Values: The Right Thing to Do

Duration: 0:08:00

Year Published: 1970

Creator: BFA Educational Media | Jarvis Couillard Associates

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Poses the question of what is the right thing to do in a given situation, who decides and on what basis, and whether one should do the "right" thing if it entails personal risk or loss. Notes that in playing games one can know what is right simply by following established rules but points out that this is not so clear-cut in real life situations. Illustrates by portraying a group of young boys taking something from the yard of a junk collecting neighbor, inadvertently causing the man to be injured. Focuses on one member of the group who, as his friends flee, is faced with the option of helping the injured man or running away to avoid punishment.

Complete Record: , Poses the question of what is the right thing to do in a given situation, who decides and on what basis, and whether one should do the "right" thing if it entails personal risk or loss. Notes that in playing games one can know what is right simply by following established rules but points out that this is not so clear-cut in real life situations. Illustrates by portraying a group of young boys taking something from the yard of a junk collecting neighbor, inadvertently causing the man to be injured. Focuses on one member of the group who, as his friends flee, is faced with the option of helping the injured man or running away to avoid punishment.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.