The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Conflict of duties

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Moral dilemma

Incompatible moral values

Clash of moralities

Conflict of interest

Nature

Situations in which there are moral reasons in favour of two or more incompatible actions, especially where it is a difficult matter of individual judgement to decide between them.

Incidence

The sharpest and most obvious cases occur in war, but they are present in a lesser degree throughout life if only because time and resources devoted to furthering one end have to be taken from time and resources devoted to furthering another.

Broader

Ambiguity

Narrower

Divided loyalty

Reward biased research

Conflict of interests in business

Conflicting multiple nationalities

Conflict of interests in imperialism

Conflict of interest in medical doctors

Conflict of interest in the terminally ill

Aggravates

Lying ^{[in 2 loops]}

Hypocrisy ^{[in 2 loops]}

Ambivalence

Moral uneasiness

Breach of covenant

Disloyalty to government

Aggravated by

Rigid family obligations

Restrictive social groups

Parochial national interests

Haphazard forms of social ethics

Strategy(ies)

Exhausting moral resources

Clashing

Upholding moral values

Value(s)

Reference(s)

McCormick, Richard A and Ramsey, Paul: Doing Evil to Achieve Good: moral choice in conflict situations

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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