose the match, do you deserve to lose? Is it just? 13. If you make an effort and you deserve to win but you do not, is it unjust? Could it be just? Under what circumstances would it be just? Discussion Plan: To deserve something and being just 1. Is wanting something and deserving it the same thing? Is it possible to want something you do not deserve? Is it possible to deserve something you do not want? 2. Is winning or reaching a goal the same thing as deserving it? If you deserve it, does it mean it is just? 3. If you win or reach a goal, does that make it just? 4. If you do not deserve it but you get it, is that unjust? 5. Is being entitled to something the same thing as deserving it? If you are entitled to something, does that mean it is just?