Ethical Dilemmas situations in which the reasonable courses of action cause conflicts between moral

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Ethical Dilemmas situations in which the
reasonable courses of action cause conflicts
between moral imperatives
Would you pose for Playboy?
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NO?
Moral imperative an internal principle that
causes a person to act in a certain way (or not
act, in this case)
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How about to save this baby?
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Insert your mothers face
here
How about her?
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The Trolley Problem
1 or 5?
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1 or 5?
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Dont sink the boat!
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Plank of Carneades
Film Tagline They survived the impossibleby
doing the unthinkable.
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Dudley Stephens, 1884
Precedent Necessity is not a defense against
charge of murder
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Saw, Film Clip
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How does the study of ethical dilemmas apply to
me?
A Businesspersons Dilemma
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A Psychologists Dilemma One of my clients
claimed she was raped the police did not believe
her and refused to follow up (because of her
mental history). Another of my clients described
how he raped a woman (the same woman).
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Teachers Dilemmas
Stick to the rules outlined in the course
syllabus? Or make an exception for a good
student?
Election
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Holocaust the systematic genocide of six
million members of the European Jewish population
during World War II by the Nazi party
You and the one next to you
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Sophies Choice, Film Clip
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Answer this question What would you have
done? Why?