Multiple choice

You go to a movie theatre with your family to watch a movie for which you had been waiting for weeks. The person selling the tickets asks for double the printed price of tickets as only a few tickets are left. You would

  1. threaten to report the matter to the theatre administration unless he gives ticket to you at the regular price

  2. go back without watching the movie

  3. take the tickets at double the price and enjoy the movie. In any case, going back and coming another day would cost you more besides being a waste of time

  4. not purchase the ticket and report the matter to theatre manager/administration
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Rationale/Reasoning Option (4) is the best course of action as it would help to check a wrong practice. By choosing Option (1), one would be able to secure justice for oneself. But it would not bring the wrong in the knowledge of authorities concerned, who could possibility check it. Option (2) does not rectify the wrong although one does not become a party to the wrong. Option (3) is akin to accepting as well as encouraging a wrong for the sake of one’s convenience. Principle/Value Tested Conviction to fight a wrong vis-à-vis accepting it for the sake of personal convenience. 

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