moral quandary

language: fr

definitions

  1. A situation in which a person is faced with a difficult choice between two or more conflicting moral principles or courses of action, where no clear right or wrong answer exists.
    fr: Dilemme moral

examples

  1. The doctor faced a moral quandary when deciding whether to tell the patient the truth about their condition.

    Le médecin était confronté à un dilemme moral lorsqu'il devait décider s'il fallait dire la vérité au patient sur son état.