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Chapter 6 Making Ethical Decisions
Jerry, Gamiesa, Chandra
Distinguishing right and wrong from ethical
dilemmas
It is important to be able to distinguish between right and wrong situations, and ethical dilemmas
black and white issues
Moral temptations Violation of law
there is a differentiation between laws that are fair and laws that are unfair
Departure from truth-lying
moral dilemmas
These are “right” versus “right” situations
Two moral values come into conflict, this is distinguished from a clear black and white issue.
Types of dilemmas
Truth versus loyalty
Individual versus community
Short-term versus long-term
Justice versus Mercy
Responsibility
Role conflicts
Types of dilemmas
Conflict of interest
Defining “best interest”
Dilemmas of policymaking
Personal morality
Democracy and obligation
Some pressures that create dilemmas
Competitive pressures relative to student achievement or test scores
Desire for approval of superiors and/or advancement
Free-speech traditions (or lack thereof)
Conflicting values in the workplace-personal values versus business values
Education’s Objective is Unique
“Educators must not lose sight of their long-term purposes of preparing students for life in the adult world of work and family and society.” (Page 94)
Because of this the ethical environment within education is different than it would be in the business.
How to deal with ethical dilemmas
The author offers some guidelines, but in the end suggests that the practitioners find their own way using their own systems of ethics.
Kidder interviewed moral leaders and came up with the following list of core values:Love, truth, fairness, freedom, unity,
tolerance, was possibility, respect for life
these approaches are subjective
Beckner asserts that these principles and codes and ideas that he presents about ethical behaviors are going to be interpreted differently by people.
Professional codes of ethics
There are several problems with professional codes of ethicsThere written in general terms and
application to specific situations requires ethical judgment
They are seldom revisedThe associations or groups that develop and
have little or no authorityFulfilling the obligations stated is often
beyond the ability or control of the educators
three types of value
Type I values: (METAPHYSICAL)These are often affiliated with religious or political systems, they are unverifiable by the techniques of science and cannot be justified by merely a logical argument
Type II values: judged to be the right as opposed to the good-the right is seen as proper or moral
Type III values: is the good rooted in the emotional structure and are grounded in the individual affecting constitute the individual’s preference structure
Summing up
The basic moral theories that we have discussed all fall under three basic headings
Ends-based thinking
Rules-based thinking
And care-based thinking
The bottom line appears to be that you have to figure it out for yourself
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