Week 2- Moral Dilemma

Question 1

• are instances when individuals are confronted with conflicting answers to what is the right thing to do which can be answered by one’s personal experience or by means of philosophical belief.
• a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

Answer 1

moral dilemma

Question 2

False dilemma is also known as

Answer 2

false dichotomy or black-and-white thinking

Question 3

a logical fallacy that presents only two options or sides when, in fact, there may be other alternatives. This fallacy oversimplifies a situation, forcing a choice between two extremes while ignoring other possibilities.

Answer 3

False dilemma

Question 4

Moral dilemma relates primarily to the ___________________________ that
takes root in the teachings of ___________________________

Answer 4

• principle of double effect
• St. Thomas Aquinas.