Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
9th Edition
Published on 16. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-07-811905-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues invites readers to apply ethical principles to issues that exemplify the kinds of moral challenges encountered in everyday life. It 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.
More details
Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: College Freshman
Illustrations
0 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-811905-7 (9780078119057)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Vincent Ryan Ruggiero is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the movement to make creative and critical thinking central emphases in education and in society. The author of 22 books and over 500 essays, he is Professor of Humanities Emeritus at State University of New York, Delhi.
Content
RuggieroThinking Critically about Ethical Issues, 9th editionI / THE CONTEXTCHAPTER 1Preliminary ConsiderationsCHAPTER 2THE ROLE OF THE MAJORITY VIEW,CHAPTER 3THE ROLE OF FEELINGSCHAPTER 4THE ROLE OF CONSCIENCECHAPTER 5COMPARING CULTURESII / A STRATEGYCHAPTER 6A FOUNDATION FOR JUDGMENTCHAPTER 7THE BASIC CRITERIA,CHAPTER 8CONSIDERING CONSEQUENCESChapter 9CONSIDERING OBLIGATIONSCHAPTER 10CONSIDERING MORAL IDEALSCHAPTER 11DETERMINING MORAL RESPONSIBILITYIII / THE TRADITIONCHAPTER 12A PERSPECTIVE ON HISTORYIV / CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CONTROVERSIESEducation
Media and the ArtsSex
Government
Law
Business
Medicine
Science
War
AFTERWORD: A SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY
APPENDIX: WRITING ABOUT MORAL ISSUES
Media and the ArtsSex
Government
Law
Business
Medicine
Science
War
AFTERWORD: A SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY
APPENDIX: WRITING ABOUT MORAL ISSUES