What do you guys do when you're faced with a truly difficult 'what's the right response here?' situation?

95% of the time, I know what I should do and trust my gut. Then I'll say to one of my two BFFs "So, I think I know what I'm going to do, but I just have to say it out loud and then you tell me if I'm totally off base."

Occasionally, I'll call my mom and ask her - or if the issue is really ethics based, I'll try to apply the Kant principal of "if absolutely everyone in the world behaved this way, what would happen?"

Usually, I'm concerned that I'm being too much of a hard-ass and I need to check with someone else that I'm not being un-dually harsh. However, this might not work as just about everyone whose opinion I hold dear is just as hard-assed (or even more so) as I am.

What do you do in these situations?

If I can't come to a decision on my own I have a couple of really good girlfriends that I talk to. Or my husband or my mother, depending on the situation. My mom is fairly religious, which I find colours her advice in a way that I don't always agree with, so I talk to her about moral quandries a little less often.
I like the idea of that Kant principle. It's an interesting way of looking at your actions.

OOh, I Like that Kantian slant! I often go for "If I were advising someone else, what would I decide about the situation?" Also "What are the consequences, short and long term, of this situation and those of the potential responses?"

I am still learning to identify my gut. 99.8% of the time it's right but I don't realize it until I've exhausted other people's suggestions (that I don't ever really feel comfortable with). Realizing what my gut is telling me and trusting it is really my best weapon. Just gotta learn how...

I go with my gut even if everyone else doesn't seem to follow the path my gut tells me to take. My gut is right 99.9% of the time so it is how I go.

I do bounce things off friends but usually follow my gut even if they don't agree with me because I like to be able to live with myself and would feel a bit stressed/uneasy if I went against what was right for me.