Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
ISBN: 9780073535906 | 0073535907
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 1/20/2011
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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.
Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues invites readers to apply ethical principles to issues that e... MORE
Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues invites readers to apply ethical principles to issues that e... MORE
| preface | p. v |
| The Context | |
| The Need for Ethics | p. 2 |
| 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 | p. 24 |
| 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 m... MORE | |
| The Role of Feelings | p. 31 |
| 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 | p. 40 |
| 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 | p. 52 |
| 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 | p. 68 |
| 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 | p. 79 |
| 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 | p. 100 |
| What do we do in situations where there is more than a single obligation How can we reconcile conflicting obligations? | |
| Considering Moral Ideals | p. 111 |
| How can we reconcile conflicts between moral ideals or between a moral ideal and an obligation? | |
| Considering Consequences | p. 122 |
| How do we deal with cases in which the consequences are not neatly separable into good and bad, but are mixed? | |
| Determing Moral Responsibility | p. 134 |
| 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 | p. 144 |
| 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 | p. 155 |
| Media and the Arts | p. 159 |
| Sex | p. 163 |
| Government | p. 166 |
| Law | p. 170 |
| Business | p. 174 |
| Medicine | p. 178 |
| Science | p. 183 |
| War | p. 187 |
| Afterword: A Suggestion for Further Study | p. 190 |
| Appendix: Writing About Moral Issues | p. 192 |
| Notes | p. 199 |
| Index | p. 204 |
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