ABSTRACT
The subject of moral challenge – the kind of wrenching decision Sartre’s student had to make – is a practical foundation for beginning our study of moral leadership. Later in the course we will ask how we might usefully reason about moral challenges, (which we will address in Module II: Moral Reasoning), and how we might act upon them and use these aptitudes to demonstrate moral leadership (which we will cover in Module III: Moral Leadership). Before then, we need to understand our own moral awareness – the personal framework people use to recognize morally charged situations, and the types of such situations – moral challenges – that any of us might face.
