Ethics in Action : A Case-Based Approach

Peggy Connolly

ISBN 10: 1405170980 / ISBN 13: 9781405170987

Editore: Wiley Jan 2009, 2009

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Neuware - It's difficult to always know the 'right' thing to do. Contemporary life is fraught with situations where the choices that confront us are morally problematic. Ethics in Action demonstrates the prevalence of moral quandaries we face on an almost daily basis, and provides us with the moral problem-solving skills to meet them.

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• Titolo: Ethics in Action : A Case-Based Approach
• Editore: Wiley Jan 2009
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1405170980
• ISBN 13: 9781405170987
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 249 L x 175 A x 23 P (millimetri) 249 millimetri di larghezza per 175 millimetri di altezza per 23 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 771 grammi

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Riassunto

Through the analysis of forty ethical dilemmas drawn from real-life situations, Ethics in Action guides the reader through a process of moral deliberation that leads to the resolution of a variety of moral dilemmas.

• Fosters critical thinking by evaluating the reasons people give to support their choices and actions
• Challenges the paradigm of moral relativism that often impedes efforts to resolve moral dilemmas
• Incorporates international perspectives often lacking in texts published for a U.S. audience

Informazioni sull?autore

Peggy Connolly, EdD, chair, Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl national case-writing committee

David R. Keller, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley University

Martin G. Leever, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI

Becky Cox-White, PhD, Professor, Department of Philosophy, and Fellow, Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA