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    The document discusses the three levels of moral dilemmas: personal, organizational, and structural. Personal dilemmas are ethical decisions made on an individual level, like conflicting promises. Organizational dilemmas involve balancing personal and group interests, such as a hospital deciding whether to withdraw life support from a dying patient. Structural dilemmas are on the largest scale and involve networks of institutions, like high medicine prices in the Philippines affected by research costs, competition, regulations, and patents.

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    Castro, Jasmin Anne J.

    August 23, 2022

    Mr. Christian T. Bulanadi Activity 03

    The Three Levels of Moral Dilemmas

    We can classify moral dilemmas according to levels: (a) personal, (b) organizational,
    and (c) structural.

    Personal Dilemmas

    Personal dilemmas are those experienced and resolved on a personal level. Since
    many ethical decisions are personally made, many, if not most, moral dilemmas fall under or boil
    down to, this level.
    For example, if someone makes conflicting promises, he faces a moral conflict.
    When an individual must choose between the life of a child who is about to be delivered and the
    child’s mother, he faces an ethical dilemma.

    Organizational Dilemmas

    An organizational dilemma is a puzzle posed by the dual necessities of a social


    organization and members’ self-interest. It may exist between personal interests and
    organizational welfare or between group interests and organizational well-being. Organizational
    dilemmas may likewise occur in the business, medical, and public sectors.
    For example, a hospital that believes that human life should not be deliberately
    shortened, and that unpreventable pain should not be tolerated encounters a conflict in resolving
    whether to withdraw life support from a dying patient. This is a common moral dilemma faced
    by healthcare organizations and medical institutions.

    Structural Dilemmas

    These structural moral dilemmas pertain to cases involving networks of institutions and
    operative theoretical paradigms. As they usually encompass multi-sectoral institutions and
    organizations, they may be larger in scope and extent than organizational dilemmas.
    An example is the prices of medicine in the Philippines which are higher compared to
    other countries in Asia and in countries of similar economic status. Factors affecting medicine
    prices include the cost of research, presence of competition in the market, government
    regulations, and patent protection.
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