Introduction
In the paper Moral Dilemmas in Business Ethics, the authors Yotam Lurie and Robert Albin describe existing methods for resolving moral dilemmas. The author concludes that some of them are useful in considering specific approaches. Among described methods, principlism and specified principlism are the most important.
The Author’s Thesis, Purpose, and Main Ideas
As the author’s thesis, it would be necessary to identify that author stress that perspective models, studied in the paper, improve morale and give us an understanding of the situation and, consequently, are more human. In addition, as the author’s purpose, one should stress the willingness to describe one particular aspect in dealing with moral dilemmas: deliberative methods (Lurie & Albin, 2007). Moreover, the authors want to compare two types of decision-making and edifying perspectives and their perspective models, principlism and specified principlism. The paper’s main idea is to explore and identify possible approaches to resolve moral dilemmas and contrast them.
Using dictionaries and encyclopedias, it is possible to determine some words from the paper that are unknown to many people. The first word is principlism, and according to the dictionary, it means an approach to biomedical ethics that uses four ethical principles, justice, charity, respect for autonomy and no harm (Beauchamp & Rauprich, 2016). The second word is particularism which means school of anthropological thought (Britannica, 2016). The third word is casuistry which describes the case-based ethics reasoning method (Schmidt, 2014). As a summary of the work, the author initially identifies the reasons and objectives of the paper and writes about the value of research for business ethics.
Further, the author structures the paper on moral deliberation as a decision procedure, models for gaining an edifying perspective, and casuistry as the best edifying perceptive for business ethics. In addition, the purpose of the work is to inform with factual material and compare existing facts. The author has accomplished their purpose through the transparent and understandable description of ethics methods and a well-structured paper.
Conclusion
In conclusion, research into various business ethics techniques can provide a qualitative basis for highlighting the most appropriate solution in a particular situation.
References
Beauchamp, T. L., & Rauprich, O. (2016). Principlism. Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, pp. 2282–2293, Web.
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. (2016). Particularism. Encyclopedia Britannica, Web.
Lurie, Y., & Albin, R. (2007) Moral dilemmas in business ethics: From decision procedures to edifying perspectives. Springer. Journal of Business Ethics, 71, pp. 195–207.
Schmidt, D. P. (2014). Casuistry. Encyclopedia Britannica, Web.