2. How does competition function in our society? To what extent is it healthy/unhealthy? Offer some real world examples taken from your life, community, culture, state, nation, or world.

Competition functions as motivation and determination. In sports, the players sometimes see the competition as a friendly game and take pride whether they win or lose, a healthy extent. Other players take competition as the last man the standing wins and purposely hurts and injures other competitors, to that extent it's unhealthy. Parents become hard on their children because of who they are competing with.