Essays about: "moral dilemma"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words moral dilemma.

  1. 1. Effects of personal perspective on an individuals’ moral intuition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Petra Hassellöf Olsson; Sara Molavi; [2024]
    Keywords : Moral cognition; moral intuition; personal perspective framing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Can we manipulate how morally permissible or unjustifiable someone finds a certain action by framing a dilemma in either a first- or third-person perspective? This online study aims to investigate this question through a between-group study. 42 participants, recruited through social media, on campus, and through snowballing, were divided into two groups and asked to rank nine different moral actions from fully morally permissible to fully morally unjustifiable, the only difference between the groups being the personal perspective framing. READ MORE

  3. 2. The dilemma of choosing between work and family: The role of social distance in advising friends or strangers

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Clara Ruoff; [2023]
    Keywords : Work-family conflict; dilemma; moral decision-making; construal level theory; time perspectives; work-family centrality;

    Abstract : The prevalence of work and family in people’s lives combined with limited time and resources often results in a moral decision between work and family, posing a dilemma between hedonistic values for work and altruistic values for family. This study aimed to understand the processes of decision-making in work-family dilemmas and tested three approaches. READ MORE

  4. 3. Navigating the Paradox : Moral Intuitions, Evolutionary Critiques & Philosophical Implications

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Pontus Frost; [2023]
    Keywords : Moral Intuitions; Evolutionary Critiques; cultural Critiques; Darwinian Dilemma; Paradox; Paradox; Moraliska intuitioner; evolutionär kritik; kulturell kritik;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore moral intuition as an epistemological tool for constructing moral systems, focusing specifically on the challenges arising from evolutionary and cultural biases. This thesis will consider and discuss Michael Huemer's Ethical Intuitionism, Peter Singer's critique of moral intuitions, and Sharon Street's Darwinian Dilemma, I consider some possible defenses and counterarguments concerning the reliability of moral intuitions. READ MORE

  5. 4. The immoral legality of targeting child soldiers : A humanitarian dilemma

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Ellen Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Child soliders; International Humanitarian law; rules of targeting; Direct Participation in Hostillites;

    Abstract : The thesis functions as an overview of the protection of children used in hostilities and their targetability under international law, primarly in international humanitarian law. The author questions the established presumption, that children directly participating in hostilities, shall be equally targetable as their adult colleges and counter parts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Social acceptance in gender dilemma : Preference on treating male patients versus female patients

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Carolina A. T. Bråhn; [2023]
    Keywords : Moral dilemma; gender; preference; decision-making; social acceptance; first impression;

    Abstract : Based on prior research, people tend to be more prone to save women before saving men, and this thesis presents two studies examining the social acceptance of having these different preferences. Participants (N=805) were randomly assigned to one of two studies, and within each study they were assigned to one of two conditions (allocation condition or choice condition). READ MORE