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moral dilemma: a standalone construct

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Ethics

a situation in which an agent ought to do each of two actions but cannot do both, and whether such conflicts can be genuine.

In ethics, moral dilemma refers to a situation in which an agent ought to do each of two actions but cannot do both, and whether such conflicts can be genuine. This meaning comes from Marcus (1980) in The Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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Marcus, R. B. (1980). Moral Dilemmas and Consistency. The Journal of Philosophy, 77(3), 121. https://doi.org/10.2307/2025665

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