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Ethics In Action: A Case-Based Approach

ISBN: 978-1-405-17098-7

January 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

544 pages

Description
Through the analysis of forty ethical dilemmas drawn from real-life situations, Ethics in Action guides the reader through a process of moral deliberation that leads to the resolution of a variety of moral dilemmas.
  • Fosters critical thinking by evaluating the reasons people give to support their choices and actions
  • Challenges the paradigm of moral relativism that often impedes efforts to resolve moral dilemmas
  • Incorporates international perspectives often lacking in texts published for a U.S. audience
About the Author
Peggy Connolly, EdD, chair, Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl national case-writing committee

David R. Keller, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley University

Martin G. Leever, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI

Becky Cox-White, PhD, Professor, Department of Philosophy, and Fellow, Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA

Features
  • Demonstrates a process that leads to ethically defensible resolutions of moral dilemmas
  • Fosters critical thinking by evaluating the reasons people give to support their choices and actions 
  • Challenges the paradigm of moral relativism that often impedes efforts to resolve moral dilemmas 
  • Incorporates international perspectives often lacking in texts published for a U.S. audience