Exam 3: Moral Dilemmas in Criminal Justice

Role-based obligations are rules or principles taken from several systems of ethics, including Utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, that are combined into an overarching view of morality.

The "trolley-car problem" is a classic illustration of a ____________.

Moral dilemmas confronting criminal justice practitioners such as police officers, judges, and correctional officers tend to involve conflicts between which type of obligations?

Ontological dilemmas occur when one has conflicts between two (or more) obligations and the person cannot decide which obligation is the more important under the circumstances.

A moral dilemma describes a situation where one is required to do two or more actions, is able to do each, but cannot do both (or all) of them without potential harm occurring.

Ethicists make a distinction between moral dilemmas that are self-imposed and those that are other-imposed-they are not the same.

What are the largest differences between self-imposed and other-imposed moral dilemmas? Can an individual prevent other-imposed moral dilemmas? If so, explain how.

In an _____________________, there is conflict between two (or more) obligations, but neither is overridden because neither obligation is the stronger.

The _________________ is the person facing the moral dilemma and having to choose one course of action over another.

Which of the following would not be considered a category of type of moral dilemma?

_________ involves a conflict between two (or more) obligations where neither is overridden.

Sophie's Choice illustrates, or is an example of, a self-imposed dilemma.

An ________ occurs when one has conflicts between two (or more) obligations and the person cannot decide which obligation is more important under the current circumstances.

Reporting your partner's use of excessive force against a suspect whom the two of you arrested for raping a 10 year-old girl would be an example of a moral dilemma relating to:

Which group do you believe faces more dilemmas: probation/parole officers, correctional officers, prosecutors, or police officers? Describe the dilemmas this group faces and justify their selection.

This type of dilemma which occurs when all feasible actions are forbidden.

Which of the following is not a component of the moral arena?

Sophie's Choice illustrates which of the following type of dilemma?

Sophie's Choice illustrates a _____________ dilemma.

Epistemic dilemmas occur when one has conflicts between two (or more) obligations and the person cannot decide which obligation is the more important under the circumstances.