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A moral (ethical) dilemma is a situation that involves a choice, decision, act/action, solution that may include an unpleasant problem or situation where you feel you simply do not know what to do or which way to turn.
- Aquinas's Natural Law Theory
Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it. 1. They show...
- Aquinas's Natural Law Theory
Apr 15, 2002 · Ethicists have called situations like these moral dilemmas. The crucial features of a moral dilemma are these: the agent is required to do each of two (or more) actions; the agent can do each of the actions; but the agent cannot do both (or all) of the actions.
- Exposing Your Best Friend: The person (aka the ‘agent’) is in a supervisory position but recently discovered that his best friend has been faking the numbers on several sales reports to boost his commissions.
- Tricking a Loved One with Alzheimer’s: In this scenario, a loved one has been placed in a special residential center, which is expensive. Their children don’t have the funds to pay, but the loved one does.
- Cheating on a Boyfriend: The person/agent cheated on their boyfriend while at a conference, which occurred right after a huge fight where they both said they wanted to break up.
- Selling a Used Car: The person has two close friends. One is considering buying a car from the other. They know the car has a serious problem with the engine, but their friend is not disclosing it.
In this way, the arguments from Part One create a logical problem for proponents of the possibility of moral dilemmas to define moral dilemmas. KEYWORDS: deontic logic, ethical theory, incommensurability, moral dilemmas, moral. experience, moral internalism.
- I. Definition and Key Ideas
- II. Where Does It Come from?
- III. Controversies
- IV. Famous Quotes
- V. Types
- VI. Moral Versus Ethical Dilemmas and “The Right” Versus “The Good”
- VII. Moral Dilemmas in Pop Culture
I will use the terms “ethical dilemma” and “moral dilemma” interchangeably, per popular usage. They overlap to a large degree; that is to say that most dilemmas discussed are both moral and ethical dilemmas at the same time; the difference will be discussed in section VI. Ethical or moral dilemmas are situations real or imagined where a person must...
The first moral dilemmas written down appear in the Bible. For example, the Hebrew patriarch Abraham faced a classic moral dilemma when he was commanded by God to sacrifice his son Isaac—murder his son or disobey God; although this story is supposed to have happened before Moses received the ten commandments, it’s fair to assume that people of his ...
Every ethical dilemma is a controversy! But here, we will address a more general controversy—the question of whether it is possible or desirable to have an ethical system without irresolvable dilemmas. Arguments that a good ethical system should be dilemma-free: 1. Consistency:an ethical dilemma implies a conflict between two rules, both of which s...
Quotation #1: Sarton suggests that the true dilemma in all moral dilemmas lies in accepting the unacceptable. Sarton would probably say, for example, that in Sophie’s Choice, the dilemma is not which innocent to kill, but the need to psychologically accept making such a choice. In other words, making peace with such choices and not making peace wit...
Epistemic versus Ontological dilemmas: A dilemma is epistemic if the problem is that one does not know which choice will result in the greatest good (or least evil). A dilemma is ontological if knowledgeis not an issue; one simply has a choice. Obligation versus Prohibition dilemmas: Sartre’s story about the young man going to war is an obligation ...
What is “right” is defined by ethical principles, such as “thou shalt not kill.” “The good” refers to the results of actions and events, such as people not coming to harm, so it’s a moral issue. Most dilemmas are both moral and ethical because ethics normally tell us what is moral and immoral. Some dilemmas might technically be only one or the othe...
Example #1: Blade Runner
Almost every story about future conscious machines revolves around ethical dilemmas. Harrison Ford plays a retired “blade runner”—a cop who hunts down and kills escaped androids–living conscious robots who can be more intelligent and stronger than humans, and who have no empathy. Ford’s character is forced to continue working after he tries to quit and he finds himself obligated to kill androids who want only freedom, including an entirely innocent one. Much of the film is about him trying to...
Example #2: The Dark Knight
It would be impossible to mention ethical dilemmas without referring to the version of the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” in The Dark Knight(Batman) film. In the film’s simplified version of this classic dilemma, the Joker takes control of two ferries crossing Gotham harbor, each packed with people and explosives wired to blow, and each group is given the trigger for the other boat’s explosives. The Joker tells them that if one boat blows up the other within a time-limit he will spare their lives, and...
Jan 1, 2023 · A moral dilemma concerns situations in which one is morally obliged to act and, at the same time, to refrain from acting due to another obligation. It may be that we are required to act to achieve a certain end but that the side effects render the action unacceptable (Wempe and Donaldson 2004).
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[How can moral theory be of use in rescue situations where fire fighters have to make risk- subjected decisions concerning their own safety and the safety of human victims?] I will show why both decision theory (the regular approach in decision making in uncertain
