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ethical conflict

ethical conflict Ethical conflict is a situation in which a person faces a dilemma between competing duties, so that some breach of duty seems unavoidable and one must choose the lesser violation.

Ethical conflict is a situation in which a person faces a dilemma between competing duties, so that some breach of duty seems unavoidable and one must choose the lesser violation. In this historical discussion, it also raises the question of whether moral rules are absolute or relative in their application.

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-4305000-4317000).
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