4. Value Conflict
• Lying is wrong – but what if it would save
someone’s life?
• Stealing is wrong – but what if you were feeding
your starving children?
• Killing is wrong – but what if you killed someone
in self-defense to protect yourself or a loved one?
9. Solving Ethical Dilemmas
• Sleep-test OR
• Three-step Process
▫ Analyze the consequences
▫ Analyze the actions
▫ Make a decision
10. Solving continued
• Arthur Dobrin’s eight questions
▫ Facts?
▫ Can you determine anything of unknown facts
▫ What do the facts mean?
▫ How do others involved in the situation view the
problem?
▫ What will happen if you choose one thing versus the
other?
▫ What are your feelings telling you?
▫ Will you be able to look yourself in the mirror if you
choose one thing over another?
▫ Can you explain and justify your decision to others?
11. Ethical Reasoning
• Lawrence Kohlberg
▫ Six Stages of Reasoning classified in three levels of
development
Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional
Editor's Notes
How is right & wrong determined? Through the society you are part of, culture, value system/values
Are there ever any exceptions?
Simple truth: doing the right thingPersonal Integrity: external viewpoint vs internal – living a life true to your moral standards at the cost of considerable sacrifice (Superman, Batman, etc)Individual Behavior – Moral standards we develop impact our daily lives and decisionsSocietal Behavior -
Looks at how pple develop their own set of moral standards, how they live their lives according to those standards and how they judge the behavior of others. -Then develop standards based on how people “ought” to behave
