An example of a personal moral dilemma

Running red light

The most common ethical dilemma arises when you bring someone to the hospital for emergency treatment. The law stipulates that it is illegal to speed up and operate the red light. However, this person may die if left untreated.

It is worth noting that some people said that they would ignore all traffic rules and send them to the hospital. You may say this to yourself now. But in reality, very few people do this.

Why you may not violate the law

You have always been restricted by society. If you break the law and then avoid or publicly humiliate because of this, you will be punished. This is more powerful than any fine.

So you will begin to understand why you won't speed up or drive a red light by telling yourself;

• I have time, the doctor is really good.
• I may have an accident myself, not going to the hospital.
• I may hurt another person
• If they die in my car, I do my best.
• I don't want to panic, speeding will make me panic.

The strange thing about this kind of thinking is that it rarely involves doing the right thing, more about the natural resistance of your violation of the law.

You see a person stealing food from the store

When shopping, you will see a person stealing food in front of you. Theft is illegal and they should be arrested, but you will start thinking about whether the arrest is the right thing to do. You will quickly ask yourself questions to determine your actions.

• This person looks like he is starving or homeless.
• Looks like a criminal
• They have done this before
• Did they buy help from the emergency food kitchen?
• It looks like they have money to buy food.
• How old are they. Children and the elderly are often excused for stealing food

See how you try to understand why they are stealing to find out what action to take. However, moral choices always allow them to eat food. This is because of the simple fact: if they need to steal, they need food.

If you report or arrest them, you are not ethical and do the right thing. But wait a minute, the right thing about all of us. If we accept stealing, where can I stop?

If I stole 200 kilograms of meat, would I still need it? Society and restrictions that you can accept in terms of ethics or illegality. If your family needs food, do you only take the food you need, or do you need more food to get food?

Problem of ethical behavior

The biggest problem with ethics is that it usually means that you are willing or need to violate many laws in pursuit of good deeds. If you make an ethical decision instead of taking care of the organization, the organization will fire you. Friends will think that you lack responsibility, because your behavior does not conform to the rules of social order.

As we grow up, we are not encouraged or educated in ethics, and we receive legal training so that we can live together safely. Here are some of the ethical decisions we must make frequently in our daily lives;

• We know that smoking causes death, but we will watch our friends kill by smoking.
• After a night out and some drinks, we let people drive to know that they are intoxicated and may kill someone.
• We know that counterfeit products like branded handbags are made by slave labor. Usually children are forced to work, but we buy them because they are cheap.
• Many of us walked down the street to sleep, but we did not provide shelter for them.
• We walk down the street, mentally, sometimes verbally, by insulting other people we pass by commenting on their size, weight, appearance, sexual orientation or race.
• We continue to use gasoline to drive our cars because we are lazy to walk and consume our natural resources unnecessarily.

We all know to do the right thing in every moral situation, but we rationalize why we don't. How many times have you made an unethical choice this week?

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