Moral case deliberation as a ten-step structured dialogue method¶

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Description¶

Moral case deliberation is a structured method of ethical conversation developed in healthcare practice, consisting of ten steps from introducing the aim and presenting the case through formulating the moral question, case analysis of perspectives and values, seeking alternatives, individual choice, dialogical inquiry, to conclusions and evaluation. Its stated aim is 'to have an open and equal exchange of ideas in order to find answers to the moral question within the case'. The article transfers it to film-based Bildung education because ethical dilemmas and existential dimensions of life are substantively similar.

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Context¶

Requirements¶

• A case presenter and a moderator/facilitator
• A dilemma involving a choice between mutually excluding options tied to different values

Constraints¶

• Originally developed for healthcare contexts; in the educational adaptation, decision-making steps are confined since the class does not need to go into decision-making processes

Target Learners¶

• University students; originally healthcare professionals

Target Learning Goals¶

• Developing moral competencies
• Improving moral decision-making and dialogical understanding

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Examples¶

• Structured post-screening discussion using amplification followed by moral case deliberation

Key Sources¶

• Koster, E. (2019). Bildung through films: How to discuss existential questions in academia. Film Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.18546/FEJ.02.2.04