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9780073535906

Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues

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    9780073535906

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    0073535907

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-01-20
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues invites readers to apply ethical principles to issues that exemplity the kinds of moral challenges encountered in everyday life. If provides an overview of the need for ethics and then focuses on strategies for effective decision making. Ruggiero emphasizes doing ethical analysis rather than comparing ethical theories. The history of ethics is covered in the concluding chapter. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

prefacep. v
The Context
The Need for Ethicsp. 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 Viewp. 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 make the action right?
The Role of Feelingsp. 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 Consciencep. 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 Culturesp. 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 Judgmentp. 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 Criteriap. 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 Obligationsp. 100
What do we do in situations where there is more than a single obligation How can we reconcile conflicting obligations?
Considering Moral Idealsp. 111
How can we reconcile conflicts between moral ideals or between a moral ideal and an obligation?
Considering Consequencesp. 122
How do we deal with cases in which the consequences are not neatly separable into good and bad, but are mixed?
Determing Moral Responsibilityp. 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 Historyp. 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
Educationpp. 155
Media and the Artsp. 159
Sexp. 163
Governmentp. 166
Lawp. 170
Businessp. 174
Medicinep. 178
Sciencep. 183
Warp. 187
Afterword: A Suggestion for Further Studyp. 190
Appendix: Writing About Moral Issuesp. 192
Notesp. 199
Indexp. 204
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