Ethics In Action: A Case-Based Approach - Softcover

Connolly, Peggy; Keller, David R.; Leever, Martin G.; White, Becky Cox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405170972 ISBN 13: 9781405170970

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

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

About this title

From the Back Cover

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.

Utilizing forty "real-life" ethical dilemmas drawn from personal and professional experiences and media accounts, Ethics in Action subjects each case study to rigorous analyses using a systematic method for resolving moral dilemmas. Moral dilemmas are considered from multiple perspectives: one commentator arguing for a particular solution, a second commentator arguing against that solution, and a third commentator demonstrating why neither solution is complete in and of itself and demonstrating, through an expanded moral analysis, the morally preferable solution. As a result, the reader is shown the value of discourse in moral problem solving while being guided through a process of moral deliberation that leads to ethically defensible resolutions of moral dilemmas across a wide range of disciplines.

Ethics in Action provides readers with valuable critical-thinking skills to meet the challenges of ethical dilemmas and moral ambiguity they face every day―while inspiring us all to keep our moral compasses pointing in the right direction.

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1405170972
• ISBN 13: 9781405170970
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544