How To Answer Questions?

1) Questions are presented as optimistic statements: “doing this activity never hurt anyone”. Players respond with pessimistic examples which refute the optimistic statement, i.e. answers that prove the statement wrong.

2) When answering questions Players should focus on Probability – Impact: what is the most likely negative outcome more so than the most harmful outcome.

3) When answering questions Players should start by:

A.identifying anything negative about the act itself

B. or the type of person(s) who would do such a thing

C. then identify any harm or damage that could occur to anyone or anything, not just the person performing the activity: potential harm of any kind to other people, animals, property, the environment, etc.

4) When answering questions Players should use the Category of the question as a guide to what their answers should focus on to be considered acceptable (correct).

5) Techniques:

A. Lateral Thinking

B. Identify all possible Harm Categories

C. Sequential Approach

D. Elements Approach

E. Assumptions

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