What is a dilemma(2) (2)

Here I provide a slide that explores the notion of ethical dilemma.

1. What is dilemma? Confusion in choosing between two or more conflicting alternatives Example: Choosing between two of your favorite shirts. Struggling to decide whether or not to get a haircut

2. If a person is in a difficult situation but is not forced to make a choice, that individual is not in a dilemma When dilemmas involve human actions which have moral implications, they are called ethical or moral dilemmas

3. Ethical Dilemmas

4. What are ethical dilemmas? Is a conflict between alternatives In this conflict, some ethical principles are compromised Provides the basic elements of decision-making by analyzing options and their consequences.

5. Ethical dilemmas are situations where persons who are called ‘moral agents’ are forced to choose between two or more alternatives The options do not necessarily resolve the situation in a morally acceptable manner Examples: Driving at high speed only to come across a group of children playing on the road and one child playing on the side of the road, either your hit a group or one child. What will you do?

6. Another example may be retrenching workers at Eskom for it to remain afloat or retain the workers and allow it to sink. Being a state entity, what can the government do with Eskom Thus, ethical dilemmas involve choosing the greater good and lesser evil

7. A crucial feature of ethical dilemma is that a person faced with it should do both conflicting acts, but cannot; he/she may choose only one Not choosing one is the condition that allows the person to choose another Thus, the same act is required and forbidden at the same time No matter what is chosen, a person faced with a dilemma will do something wrong

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9. What do you do when you find yourself in an ethical dilemma? How do you figure out the best path to take? Ethical dilemmas in education?