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As mentioned in the topic heading, Haidt does a pretty good job of explaining "the futility of most moral arguments". I think this goes pretty well with our assignment to find an answer to an ethical dilemma. Since someone with a really strong point of view can never change someone else's strong opposite position on the issue, no extreme solution on one end of the spectrum or the other can be found. This is why finding an answer to an ethical dilemma requires compromising all points of view. There can never be one answer to a moral dilemma that fully satisfies everyone because everyone has their own moral intuitions, based socially or not. So, the best answer to an ethical dilemma is to try to accomodate both sides; you might not be happy with one aspect of the decision, but at least you agree with some of it. While Sara and I are not really working together to answer an ethical dilemma, more just reasoning where it is the most fair in a society for choices and decisions about ethical dilemmas to lie, we must find a balance between the two ends of the spectrum, individual choice and social choice on a global level, to accomodate all opinions.