raghunath vs satyadas
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A Case Presentation on Ethical Dilemmas
BY1. Ritesh Ranjan
2. Amit Kumar
3. Rajnish
4. Nadeem Tahir
5. Davesh Somaya
6. Parikshit Bhujbal
7. Tukaram8. Hitesh Patharawe
9. Ajit Nalawade
10.Neeraj Vasani
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Definition..
A situation in which an individual feels compelled to make achoice between two or more actions that he or she can
reasonably and morally justify, or when evidence or an
arguments are inconclusive, is called an ethical dilemma
(Beauchamp&Childress,2001;McConnell,2002).One action must be chosen because performing both actions
would be impossible.
Ethical dilemmas, also known as a moral dilemmas, are
situations in which there are two choices to be made,neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically
acceptable fashion. In such cases, societal and personal
ethical guidelines can provide no satisfactory outcome for
the chooser
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Salient Features of ethical dilemmas
Uncertain outcomes
Multiple choice and alternatives
Mixed consequences Direct/Indirect involvement
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Approaches of resolving ED
Utilitarian Greatest benefits for largest number of
people
Universalism Rule based Good intentions always
result in good outcomes ultimately Care based approach with those who are in official
relationship
Virtue Ethics
While performing any action he/sheshould develop virtues
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Methods to resolve ED...
1. Define the problem and recognize the moral issues.
2. Determine who will be affected by the decisions and
your role
3. Collect information on how the problem occurred
4. Isolate illegal issues and separate right v/s wrong
5. Make the tough choice -
a) Truth v/s Loyalty
b) Individual v/s community
c) Short term v/s long term
d) Justice v/s mercy
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Methods to resolve ED
Continued6 Approach:
a) Care based-
b) Rule based-
c) End based-
d) Virtue based-
7 Find out if there are any other ways out
8 Decide and act
9 Review of the decision
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Types of dilemmas
Dilemmas of Beneficence-dilemma that involve
deciding what is good as opposed to what its harmful.
Dilemmas of autonomy- those that involve deciding
what course of action maximize the patient's right of
self determination.
Dilemmas of justice- dilemmas that involve dividing
limited health care resources fairly
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Continued
Dilemmas of fidelity- those that are involve honoringpromises
Dilemmas of nonmaleficence- dilemmas that involve theavoidance of harm
Dilemmas of confidentiality- those that involve respectingprivileged information
Dilemmas of veracity- dilemmas that involve telling orconcealing the truth
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The Case Raghunath v/s Satyadas..
Story
Raghunath, running a small shop in a small town, is
contented with earning his frugal living. He is religious in outlook and compassionate towards
others.
One afternoon, when it is raining, an old man, poor
vendor of herbs named Satyadas comes to his shop.
He is running high temperature. Raghunath provides
him food and shelter.
In the morning, the visitor is again provided hospitality.
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Continued..
He then leaves for another destination leaving behind
(may be inadvertently) a pouch containing six gold
coins and a ring studded with gems.
Raghunath waits for him for several months to returnand then on the persuasion of his wife Jamuna, he sells
the contents of the pouch one by one, sets up a bigger
shop and builds a comfortable house for himself to
live in.
He starts life with dignity in the society. One fine day,
suddenly, Satyadas makes his appearance.
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Continued.
Raghunath is shocked. He is not as hospitable as
before. On the contrary, he thinks as if a devil has
turned up and wishes that he would leave at the
earliest. As Satyadas is about to leave, conscientious
Raghunath asks; "did you leave behind something
here when you visited last time?" Satyadas says: "I
don't know. But God knows everything.
The story ends here leaving Raghunath with a deep
sense of guilt and remorse. Where did he go wrong?
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The Interpretation of the Story
1. The sense of guilt on the part of Raghunath
2. Satyadas, Raghunath, and Yamuna are all three
purely imaginary characters created by the author toportray the three Conflicting aspects of a single
mind: morality, guilt, and greed.
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Underlying Theme..
We have to believe in many things. All issues in life
have two sides. Every idea has its opposite.
We are supposed to choose. Clear choice is not
always possible. It is not this 'or that. It is this 'and' that.
Life is based on compromises.
Our knowledge may assure us what is right and whatis wrong, but we can do only what we understand to
be good based on a good compromise.
We call it wisdom. All this is based on beliefs only.
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The Ethical Dilemma for
Raghunath The story sees the transformation of Raghunath from
an honest humble man to a greedy dishonest man
The main dilemma he faced was:
The dilemma ofbeingof being responsible to
Satyadas member of the larger society
The dilemma ofbeing honestof respecting theproperty of Satyadas and guarding it until it was
returned
The dilemma ofaccepting his mistake when
Satyadas returns