Monday, January 13, 2014

Some Definitions

Subjective: Depends on thought, opinions, beliefs or feelings of people.

Objective: Depends on a matter of fact.

Prohibited: Not allowed. I.e., banned, verboten

Permitted: Allowed, but not required.

Obligatory: Required. I.e., necessary, must-do

Moral Dilemma: When you must make a moral choice between two options.

Personal Moral Dilemma: A moral choice to be made at the personal level.

Institutional Moral Dilemma: A moral choice to be made at the institutional level.

Institution: A system of practices. A network of people and groups following an organized pattern of behavior.


Diet: A set of rules to guide eating choices. E.g., health diets are motivated by concerns for personal health, religious diet by spiritual devotion, cultural & traditional diets by our social context and moral diet by ethical considerations.   

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