Description
Book SynopsisSocial work rests on complex philosophical assumptions that should be central to practice, education, and training. Frederic G. Reamer explores how these issues bear on the purpose, methods, and perspectives of social work and their far-reaching implications. This second edition is revised and updated throughout to address contemporary challenges.
Trade ReviewGood action in social work practice and research is founded on moral and ethical considerations coupled with sound logic and skills.
The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work is essential to understanding the centrality of moral and ethical underpinnings as on par with the technical and empirical factors in the decisions of social work researchers and practitioners. -- Gautam N. Yadama, author of
Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion: State of the Energy ImpoverishedFrederic G. Reamer has contributed to the development of social work’s ethical foundations, and in his revised edition of
The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work, he extends his analysis to other pertinent branches of philosophy. By showing how each of these applies to social work, Reamer has made a unique and important contribution to social work scholarship. -- Edward J. Mullen, Columbia University
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Political Philosophy
2. Moral Philosophy
3. Logic
4. Epistemology
5. Aesthetics
Afterword
Notes
References
Index
