Thinking Critically about Ethical Issues （6TH）

Thinking Critically about Ethical Issues （6TH）

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780072831887
  • DDC分類 170

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This concise accessible text emphasizes doing ethical analysis, rather than focusing on ethical theory or the history of ethics. Ruggiero's readers are invited to apply ethical principles to issues that exemplify the kinds of moral challenges encountered in everyday life.

Contents

Part Iif we have laws?Ethics definedEthics and religious beliefThe need for ethicsPreliminary guidelinesDoing research on the InternetMaking discussion sample situationThe majority can errSample responseInquiriesCHAPTER 3 - THE better guide is neededSample responseInquiriesCHAPTER 4 - THE ROLE OF CONSCIENCEConscience and shameIndividual differencesThe shapers of conscienceNatural endowmentSocial conditioningMoral choiceA balanced view of conscienceSample responseInquiriesCHAPTER 5 - COMPARING CULTURESDifferences among culturesInterpreting the differencesThe similarity of valuesIs judgment appropriate?Three important cautionsInquiriesPart II: A STRATEGYCHAPTER 6 - A FOUNDATION FOR JUDGMENTAssessing ought statementsOughts in ancient culturesGovernmental oughtsOrganizational oughtsOur own everyday oughtsThe principle of right desireThe principle of contradictionChallenges to judgmentRelativismAbsolutismInquiriesCHAPTER 7 - THE BASIC CRITERIAA fundamental good: respect for personsThree basic criteriaObligationsMoral idealsConsequencesAnalyzing ethical issuesStep 1: Study the details of the caseStep 2: Identify the relevant criteriaStep 3: Determine possible courses of actionStep 4: Decide which action is most ethicalThe case of Professor WoebegoneAnalysis 1: The details of the caseAnalysis 2: Relevant criteriaAnalysis 3: Possible courses of actionAnalysis 4: The most ethical actionThe case of Horace's houseAnalysis 1: The details of the caseAnalysis 2: Relevant criteriaAnalysis 3: Possible courses of actionAnalysis 4: The most ethical actionA caution about generalizingAvoiding other errors"Mine is better" thinkingDouble standardUnwarranted assumptionsOversimplificationsHasty conclusionsInquiriesCHAPTER 8 - CONSIDERING OBLIGATIONSWhen obligations conflictWeighing the obligationsTwo moral dilemmasThe Alabama syphilis caseThoroughness is importantInquiriesCHAPTER 9 - CONSIDERING MORAL IDEALSImportant moral idealsPrudence Justice Temperance Courage Loving kindness Integrity Forgiveness Repentance Reparation Gratitude BeneficenceIdeals in conflictThe Munich incidentThe issue of affirmative actionIdeals versus obligationsInquiriesCHAPTER 10 - CONSIDERING CONSEQUENCESDealing with probabilityMaking the analysis thoroughThree difficult questionsA cautionDealing with dilemmasInquiriesCHAPTER 11 - DETERMINING MORAL RESPONSIBILITYHow free are our choices?When culpability is diminishedEthics and lawMore typical casesHeroism not requiredInquiriesPart III: THE medieval periodThe modern periodThe ethics of dutyThe ethics of consequencesGreat issues in ethicsInquiryPart IV: CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CONTROVERSIESEducationMedia and the artsSexGovernmentLawBusinessMedicineScienceWarAFTERWORD: A SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDYAPPENDIXA: WRITING ABOUT MORAL ISSUESB: AVOIDING PLAGIARISMNER(01): WOW