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How Do We Decide? Tools For Ethical Decision Making (Dr. Angeles) Dilemma

This document outlines a process for ethical decision making proposed by Dr. Angeles. It involves: 1) Gathering all relevant facts and identifying stakeholders. 2) Articulating the values and issues in conflict at the center of the dilemma. 3) Listing alternative courses of action and considering their potential consequences for stakeholders while weighing tradeoffs between competing values. 4) Comparing alternatives against core values and principles to determine the option most aligned with an ethical resolution of the dilemma. Feelings should be set aside in favor of reasoned, justifiable decision making.

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How Do We Decide? Tools For Ethical Decision Making (Dr. Angeles) Dilemma

This document outlines a process for ethical decision making proposed by Dr. Angeles. It involves: 1) Gathering all relevant facts and identifying stakeholders. 2) Articulating the values and issues in conflict at the center of the dilemma. 3) Listing alternative courses of action and considering their potential consequences for stakeholders while weighing tradeoffs between competing values. 4) Comparing alternatives against core values and principles to determine the option most aligned with an ethical resolution of the dilemma. Feelings should be set aside in favor of reasoned, justifiable decision making.

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HOW DO WE DECIDE? TOOLS FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING (DR.

ANGELES)

DILEMMA

 It happens because good and evil are not apparrent. Kaya tayo nababagabag kasi hindi halata
kung ano yung mabuti at masama, kasi if apparent naman di ka mababagabag
 It’s not really about good or evil insted it is about competing values wherein if you choose either
of the two, you have to sacrifice the other
 When you have an ethical problem, you have competing values or issues and the tendency of
the human being is to have competing solution
 Dilemma is about competing values and not about competing options. Hence, the value should
be articulated first, since those values are the basis for your actions and decisions.

PAANO BA MAGDESISYON?

 Feelings are very bias hence we should use reasoned process.


o Why reasoned process?
 Facts = look at the facts, evaluate and look around you, sino ba yung
tatamaan or maapektuhan dito. What are the principles involved?. Note
that the options are only one of these five elements
 Stakeholders
 Value = articulate the dilemmas as clearly as you can can
 Options = list down the alternatives
 Consequences = it means different people will be affected differently.
Compare the alternatives with the principles you have identified in the
dilemma, weigh the consequences and make a decision

PROPOSAL

 If you found yourself in an ethical dilemma and you have determined how emotionally
invested you are, you should pause specially that the first step in an ethical dilemma is to
stop, look and listen.

1. GATHER FACTS = merong bumabagabag sayo, hindi ka mapakali.


 “You can’t quite put your finger into it”. You have to patiently gather data.
 Two important questions to ask in this process: (1) What do I already know?; and (2) Once
i’ve stopped and began to listen, i must asked myself “What do i need to know that i don’t
know yet?”

2. WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLERS?


 In a dilemma, you always have several people involved. However, their is a problem in us
since we only consider the stakeholder as to who are very dear to us. We do not consider
the “abstract stakeholder”
 Its important to consider and look at the stakeholders who are infront of you as well as
figure out who are the abstract stakeholders since they both have a valid position in my case
 Figure out the primary and secondary stakeholders; Primary Stakeholders are those that are
directly hit and the Secondary Stakeholders are those that are not directly hit
 Also, what are their stakes or interest that they are consider important?

3. ARTICULATE THE DILEMMA


 What are the values and the issues involved?
 This does not include actions but if focuses more on the competing values

4. LIST THE ALTERNATIVES


 Brainstorm as many possible alternatives that you can
 Eliminate those that are not doable
 The solutions should match the values and the principles that we have identified in the
dilemma.
 THE VALUES AND THE PRINCIPLES ARE THE MORE IMPORTANT ONE THAN THE OPTIONS
 Their are always two extreme alternatives. It is also important to think a creative,
middle option (3 matrix table) so as to address as many values
 Remember that in listing the alternatives or options, ako dapat ang gagawa ng solution
since ako yung moral agent

5. COMPARE THE ALTERNATIVES WITH THE VALUES


 The choices have values attached to it.

6. WEIGH THE CONSEQUENCES


 The third column in the matrix should articulate a consequence for every alternatives
specially the primary stakeholder wherein you consider the positive and negative effect
 List down the consequences patiently since their might be some option taht you have
listed that will be detrimental to many people

7. MAKE A DECISION
 Their is no painless decision but when making a decision we have to refer in the matrix.
 Rationalization is different from justification since rationalization is based on instinctive
decision. Justification focuses more on the reason process

Being ethical is about character and will since you will makes you carry on your decision

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