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You have (N-1) points. You may give any number of points
away to any number of other students by writing their names below;
for every point you give to someone else, they get 2 points added
to their total. All of the other students have the same
conditions. After all point giving is tallied, you will get all
points you chose not to give away, plus the points you were given
(2 for every 1).
The number of points you get will effect your grade. Any attempts at communication will result in 0 points.
Name: ___________________________________________ # Points: ______ |
With individual rationality, everyone gets (N-1) points. With collective rationality, everyone gets 2(N-1) points.
You have (N-1) points. You may give any number of points
away to any number of other students by writing their names below;
for every point you give to someone else, they get 2 points added
to their total. All of the other students have the same
conditions. You are encouraged to communicate, but you must write
down your decisions in private.
After all point giving is tallied, you will get all points you chose not to give away, plus the points you were given (2 for every 1). Additionally, you get as many extra points as there are people with strictly fewer points than you. The number of points you get will effect your grade in this class.
Name: ___________________________________________ # Points: ______ |
There is the potential for more points total here by putting some people down (will people choose Utilitarianism? Each person for himself? Rawlsian fairness?)
Specifically, keep track (maybe publicly, on the board) of who got how many points, and have everyone write down their points on their card. Then gather all the cards back, shuffle them, and have people randomly select a card. Then run the scenario again, this time with initial inequality, and find out the results. This second round of points is added to the first round of points for each person, and the final number of points factors into their grades.
Will everyone ostracize the selfish people? Or will they emulate them? Will their habits change when they are "born" into inequality?
Don't tell them that you're going to run it again until you do.
For anyone who runs these games, I'd love to get the name-removed results!
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