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What is an ethical dilemma?
A quandary when deciding the right thing to do, often involving two options that benefit one party and might harm another party.
What is the primary question in an ethical dilemma?
Which course of action is the lesser of two evils?
Are ethical issues usually clear-cut?
No, ethical issues are seldom clear-cut.
What are ethics?
Inner guiding moral principles, values, and beliefs used to analyze or interpret a situation.
What role does inner intuition play in ethics?
It helps decide what is the right or appropriate way to behave.
What do ethics indicate?
What is appropriate behavior and how to avoid harming another person.
Are laws and ethics fixed principles?
No, laws and ethics can change over time.
How do laws change in relation to ethics?
Laws change to reflect the changing ethical beliefs of a society.
Give examples of ethical issues that can affect laws.
- Legal right to abortion
- Sexual harassment
- Racism
- Environmental issues
- Genocide
