MORAL DILEMMAS

At the end of the lesson, you should be able learn:
1. recognize and recall a moral experience;
2. detect a moral dilemma;
3 .identify the three levels of moral dilemmas.

1. Moral RYAN JAVIER CUMBE ETHICS INSTRUCTOR

2. DILEMMA????? it is a situation where a person is forced to choose between two or more conflicting options, neither of which is acceptable.

3. When dilemmas involve human actions which have moral implications, they are called ethical or moral dilemmas.

4. Moral dilemmas are situations where persons, who are called “moral agent s” in ethics, are forced to choose between two or more conflicting options, neither of which resolves the situation in a morally acceptable manner.

5. Moral dilemmas are situations where persons, who are called “moral agent s” in ethics, are forced to choose between two or more conflicting options, neither of which resolves the situation in a morally acceptable manner.

6. In moral dilemmas, the moral agent “seems fated to commit something wrong, which implies that he/she bound to morally fail because in one way or another he/she will fail to do something which he/she ought to do. In other words, by choosing one of the possible moral requirements, the person also fails on others.” - Benjiemen Labastin

7. CONDITIONS TO BE CALLED A MORAL DILEMMA The person or the agent of a moral action is obliged to make decision about which course of action is best;

8. b) There must be different courses of action to choose from; CONDITIONS TO BE CALLED A MORAL DILEMMA

9. c) no matter which course of action the moral agent chooses, there is always that moral principle that is compromised. CONDITIONS TO BE CALLED A MORAL DILEMMA

10. 1 ST LEVEL INDIVIDUAL LEVELS OF MORAL DILEMMA a person, or an individual, has two or more moral values to consider, he or she can choose one only, and choosing one or the other will not solve the problem in a moral way

11. 2 ND LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS OF MORAL DILEMMA can take many forms and these are the moral problems in the workplace

12. 3 RD LEVEL STRUCTURAL LEVELS OF MORAL DILEMMA refer to moral predicaments in public administration

13. EPISTEMIC MORAL DILEMMAS TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA There are two or more requirements that conflict with each other; The moral agent hardly knows which one takes precedence over the other

14. ONTOLOGICAL MORAL DILEMMAS TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA There are two or more requirements that conflict with each other, yet neither of these conflicting moral requirements overrides each other.

15. TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA Caused by the moral agent’s wrong doings SELF-IMPOSED MORAL DILEMMA

16. WORLD-IMPOSED MORAL DILEMMA TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA Certain events in the world place the moral agent in a situation of moral conflict - William Styron

17. OBLIGATION DILEMMAS TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA More than one feasible action is obligatory PROHIBITION DILEMMAS All feasible actions are forbidden

18. SINGLE AGENT DILEMMA TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA The agent “ought, all things considered, to do X, ought, all things considered, to do Y, and he cannot do both X and Y.

19. MULTI-PERSON DILEMMA TYPES OF MORAL DILEMMA One agent, R1, ought to do X, a second agent, R2, ought to do Y, and though each agent can do that he ought to do, it is not possible both for R1 to do X and R2 to do Y. The multi-person dilemma requires more than choosing what is right; it is also entails that the persons involved reached a general consensus.

20. STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT - Kohlberg’s

21. STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT - Kohlberg’s

22. STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT - Kohlberg’s