what is ethical dilemma? give some examples?

Question

i have this question in my college application

Answer 1

Umm..If you were a Doctor and a known murder or child molester came in and he was in need of care, but you just couldn't do it because of what he did. You need to care for him, because its your job and the thing to do, but you don't want to because he hurt someone else badly. Abortion, Death penalty are other examples. There are really tons of them if you think about it. hope this helped some. I did a lot of this in my Ethics class in college, its fun to debate about it. Good luck

Answer 2

First, you have to separate the big three: ethics, morals and legal.

Ethics are rules that a group voluntarily agrees to abide by. For example, broadcasters have a code of ethics. So do lawyers etc.

Morals are individual rules imposed by usually a spiritual power.

Legal rules are laws.

An ethical delimma occurs when an ethical rule conflicts with a moral or legal rule.

For example, the physician code of ethics to do no harm conflicts with the legal permission to perform lethal injections.

Another example could be when a pharmacist, who is required by ethics to provide legally prescribed drugs, must dispense an abortion drug which he/she morally must oppose.

An interesting exercise is to make a 3x3 grid which compares the three systems and see if you can find something that conflicts such as something that is moral but illegal or legal but unethical etc.

Do it with friends and you will be surprised how big the argument gets.

Answer 3

A dilemma is when you are presented with a problem that is unsolvable without any side effects coming into action.

An ETHICAL dilemma is when you are given with an option that involves you chosing what is morally correct or wrong.

A general, vague example would be you must select a person to gain something, while the other one will have to lose something. You have to make this decision. Who'll you chose? Both deserve it, but one will have to suffer, whatever happens.

Answer 4

You are a vegetarian. And find the eating of animal flesh repugnant.You also do not believe in killing animals for food or for any other reason.

Someone puts two chickens in front of you. One roasted and ready to eat, and one that's alive. Then you are told:

If you don't eat the roasted chicken, the other one will be killed.

This is an ethical dilemma.

Answer 5

The need to provide good medical to everyone presents one. How do you afford it? Hospitals are being forced to close their ER"s because indigent patients are using them for their basic primary medical care and don't pay their bills. Often indigents are put in the ICU units and can run up bills amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars which the hospital cannot recover. The law mandates that you can't refuse care to anyone, and lawyers sue you if you don't do all you can for these people.

Answer 6

A bug is on my adversary's forehead. Do I use my shovel to smash my adversary in the forehead and risk killing the bug?

that's an ethical dilemma if the bug's life is precious to me, especially if I've already named the bug.

Answer 7

The Africans excuids

Answer 8

Euthanasia, for example: to force terminally ill people to suffer, being sure that they must die sooner or later - or "help" them to pass away - but that means killing...
Abortion;

Answer 9

Dr. Kevorkian and his suicide machine...

These people are suffering and he wants to help, but is it really help?

Answer 10

Whether or not to have an abortion