{"product_id":"ethics-in-action-9781405170987","title":"Ethics In Action","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the analysis of forty ethical dilemmas drawn from real-life situations, \u003ci\u003eEthics in Action\u003c\/i\u003e guides the reader through a process of moral deliberation that leads to the resolution of a variety of moral dilemmas.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFosters critical thinking by evaluating the reasons people give to support their choices and actions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges the paradigm of moral relativism that often impedes efforts to resolve moral dilemmas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates international perspectives often lacking in texts published for a U.S. audience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book's analysis of 40 ethical dilemmas drawn from real-life situations provides a guide to readers through the process of moral decision-making.\" (\u003ci\u003eEthical Corporation Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors. \u003cp\u003eForeword by Robert F. Ladenson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Peggy Connolly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Ethical Reasoning:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Brief Overview of Basic Ethical Theory: David R. Keller (Utah Valley University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Framework for Moral Reasoning: Eric H. Gampel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Cases and Commentaries:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Eye of the Beholder: Ethical Issues in the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase One: Monumental Controversies – The FDR Memorial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Two: Fire Sale – Destroying Privately Owned Works of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Three: What Price Immortality? – The Body Worlds Exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Four: Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers? – Returning Antiquities to Their Countries of Origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Five: Faux Paws – The Genetically Engineered Bunny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Green Achers: Ethical Issues and the Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Six: All Used Up and Nowhere to Glow – Goshute Nuclear Waste Siting and Native American Sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Seven: Not in My Back Yard – Environmental Injustice and “Cancer Alley”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Eight: The Boiled Frog – Global Warming, U.S. Interests, and Vulnerable Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Nine: A Gorilla on the Grill is Worth Two in the Bush – Wild Meat, Malnutrition, and Biological Conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Ten: Future Farmers – The Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of Genetically Modified Rice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Eleven: Till Rivers Run Dry – Mexican-American Water Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Plays Well With Others? Ethical Issues in Intra-social Conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twelve: Am I My Brother’s Keeper? – What Are Friends For?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirteen: Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Healthcare Professionals – Recruiting Nurses from Developing Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Fourteen: Deadly Secrets – Releasing Confidential Medical Records to Law Enforcement Officers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Fifteen: Perish the Thought! – Academic Affairs and “Community Values”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Sixteen: The Sound and the Fury – Noises and Neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Seventeen: Shoot to Thrill – Gun Schools in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Healthy, Wealthy and Whys: Ethical Issues in Health Care\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Eighteen: Whose Life Is It Anyway? – Collisions Between Personal Conscience and Professional Obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Nineteen: Congratulations! Did You Have a Boy or a Girl? – Surgical Interventions on Infants with Disorders of Sex Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty: The Heart of the Matter – Who Decides When the Patient is Dead?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-one: Lip Service – Cosmetic Use of Cadaver Tissue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-two: Drug of Choice – Patients’ Access to Experimental Drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-three: A Fevered Hand on a Cooling Brow – The Nurse’s Role in Aid-in-dying.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Business as Usual: Ethical Issues in the Marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-four: Sale of a Lifetime – Ovum “Donation”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-five: Only God Can Make a Tree – Patenting Indigenous Plants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-six: Body Shop – International Trafficking in Human Organs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-seven: Straits of Strife – Japanese Whaling, Cultural Relativism, and International Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-eight: Big Pharma Wants You – Direct-to-consumer Advertising.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Twenty-nine: This Gun’s For Hire – ExxonMobil and the Indonesian Military.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Freedom From or Freedom To? Ethical Issues in Government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty: Battle Scars – Suing the Government for Medical Malpractice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-one: Does the Past Mean Never Having to Say We’re Sorry? – Reparations and Apologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-two: Words Fail – Institutional Responses to Creative Violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-three: The Idealism of Youth – Civil Disobedience and the BYU Honor Code.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-four: Britannia Waives the Rules – Collecting DNA on Arrestees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-five: Land of the Free – The Gun Ban at the University of Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. School Days, School Daze: Ethical Issues in Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-six: Sheepskin or Fleece? – Plagiarism in University Classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-seven: Fire Up the Coffee Pot! Break Out the Ritalin! – Performance-enhancing Drugs in Academia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-eight: When an A is Not an A – Grade Inflation in Universities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Thirty-nine: Readin’, Writin’, and Rx-in’ – School Kids with Medical Needs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Forty: Promises, Promises – Selling Genetic Material for Institutional Gain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. History of the Ethics Bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (IEB) Rules.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Rules.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Championship Rules (2008)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407903990103,"sku":"9781405170987","price":87.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405170987.jpg?v=1730500910","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethics-in-action-9781405170987","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}