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Reality from Fantasy: Using Predictive Scenarios to Explore Ethical Dilemmas

Reality from Fantasy: Using Predictive Scenarios to Explore Ethical Dilemmas

Stephen R. Balzac
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781615208456|ISBN10: 1615208453|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616922504|EISBN13: 9781615208463
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-845-6.ch018
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Balzac, Stephen R. "Reality from Fantasy: Using Predictive Scenarios to Explore Ethical Dilemmas." Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play, edited by Karen Schrier and David Gibson, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 291-310. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-845-6.ch018

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Balzac, S. R. (2010). Reality from Fantasy: Using Predictive Scenarios to Explore Ethical Dilemmas. In K. Schrier & D. Gibson (Eds.), Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play (pp. 291-310). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-845-6.ch018

Chicago

Balzac, Stephen R. "Reality from Fantasy: Using Predictive Scenarios to Explore Ethical Dilemmas." In Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play, edited by Karen Schrier and David Gibson, 291-310. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-845-6.ch018

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Abstract

A major difficulty with teaching ethics is that it is relatively easy for participants to state the “right” thing to do when they have no personal stake in the outcome. One way of dealing with this problem is to teach ethics through engrossing, immersive, predictive scenario games in which players are forced to deal with ethical issues as they arise, where they have a personal stake in the outcome, and where there is not always a clear right answer. Predictive scenario games are a form of serious live-action roleplaying in which participants take on the roles of people involved in complex situations. In these games, knowledge of the game world is distributed among the players through overlapping and conflicting goals, and in which ethical dilemmas emerge naturally, without fanfare, much as they would in the real world. There is a high level of tension between cooperation and competition among the players. This structure creates the opportunity for players to experience the consequences of their own judgment in realistic, ethically fraught situations, to receive feedback, and to engage in constructive discussion, within a relatively short time period.

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