A Framework for Analyzing Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Principles
Timothy C. Weiskel & James Hoyte

All ethical dilemmas involve a question of choice: e.g. What ought we to do? How ought we to act?

To help you answer these questions you need to analyze the key components of the issues at hand. Here is a simple framework for beginning that analysis.

 

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What is the PROBLEM?

 

 

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Who are the PARTIES?

 

 

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What are the proposed POLICIES?

 

 

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What are the PRINCIPLES used to justify the proposed policies?

 

 

 

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