Who infected her? A moral question about grieving and anger

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-152
Author(s):  
Debora Diniz ◽  
Arbel Griner
Keyword(s):  
Moral Question

scholarly journals Moral distress: Ethically appropriate actions

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Maeckelberghe
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Moral Integrity ◽  
Moral Question ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Given ◽  
Psychological Dimensions ◽  
Original Concept ◽  
Ethical Situation

Abstract Andrew Jameton in 1984 coined the concept of moral distress as: “knowing what to do in an ethical situation, but not being allowed to do it” This original description presupposes that the right moral act can be identified and precludes situations of doubt and uncertainty. The 1984 definition emphasizes barriers that make it impossible for someone to do what they ought to do. Whereas Jameton in a revision in 2013 of his original concept emphasized reduction of the psychological dimensions, Peter& Liaschenko stress the element of moral agency. Moral distress then is a threat to the moral integrity of the professional. This requires three-step ananlysis: first, what is the moral question?; two, what are morally adeguate answers to this question?; three, what ethically appropriate actions are under pressure in the given situation? This will be illustrated with examples from the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals “Des personnages de si près tenus”, TV Fiction and Moral Consensus

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Sabine Chalvon-Demersay
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Empirical Approach ◽  
Production Team ◽  
Moral Question ◽  
Moral Landscape ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
Literary Classics ◽  
The Way

How can we understand the adaptations of literary classics made for French television? We simultaneously analyzed the works and the context in which they were produced in order to relate the moral configurations that emerge in the stories to activities carried out by identifiable members of the production team, in specific, empirically observable circumstances. This empirical approach to the constitution of the moral panorama in which characters evolve rejects the idea of the pure autonomy of ideological contents, suggesting instead a study of the way normative demands and professional ethics are combined in practice, thus combining a sociology of characters and a sociology of professionals and showing how professional priorities influence production choices. This detaches the moral question from the philosophical horizon it is associated with in order to make it an object of empirial study. Adopting this perspective produces unexpected findings. Observation shows that the moral landscape in which characters are located is neither stable, autonomous, transparent, or consensual. It is instead caught up in material logics, constrained by temporal dynamics, and dependent on professional coordination. It is traversed by tensions between professional logics, and logics of regulation.

Confession, conscience, and selfhood on trial

2018 ◽  
pp. 124-177
Author(s):  
Laura Kounine
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Linear Pattern ◽  
Moral Question ◽  
Modern Self ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Self ◽  
Over Time

This chapter deals with the role of the self and conscience in defending oneself against the charge of witchcraft. To add depth to intellectual concepts—and teleologies—of the self, we must understand how the individual self was understood, felt, and experienced. Particularly for the crime of witchcraft, the crux of the trial was premised on the moral question of what kind of person would commit such a crime. Those on trial for witchcraft in the Lutheran duchy of Württemberg invoked the idioms of ‘mind’, ‘conscience’, ‘heart’, or ‘self’ in constructing their defence. Through four case studies, ranging from 1565 to 1678, this chapter examines the different ways in which people could conceptualize their person, and shows that change over time in the ‘development’ of the modern self was not a uniform or directly linear pattern.

The Moral Question

Worldview ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
John C. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Moral Question

Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl W. Spurgin
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Moral Question ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Way

Abstract:In recent years, many business ethicists have raised problems with the “ethics pays” credo. Despite these problems, many continue to hold it. I argue that support for the credo leads business ethicists away from a potentially fruitful approach found in Hume’s moral philosophy. I begin by demonstrating that attempts to support the credo fail because proponents are trying to provide an answer to the “Why be moral?” question that is based on rational self-interest. Then, I show that Hume’s sentiments-based moral theory provides an alternative to the credo that points toward a more fruitful approach to business ethics. Along the way, I examine a recent social contract alternative to the credo that, despite many appealing features, is less effective than is the Humean alternative. Finally, I develop a Humean approach to business ethics and demonstrate why it is a desirable alternative that business ethicists should explore.

Intercultural Differences in the Bioethical Assessment of Abortion: Preliminary Results and a Proposal for Further Research

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 1375-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pantaleon Fassbender
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Applied Ethics ◽  
European Origin ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Moral Question ◽  
Configural Frequency Analysis ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
Ethical Decisionmaking

Descriptor terms related to 37 articles dealing with the moral question of abortion and taken from a printed database specializing in Catholic applied ethics were scanned for clusters with respect to the Anglo-American or European origin of the articles. To identify types within the data Configural Frequency Analysis was used. Application indicated a dominant interest in the process of ethical decisionmaking in Anglo-American Catholic bioethics. The assumption that European Catholic bioethicists discuss the morality of abortion primarily in terms of an anthropological debate focused on the moral status of prenatal life could not be validated statistically.

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