CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSY

CONTROVERSY:

• All individuals will not  arrive at same verdict during their exercising their  moral autonomy.

•   Aristotle noted long ago that morality is not as precise and clear-cut as arithmetic.

• Aim of teaching engg ethics is not to get unanimous conformity of outlook by indoctrination, authoritarian and dogmatic teaching, hypnotism or any other technique but to improve promotion of tolerance in the exercise of moral autonomy.

CONSENSUS;

The conductor of a music orchestra has authority over the musicians and his authority is respected by them by consensus as otherwise the music performance will suffer. Hence the authority and autonomy are compatible.

On the other hand, tension arises between the needs for autonomy and the need for concerns about authority. The difference between the two should be discussed openly to resolve the issue to the common good.