moral conflicts
Right versus right
Moral conflicts are situations where ethical principles or values clash, forcing a choice between competing goods or between two wrongs.
A doctor facing a moral conflict might weigh patient autonomy against medical benefit.
Unlike simple ethical violations, moral conflicts involve genuine tension—loyalty versus honesty, justice versus mercy, individual rights versus collective welfare.
The moral conflict between protecting her source and preventing harm kept her awake for days.
- inner struggleMental or emotional turmoil
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- white lieHarmless minor falsehood
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- greater goodCollective benefit over personal
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