Essays on Moral Dilemma

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking

In essence, a moral dilemma is a conflict, whereby an individual is faced with a situation that demands a person to act based on moral reasons. My uncle encountered a moral dilemma in his profession, which challenged his morality. As the head of the student council in a local high school, he faced a difficult decision concerning awarding marks to a grade twelve girl in her final exam before graduating. The student was bright and had obtained A’s throughout her academic years. More so, it was expected that she was an honor student. However, at the ...

The parable of the Sadhu is a lesson in corporate and individual ethics based on the experience of Dr. Bowen McCoy while hiking in Nepal. The experience of McCoy illustrates the nature of ethical dilemma in business as the Sadhu needs help; however, the individuals in the group only give enough help that they are not significantly inconvenienced by the Sadhu. McCoy compares the magnitude of assistance given by members of the group to the amount of ethical responsibility corporations have for their own ethical dilemmas and notes that the actions taken by members of the group were enough ...

Ethics are moral values which dictate character or behavior of an individual or group. It defends, recommends and systemizes the concept of doing right or wrong doings. Presently philosophers group ethical theories into metaethics, normative and applied ethics. The video demonstrates couples who faced a moral dilemma which they needed to solve together with the doctors on duty (The Daylen par. 1). The mother had given birth to premature twins. The pregnancy had been just twenty-six weeks. One of the boys had suffered hemorrhage in both brain hemispheres. He could not breathe and thus used artificial respiration. The doctors’ ...

The word combination «moral dilemma» straight away indicates that a choice a person has to make will be more than complicated. Moral dilemma arises in the situations, when every decision is of a great significance, every action word can decide the future. And at the same time, there is no right decision and every decision is right. It may sound too convoluted, but that is what people actually have to face. Moral dilemma was in the center of interest of many philosophers, who tried to find a universal solution for difficult problems. Was it a great decision? Surely. Was ...

“Gone Baby Gone” is a mystery film masterfully directed by Ben Affleck, an actor and a screenwriter. The kidnapping story set in the criminal districts of Boston depicts the characters and their neighborhoods as backward and appalling. At the very beginning of the film, we find out that Amanda McCready, a little girl, has gone. Thus, her aunt and uncle decide to involve two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, into the police investigation of the girl missing. Meanwhile, Amanda’s drug-addicted mother does not skip any episode of Jerry Springer Show, even though her child has disappeared. ...

This paper will conduct a literary analysis of Macbeth. The main purpose of the research is to examine the moral and ethical issues present in the play. In particular, the research examines different aspects of characterization, setting, and imagery in order to provide an in-depth understanding of the ethical and moral issues that surround Macbeth’s plot. From the play, it is clear that Shakespeare uses characterization to depict moral and ethical dilemmas in the play. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both unethical characters in the play since they are engaged in a number of murders and executions that ...

The movie ‘Gone Baby Gone’ from 2007 is the directorial debut by the Hollywood actor Ben Affleck. The topic is the private investigation of the little girl’s abduction which went into the unexpected direction. This art piece got mostly positive reviews. In a center of the audience’s and critic’ attention is the very ending of the movie and the moral dilemma expressed by it. Dilemma is presented through the action of the main character, young private detective, Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck). He has to decide: will he leave the saved little girl in the hands of the ...

Ethical Dilemma

The story Sophie’s Choice is about life experiences of a Polish immigrant named Sophie Zawistowski living in New York. The story moves between past and present and reveals a dark secret of Sophie’s life. It is revealed that during the Holocaust, Sophie faced a daunting challenge that forced her to save the life of one of her children at the expense of the other. When the Nazi officer asks Sophie to choose one of her children or lose both of them, she is forced to make a decision and choose one of her children. Sophie had to ...

The moral dilemma is the father's obligation to feed the family and duty not to steal. Here he is faced with two actions, but he cannot do both. Using deontological ethics that involves a variety of actions including those that are morally required as well as the prohibited, the obligation of the father to feed his family overrides prohibition of stealing. When the utilitarian approach is used, the agent is expected to take the action that produces the greatest to many people (Evans, 2007). In this case, stealing would cause less harm compared to harm that it would have ...

Abortion

Lee is a female social worker who volunteered to work at a clinic near her home area in Oregon. She is twenty-five years old and not married. She has been a regular social service delivery attendant who aims at enhancing delivery of better services to her community. According to her, the work she does is her passion because she does not receive any salary. After engaging in a sexual affair with her male workmate, she got pregnant. However, she had not decided on the action to take because of various reasons. First, the man responsible for the pregnancy was ...

At least once in someone’s lifetime, especially in their career endeavors and undertakings, they are bound to be challenged. The possibility of getting into a morally challenging situation in one’s career cannot be overlooked. It is probably true that once in a while, at least everyone has faced or encountered situations that put them into a moral dilemma. Some philosophers have defined a dilemma as a situation in which one has to do either A and B where both choices are incompatible (Statman 1995, p 6). I recently got into such a situation. The moral dilemma that I encountered convinced me that I was ...