When deliberation is not possible: Moral dilemmas in fundraising

The Faculty of Pedagogy at Trakia University prepares students from different ethnic groups and students who are a part of the Erasmus+ exchange program. This intercultural environment reveals the opportunities for establishing common values in an intercultural learning environment through a broad intercommunication symbiosis. In an intercultural pedagogical interaction, students are given the opportunity to express their identity through the visualization of ideas, attitudes and thoughts. Art texts are used to introduce students to the traditional values of the unknown ethnicity and nationality as well as solving moral dilemmas, breaking stereotypes about behavior and overcoming prejudices. By using a five-module multimedia construct, the pedagogical environment allows students, in addition to personally reflecting on a particular problem, to develop pedagogical skills to guide the process.

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Framing Morality: How Antecedent-Focused Strategies Can Shape Moral Judgments

10.31234/osf.io/jmtfy ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Kappes ◽

Jay Joseph Van Bavel

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Moral Philosophy ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

Emotional Reactions ◽

Moral Judgments ◽

Moral Decision ◽

Process Dissociation ◽

Moral Decision Making ◽

First Response ◽

High Conflict

From moral philosophy to programming driverless cars, scholars have long been interested in how to shape moral decision-making. We examine how framing can impact moral judgments either by shaping which emotional reactions are evoked in a situation (antecedent-focused) or by changing how people respond to their emotional reactions (response-focused). In three experiments, we manipulated the framing of a moral decision-making task before participants judged a series of moral dilemmas. Participants encouraged to go “with their first” response beforehand favored emotion-driven judgments on high-conflict moral dilemmas. In contrast, participants who were instructed to give a “thoughtful” response beforehand or who did not receive instructions on how to approach the dilemmas favored reason-driven judgments. There was no difference in response-focused control during moral judgements. Process-dissociation confirmed that people instructed to go with their first response had stronger emotion-driven intuitions than other conditions. Our results suggest that task framing can alter moral intuitions.

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Under the Shadow of the Swastika: The Moral Dilemmas of Resistance and Collaboration in Hitler’s Europe, by Rab BennettUnder the Shadow of the Swastika: The Moral Dilemmas of Resistance and Collaboration in Hitler’s Europe, by Rab Bennett. New York, New York University Press, 1999. ix, 318 pp. $40.00 U. S.

Canadian Journal of History ◽

10.3138/cjh.36.1.152 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 152-154

Author(s):

Sean Kennedy

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

New York University

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Contemporary Moral Dilemmas

10.3726/b14453 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Moral Dilemmas

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A Religious Right to Discriminate

10.37419/lr.v3.i2.6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 395-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Travis Gasper

Keyword(s):

Religious Freedom ◽

Insurance Coverage ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

Health Insurance Coverage ◽

Religious Right ◽

Potential Harm ◽

Marginalized Groups ◽

The Supreme Court ◽

Lgbt Community ◽

Hobby Lobby

The Supreme Court in its 2014 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby broadly expanded so-called religious freedom protections in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) by striking down a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for certain methods of contraception. In doing so, the Court opened the floodgates for employers to claim an exemption based upon any “sincerely held” religious belief. Without inquiry into the sincerity of that belief, businesses and corporations are free to adopt or assert beliefs that could lead to increased discrimination against employees. This is especially troublesome for marginalized groups like the LGBT community, which is already on the receiving end of discrimination under the pretext of religious exemptions. To correct any future misuse of these exemptions, Congress should amend RFRA to permit courts to assess the belief being asserted and contrast it with the potential harm if an exemption is allowed. The purpose of RFRA is to ease the burden faced by people of faith forced to go against their religious beliefs if they obey a certain statute. Easing this burden should focus on heady moral dilemmas, not mere inconveniences. Amending RFRA can ensure it maintains its initial purpose of protecting religious freedom, while not being used as a tool to perpetuate discrimination.

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