“Dignity. Wonder if the meaning of this word will ever be able to make inroads in the sport of epo damned” (Eugenio Capodacqua) that the investigation of the French Senate Commission about the 1998 Tour de France has revealed and among which there are also Marco Pantani (winner of that edition) and Mario Cipollini. I suggest that there cannot be dignity without the presence of a certain degree of personal morality intensity, that can be described as follows:
“A further psychological dimension that has emerged as relevant to explain the unlawful conduct concerns the moral development, the ability to recognize an ethical dilemma and to deal with ethical situations. The intensity of individual morality affect the four phases of the moral decision cycle: the recognition of the existence of a moral problem, the moral judgment, the moral actions and act following these intentions. These phases interact well with the six dimensions that constitute the moral intensity:
- relevance of the results – refers to the sum of the benefits from having completed the actions;
- social consensus – refers to the extension of the acceptance regarding the ethic of the behaviors;
- the probability – refers to what percentage is considered conceivable that the consequences have a positive effect;
- temporal immediacy – is the amount of time that elapses between the end of the action and the beginning of the consequences;
- proximity – defines to what extent, who will use the impact may become identified as the beneficiary or victim;
- concentration effect – refers to the number of persons affected by the results obtained. “
