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Many situations can raise ethical concerns, particularly in the face of disagreement and conflict between parties. However, not all situations of an ethical nature result in values conflict or constitute an ethical dilemma. Explain the characteristics of an ethical dilemma. How do they differ from other situations resulting in disagreement between conflicting preferences, needs, or expectations?

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Not all ethical dilemmas are necessarily a disagreement between conflicting preferences, needs or expectations, however this is not to say that those disagreements are mutually exclusive from ethical dilemmas.

An ethical dilemma is one where there is a dissonance between moral imperatives - where the ...

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