Maybe few people know what a dilemma is, buteveryone came across her in life. Consider today the meaning of the word, its origin, and we will clarify once and for all its spelling, so that later there will be no difficulties.
Greek origin. Math and Spelling
This definition we owe to the Greek language.A literal translation from Greek means "double lemma." Thus, it is not so difficult to remember how to spell this word: with one “m” or with two. It is only necessary to clearly understand that the lemma is a supporting theorem in mathematics, which has no independent value; it is necessary only to prove another theorem. And it is always written in this term only two letters "m".
If the information above is deposited inmemory, then problems with writing the word will not. Sometimes a deck is very bizarrely shuffled, as M. A. Bulgakov wrote, and knowledge in mathematics can help a person to make fewer mistakes in the Russian language, and he doesn’t have a question about how to write a “dilemma” or “dilemma”.
Value
Now we are quite ready to openfor yourself the meaning of this wonderful concept. We use the dictionary, as always, because we have no reason not to trust him. In it we find two meanings:
- The combination of judgments, conclusions with two opposite provisions, excluding the possibility of a third.
- The situation in which the choice of one of the two opposite solutions is equally difficult.
В первом значении это определение знают mathematics and logic, and in the second it is known to more or less all educated people, regardless of the specific specialization. Therefore, we will speak about the second meaning.
When it became clear what a dilemma is, you can already turn to specific examples and at the same time think about a rather interesting question.
An example of everyday dilemma - the choice of university
All the people at the age of 17 are known ordeals.choosing the school where they are going to continue their education. The USE, of course, greatly simplified the admission procedure: you can pass one exam, and then send the result to different universities in the country, and then how it goes. If you are lucky, a person goes to a more prestigious institute, if fortune turns away - less, but one way or another he will have a refuge for the next 4 years (bachelor’s degree) or 5 years (specialty). The main difficulty here is to choose. And imagine the situation of thinking as a dilemma: where to go to study, to become a doctor or art critic? And here it is worth stopping and saying that in such a situation the dilemma is false. And the last one needs clarification.
If the applicant is told that he has only twoways: either become a doctor, or an expert in, say, Picasso, then he is misled. Because the possibilities of an unhappy, frightened yesterday's school student are much greater. He can become anyone. There is no dilemma here (fortunately, the meaning of the word is no longer necessary), all barriers are only in the mind.
Unfortunately, we often do not see and do not knowother possibilities for the development of events, except two. Thus, the river of our life can now flow only in two directions, along two channels. And this thought is completely false and even in a sense criminal.
But fortunately, applicants are now much smarter. They do not allow themselves to be embarrassed and trapped in a similar dilemma (what kind of word is already clear).
Ethical dilemmas
First a little tediousness.But it will be quite a bit. It is necessary to distinguish between concepts. So, ethics is the science of morality. The first term has two interpretations: firstly, as an internal characteristic of a personality, the development of its moral qualities (truthfulness, honesty, nobility), and secondly, as a set of moral norms and rules accepted in society. According to other sources, morality is the external establishment of society, and morality is an assessment of the individual’s inner world. Sometimes ethics is understood as the rules and regulations of a particular social group (ethics of a particular profession, subculture) or teachings (Christian ethics, Buddhist ethics).
More importantly, there is no such distinction in living Russian. That is, the ethical dilemma can be called moral or moral, and the meaning will remain the same. Ethics include issues:
- good and evil;
- free will;
- the meaning of life and the purpose of man;
- ratio of due and desired.
Of course, this is far from all, but for our tasksthis rough sketch is enough. More important is another: ethical dilemmas cannot be called false. For example, if we take the global problem of good and evil, then we cannot say that a person can be on the side of evil or on the side of good. Each of us always chooses the team for which he prefers to play. And while the man himself is contradictory, no one can be called one hundred percent good or evil. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses in a moral sense. The remaining blocks of ethical knowledge are even more confusing, but interesting.
The theory of any science is complex, but when it comes tofor applications, the fog quickly dissipates. What is a moral dilemma? Imagine a situation that everyone is well aware of. The guy fell in love with his best friend's girlfriend. But before deciding how to proceed, he needs to answer a number of questions such as:
- Is the girl happy with a friend?
- Does she love him?
- Does he love her?
- Do they have a future?
- What is more important - the possibility of love or strong friendship?
Of course, few are able to answer questions fromlist calmly and objectively, smoking a pipe. As a rule, everything happens spontaneously, and nobody thinks about morality. But, in essence, these are all ethical issues. And note that they suggest only two possible answers: either positive or negative, no half measures. Of course, if you wish, you can say about this dilemma that it is false, but such a turn of events is impossible and will not suit the first and foremost the choosing subject (that same guy in love), because for him the girl is the only one. It is impossible, for example, to say that there are many girls, like professions and jobs in the world, they say, choose for taste.
I would like to finally wish the reader thathe did not fall into a situation of moral choice, but since such a development of events is unrealistic, we only hope that he will not fail and will draw the right conclusions, which means he will not make a mistake, which he will later regret.
