Problem 1: A conflict that arose when I was a manager at a restaurant was between two employees and the distribution of tasks. One employee felt that they were given more responsibilities than the other and felt overwhelmed, while the other employee felt that they were not being given enough opportunities to prove themselves. The conflict resolution tool that I used at the time was compromise. I split the difference and gave each employee a more equal task load.
In hindsight, I believe the best tool that I could have used was to take a more integrative approach and let the employees evaluate their options and choose a solution that best satisfied their individual needs.
I believed at the time that I was doing the best thing by compromising and having both employees agree to concessions. But I now believe that by using an integrative approach, I would have encouraged both employees to brainstorm and generate a solution that would have nurtured their own creativity and helped build a better working relationship.
Problem 2: At one point in my life, I remember having a conflict with one of my friends during a trip we had planned to go to the beach. This arose when we had arrived, and I had already chosen a room I wanted to stay in that had its own bathroom. One of our friends who was in attendance was coming down after having a cold. They still had minor symptoms, but everyone was saying they weren't contagious. I still wanted to attempt to distance myself as much as possible because when they first initially came down with it, they were contagious and I didn't want to return home with a cold, especially after the experiences we all have gone through with the pandemic and being that I was visiting my grandparents more often to make sure they were okay on a day-to-day basis. Two more of the group showed up and had already planned to bunk together in one of the rooms and when they saw the room I had claimed, they snapped and started to yell at me saying they had only booked this place for us so they could have that room. It wasn't the only bedroom with its own bathroom but the other one had already been chosen as well and they didn't attempt to ask that person if they could have that room either, they only requested the one I wanted. I attempted to explain to them the concern I had over the potential cold that could be going around and that I understood how everyone was saying its not something to be concerned over, but I still wanted to be sure that I was going to be safe and so was my family when I returned.
The resolution style I had used in this situation was obliging. I began to panic as I felt attacked when we kept going back a forth with my concerns never being heard that I gave up and decided to go to a different room but stay as far as I could from using as much as the same space as my friend who was ill. The reason I did this was because I didn't want room assignments to get in the way of everyone enjoying the trip and make us all regret coming. This of course could have been resolved using another resolution tool such as compromising to where we are both happy and not leaving it up to me "taking one for the team" essentially to make the trip enjoyable for everyone else other than me. I will say however, I did have a hard time empathizing with them because I believe you can't just show up somewhere and expect things to go your way, especially for room assignments when it wasn't a collective decision that was known to the others about what room you may have wanted. I could have maybe tried to see it from their perspective a little bit as that is a part of their personality, where they like to show off and have nice things a bit more, but I couldn't find a connection as that is the opposite of my own.
Problem 3: Christian thinkers have many different ways of conceiving the human person. One of the ways that are most prominent is Hylomorphism, which is the idea that the human person is made up of a material body along with an immaterial soul. The gives the body its form and the body gives the soul its matter. This idea was brought to fruition by Aristotle and later developed upon by Thomas Aquinas. The Imago Dei is another important concept for Christian thinkers. This idea is the belief that humans should strive to imitate the example of Jesus Christ in their lives. This includes striving for a life of humility, charity and service for others. Denial of Free Will has different views on the human person. Its beliefs say that humans are not actually free to make choices as actions are predetermined by God.
If we were to compare these beliefs to Buddhism we would see that Buddhism doesn't exactly believe in a "soul" or afterlife, or the concept of a predestined existence. Freedom itself is seen in a different way as well, as we learned in past lessons the main reasonings behind Buddhist freedom was to relieve themselves from suffering and attachment. Christian beliefs on freedom are leaning towards freedom of choice itself.
As for limitations for these concepts, they of course change depending on the individual. Hylomorphism has limitations in the concept of itself, the idea that the soul gives our bodies its forms doesn't seem to account fully for the complex and changing experiences and actions that humans tend to have. The Imago Dei has the same issue as Hylomorphism. The imitation of Christ has put too much importance on the person, other issues exist in our society. Denial of Free Will may create the facade that moral choices and personal responsibilities aren't important, that people should instead stop focusing on good and justice. It's important to remember that the human "freedom" of all of these concepts are all reliant on the perspective(s) that an individual has.