A practical companion to ethics /

"A Practical Companion to Ethics, Third Edition, is a concise and accessible introduction to the basic attitudes and skills that make ethics work, like thinking for oneself, creative and integrative problem-solving, and keeping an open mind. This volume illuminates the broad kinds of practical...

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Main Author: Weston, Anthony, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Getting started. Who needs ethics?
  • The dogmatist and the rationalizer
  • Ethics and diversity
  • Ethics and religion. Coming to terms
  • Let the stories be stories
  • Thinking for yourself
  • Creative problem-solving in ethics. The need for inventiveness in ethics
  • How to expand your options
  • How to reframe problems
  • Don't polarize--connect. "Right versus right"
  • Pieces of the puzzle
  • Going ahead together
  • The ongoing journey. Ethics as a learning experience
  • Looking farther
  • The expanding circle.