ETHICS 4th Lesson

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    • Requirement of Morality
      ✓    The minimum requirements of morality are reasons and impartiality.
    • Reason and impartiality
      -  Refer to a mental activity following the basic principle of consistency, the lack of contradiction between one idea and another.
    • Coherent reasoning is needed to establish the truth and meaningfulness of moral judgments
    • -  “Morality requires impartial consideration of each individual's interest.”
      BIASES MUST BE SUSPENDED!
    • Scott Rae’s 7 Steps of Moral Reasoning

      1.  Gather the facts and information.
      2. Determine the ethical issues, similar to “statement of the problem.”
      3.Determine what virtues/principles have a bearing on the case.(Identifying the relevant factors)
      4. List the alternatives or develop a list of options.
      5. Compare the alternatives with the virtues/principles
      6. Consider the consequences or test options.
      7. Make a decision.
    • 1.  Gather the facts and information.
      Ask: do you have all the facts that are necessary to make a good decision? What do we know? What do we need to know?
    • 1.  Determine the ethical issues, similar to “statement of the problem.”
      -  Moral values and virtues must support the competing interests (what creates the dilemma) in order for an ethical dilemma to exist.
    • 1.  Determine what virtues/principles have a bearing on the case.(Identifying the relevant factors)
      -  Determine if some should be given more weight than others.
    • 1.  List the alternatives or develop a list of options.
      -  It will help you come up with a broader selection of ideas.
    • 1.  Compare the alternatives with the virtues/ principles.
      -  This step eliminates alternatives as they are weighed by moral principles which have a bearing on the case.
    • -  the following may be used to test the options:(Davis, 1999)
      a.  Harm Test
      b.  Publicity Test
      c.  Defensibility test
      d.  Reversibility test
      e.  Colleague test
      f.  Professional test
      g.  Organization test
    • 1.  Make a decision.
      -  Choose the solution with the least number of problems/painful consequences.
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