Behind the daily activities of those engaged in such formal community care lie stressful moral and practical dilemmas.
Mandela describes the practical dilemma the proponents of apartheid faced:
Corrections-industry journals, meanwhile, have been particularly blunt when it comes to laying out the practical dilemmas of treating children as adults.
As one example of the application of Rozhdestvensly's theory to practical dilemmas of contemporary world, consider his study of the levels of morality.
This principle of limitation means that some weight needs to be given to the negative consequences of full disclosure, creating a practical and ethical dilemma.
Ruben's moral and practical dilemma remains unresolved as well.
That, however, presents a practical political dilemma.
It presents a rich, nuanced argument that is both intellectually rigorous and attuned to practical dilemmas.
"We were faced with a practical and ethical dilemma in continuing to work in a controlled manner with the drug," Starzl told the international audience.
Experience so far of introducing managed competition into the NHS therefore has thrown up a number of political, normative and practical dilemmas.