Elephant+Worksheet

=**Shooting an Elephant: Who Got What How**=

Make a matrix out of these categories. Rows=participants, columns= all values Participants: List the job titles of the participants involved in the story Base Values: Which of the eight values do they have before the decision? Scope Values: Which of the eight values are they seeking to get from the decision? Outcome values: Who got which of the eight values after the elephant was shot?

Lasswell (//Jurisprudence for a Free Society//, 1971) defines the values all humans seek without any specific hierarchy. He argues that we are motivated by different levels of desire for these things.

power: self determination enlightenment: education wealth: resources well-being: safety, health, food and shelter skill: able to get a job affection: human warmth & relationships respect: deference rectitude: acting in accordance with your values