Thinking Critically about Ethical Issues

Name: Thinking Critically about Ethical Issues
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ISBN: 9780073535906

ISBN-10: 0073535907

ISBN-13: 9780073535906

Edition: 8th 2012

Authors: Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

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This concise, accessible text emphasizes doing ethical analysis and thinking critically about ethical issues, 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. It engages students' minds, stimulates enthusiasm, and makes teaching more effective and rewarding.

Book details

List price: $84.33
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 1/20/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



preface



The Context



The Need for Ethics


Why do we need ethics? We have laws to protect people's rights. If the laws are enforced, what need have we of further rules?



The Role of the Majority View


Is the basis for deciding moral values the majority view? In other words, if the majority of the citizens of our country should decide that a particular action is right, would that very decision make the action right?



The Role of Feelings


If the majority view does not determine the rightness of an action, should each person decide on the basis of her or his own feelings, desires, preferences?



The Role of Conscience


If feelings are no better a guide than the majority view, is the basis of morality each person's own conscience? How trustworthy is conscience?



Comparing Cultures


If an action that is praised in one culture may be condemned in another, would it be correct to say that all moral values are relative to the culture they are found in? Isn't it a mark of ignorance to pass judgment on other cultures or to claim that one culture is better than another?



A Strategy



A Foundation for Judgment


If both individuals and cultures can be mistaken in their moral reasoning, we need a basis for evaluating their judgment. If the majority view, feelings, and conscience do not provide that basis, what does?



The Basic Criteria


What is really good for us? What criteria and approaches are most effective in examining moral issues? What pitfalls other than relativism and absolutism should we be aware of and strive to avoid?



Considering Obligations


What do we do in situations where there is more than a single obligation How can we reconcile conflicting obligations?



Considering Moral Ideals


How can we reconcile conflicts between moral ideals or between a moral ideal and an obligation?



Considering Consequences


How do we deal with cases in which the consequences are not neatly separable into good and bad, but are mixed?



Determing Moral Responsibility


How do we determine whether a person is responsible for her or his immoral actions? Are there degrees of responsibility?



Te Tradition



A Perspective on History


When did the study of ethics begin? Who were the great thinkers in the history of ethics? What contributions did they make?



Contemporary Ethical Controversies


Educationp


Media and the Arts


Sex


Government


Law


Business


Medicine


Science


War


Afterword: A Suggestion for Further Study


Appendix: Writing About Moral Issues


Notes


Index