I have four sons and it is not unusual that there are fights (verbal or physical) and I have to consider how to deal with that in compilcated ways. Mostly there is uncertainty about the facts and I have to balance the interests of the offender(s) with possibly affected other sons (what kind of role model is that; should that matter,...) and also how that affects me.
And again a poll:
How much moral judgement you have to exercise in your daily life (consider typical times)? [pollid:960]
Do you think this is a typical amount? [pollid:961]
I am working in a position where I have responsibility for people (see examples below) ? [pollid:962]
To make this more precise I define “to exercise moral judgement” as matching aginst the following cases (feel free to suggest more):
deciding how to treat a person based on their behavior
deciding which thing to buy based on how the purchase affects people (e.g. in other countries)
deciding on actions which affect one or more persons directly or indirectly (e.g. as a parent, doctor, boss or social worker).
In each of these cases only if that decision is neither an impulse nor a cached thought (e.g. you have that way other times before).
I have four sons and it is not unusual that there are fights (verbal or physical) and I have to consider how to deal with that in compilcated ways. Mostly there is uncertainty about the facts and I have to balance the interests of the offender(s) with possibly affected other sons (what kind of role model is that; should that matter,...) and also how that affects me.