Moral Agent and Moral Dilemma Flashcards

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A ________ is a person who has the ability to discern and differentiate right from wrong, moral, and immoral and to be held accountable for his or her own actions.

A

moral agent

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Impartial view + Rational ability = ________

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moral agent

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Ture or False. Not all social agent are moral agents.

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True

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These are situations in which the moral agent must consider two or more moral values or duties but can only decide and choose one of them; so, the individual will violate at least one important moral concern, needless of the decision they have decided to choose.

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Moral Dilemmas

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Types of Moral Dilemmas

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  1. Real Dilemmas

2. False Dilemmas

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A _______ are situations in which the tension is between two moral values or duties that are equally on the same footing.

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real dilemma

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A _______ are situations in which the moral agent has a moral duty to act in one way but is tempted or pressured to act in another way.

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false dilemma

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