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Ethical Decision Making Model I

This document outlines a 5-step model for ethical decision making. The model involves: 1) Gathering all pertinent facts of the situation 2) Identifying the relevant ethical principles, such as deontology (rules), teleology (consequences), or existentialism (authenticity) 3) Considering the time element and context surrounding the decision 4) Accounting for any special circumstances 5) Rendering a judgment on the ethical issues involved. The goal is to encourage thoughtful analysis of ethical decisions and provide consistency, while recognizing decisions may differ depending on the ethical framework used.

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Ethical Decision Making Model I

This document outlines a 5-step model for ethical decision making. The model involves: 1) Gathering all pertinent facts of the situation 2) Identifying the relevant ethical principles, such as deontology (rules), teleology (consequences), or existentialism (authenticity) 3) Considering the time element and context surrounding the decision 4) Accounting for any special circumstances 5) Rendering a judgment on the ethical issues involved. The goal is to encourage thoughtful analysis of ethical decisions and provide consistency, while recognizing decisions may differ depending on the ethical framework used.

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ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

MODEL I

INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
Thats cheating! No its not! Thats wrong! No, its fine! Its just part of the game!

Frequently there is no critical examination nor probing of the set of beliefs, the actual basis for rendering moral judgment, used by the person making such comments. In part this is due to the paucity of attention paid to the study of ethics, generally, and to sport ethics, particularly, at all levels of schooling:

COURSE OBJECTIVES
ENCOURAGE, INSPIRE, MOTIVATE YOU TO THINK ABOUT ETHICAL DECISIONS YOU MAKE.
PROVIDE A SYSTEMATIC WAY OF MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS. THE MODEL (MODEL 1)

DEFINITIONS
ETHICS a sub-discipline of philosophy concerned with issues of right and wrong in human conduct. It is concerned with good and bad; what is authentic and not authentic; and with the notions of duty, obligation, and moral responsibility. VALUES Individual beliefs which motivate and guide behavior.

NORMS Group or societal standards or generally held criteria for acceptable conduct. ETHICS Objective basis upon which judgments are rendered regarding right or wrong behavior.

MORALS Actions, behavior, and the principles that guide them.


OFTEN USED AS SYNONYM FOR ETHICS.

ETHICAL BASES/THEORIES
DEONTOLOGY TELEOLOGY EXISTENSIALISM

DEONTOLOGICAL
Rule-based approach, focusing on obligation and duty, similar to the orientation found in the Bible. Since attention is directed to the act itself, this approach is non-consequentialist.
FOCUS: WHAT IS RIGHT

DEONTOLOGICAL
RULE-BASED OBLIGATION OR DUTY ATTENTION DIRECTED TO ACT ITSELF FOCUS: WHAT IS RIGHT.

TELEOLOGICAL
An approach that focuses on the consequences of the action, one that conceives of ethics as concerned with measuring the amount of goodness, or badness, arising from behavior. Attention is directed towards assessing the consequences of a particular action rather than examining the act itself.
FOCUS: WHAT IS GOOD

TELEOLOGICAL
CONSEQUENCES MEASURES AMOUNT OF GOOD OR BAD ARRISING FROM BEHAVIOR FOCUS: WHAT IS GOOD

DISCUSSION
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEONTOLOGICAL AND TELEOLOGICAL
SPOCK VS. KIRK

DISCUSS EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.


We cannot allow the theology of a few to prevent the progress of the many

EXISTENTIAL
Attention is directed squarely on the individual. Concepts such as authenticity, which refers to how true the person is to himself or herself, integrity, and genuine-ness are factors that must be considered in judging each individual act at that particular time within the context of the unique circumstances prevailing. FOCUS: WHAT IS AUTHENTIC

EXISTENTIALISM
ATTENTION ON INDIVIDUAL INTEGRITY TRUE TO SELF CONSISTENT AUTHENTIC FOCUS: WHAT IS AUTHENTIC

EXAMPLES OF EXISTENTIALISM
DISCUSS USA OLYMPIC HOCKEY PLAYERS TRASHING DORM ROOMS. DISCUSS VITO CORLEONE PIRATES CODE CONSISTENT UMPIRES

THE 5 STEP MODEL


PROCESS IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT
CONCLUSIONS MAY BE DIFFERENT

MODEL I
1. OBTAIN AND CLARIFY ALL THE PERTINENT FACTS OF THE CASE OR INCIDENT. 2. IDENTIFY AND ENUNCIATE THE ETHICAL MAXIM(S) TO BE USED. 3. TIME 4. IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES 5. RENDER JUDGMENT.

STEP 1: GATHERING INFORMATION


PERTINENT FACTS EVERYONE ON SAME PAGE OFTEN SOURCE OF CONFUSION

STEP 2: ETHICAL MAXIM


CAN USE: DEONTOLOGY ARE THERE ANY RULES? UNDERSTOOD RULES? TELEOLOGY WHAT ARE BENEFITS? WHAT ARE NEGATIVES? EXISTENSIALISM WAS BEHAVIOR CONSISTENT, AUTHENTIC? More than one ethical maxim can be found to serve as the moral yardstick against which we can measure behavior. Invoking more than one ethical maxim promotes a widerranging moral discourse.

STEP 3: TIME
HELPS COMPLETE STEP ONE PRIOR MOTIVATION INTENTION (MURDER V. MANSLAUGHTER) DURING ESTABLISHED RULES UNWRITTEN RULES (THROWING AT THE BATTER) AFTER CONSEQUENCES (NO HARM NO FOUL)

STEP 4: SPECIAL EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES


COMPLETES STEP ONE Les Miserables Everest Climbers New Orleans nurses post Katrina euthanize severe cases

STEP 5: RENDER JUDGMENT


CAN BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON ETHICAL BASE NOT ALWAYS BLACK AND WHITE, OFTEN GRAY REASONS HELP SUPPORT JUDGMENT
AT LEAST PROCESS IS USED

PRACTICE
THE CASE OF LISA LESLIE (CASE 8.7)

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