Analyzing Ethical Issues

 

 

 

 

Study the details of the case

Unique Circumstances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify the relevant criteria

Duty:  Obligations involved

 

 

 

 

Virtue:  Ideals involved

 

 

 

 

 

Consequences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine possible courses of action

                                                    Available Choices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moral Argument

General Moral Principle (GMP)

 

 

 

 

Factual Claim (FC)

 

 

 

Derivative Moral Judgment (DMJ)