Deck 6: Ground Rules

Question 1

Marcus Aurelius, emperor and administrator, is seen as a forerunner of _____________.

Answer 1

the rational-emotive school of psychotherapy, coaching

Question 2

Two of Gandhi's eight blunders are wealth without __________ and pleasure without _____________.

Answer 2

work, conscience

Question 3

If people accuse you of selfish ulterior motives when working for social justice, what did Mother Theresa urge us to do?

Answer 3

Do good anyway.

Question 4

What did Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis see as the greatest danger to liberty?

Question 5

The human rights/ social justice advocate must refrain from what kind of language when engaging in social action?

Question 6

The legacy of the Magna Carta is a testimony to _____________.

Question 7

Dr. Martin Luther King wanted to meet physical force with __________.

Question 8

What document was drawn up by scholars to dispel the notion that humans are inevitably disposed to war?

Question 9

The human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams was unsuccessful in getting which country to ratify the International Ban on Land Mines?

Question 10

The French existentialist Gabriel Marcel foresaw what gnawing and growing problem in this industrial age?

Question 11

Charlie Chaplin reminds us to do what in the face of adversity?

Question 12

Who said, "We don't want to be called Mr. and Mrs. Dead Saint"?

Question 13

According to Voltaire, what is the secret to being a bore?

Question 14

Fill in the final phrase in Gandhi's famous saying: "First they ignore you; then they laugh at you; then they fight you; and then ________."

Question 15

Discuss some of the words, beliefs, and actions of Mahatma Gandhi, Marcus Aurelius, Mother Theresa, and Niccolo Machiavelli that illustrate the levels of interventions as discussed in this book.

Question 16

Discuss at least 10 ground rules for social action and service for the helping and health professions.