Description
Book SynopsisThinking Critically About Ethical Issues encourages students to reason out for themselves the best answers to moral problems, rather than providing answers for students to memorize and repeat. Striking a balance between the theoretical and the practical, Ruggiero''s text discusses the history of ethics, but its focus is on
doing ethics to promote the development of critical thinking skills and to help students acquire confidence in their own judgement. The short chapter length allows students to spend less time reading and more time doing ethical analysis. Instructors can customize
Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues (as print or ebook) to include selections from
Discourses, McGraw Hill's collection of more than 450 classical and contemporary philosophy readings, offering convenience in discussing ethical issues with the exemplars they prefer.
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Preliminary Considerations
CHAPTER 2: The Role of the Majority View
CHAPTER 3: The Role of Feelings
CHAPTER 4: The Role of Conscience
CHAPTER 5: Comparing Cultures
CHAPTER 6: A Foundation for Judgment
CHAPTER 7: The Basic Criteria
CHAPTER 8: Considering Consequences
CHAPTER 9: Considering Obligations
CHAPTER 10: Considering Moral Ideals
CHAPTER 11: Determining Moral Responsibility
CHAPTER 12: A Perspective on History
CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES:
Education
Media and the Arts
Sex
Government
Law
Business
Medicine
Science
War
APPENDIX 1: Writing About Moral Issues
APPENDIX 2: Researching Moral Issues
