Humanities

Ethical Dilemmas

Situations in which two moral principles conflict with one another. Fictional or hypothetical dilemmas of this kind are used to assess the moral beliefs or moral reasoning skills of individuals. (From APA Dictionary of Psychology, https://dictionary.apa.org/)

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Abstract

Situations in which two moral principles conflict with one another. Fictional or hypothetical dilemmas of this kind are used to assess the moral beliefs or moral reasoning skills of individuals. (From APA Dictionary of Psychology, https://dictionary.apa.org/)

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Ethical Dilemma
  • Ethical Problems
  • Moral Dilemmas
  • Moral Distress
  • Dilemma, Ethical
  • Dilemma, Moral
  • Dilemmas, Ethical
  • Dilemmas, Moral
  • Distress, Moral
  • Distresses, Moral
  • Ethical Problem
  • Moral Dilemma
  • Moral Distresses
  • Problem, Ethical
  • Problems, Ethical

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethics, history, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2025

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  1. K01w.275w
  2. K01w.752w.566w.479w.115w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethical Dilemmas. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000098463. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000098463
  2. Ethical Dilemmas. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_dilemma
  3. Ethical Dilemmas. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192568