Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues

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Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues invites readers to apply ethical principles to issues that exemplify the kinds of moral challenges encountered in everyday life. It provides an overview of the need for ethics and then focuses on strategies for effective decision making. Ruggiero emphasizes doing ethical analysis rather than comparing ethical theories. The history of ethics is covered in the concluding chapter. COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 2 COPYRIGHT......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 12 PREFACE......Page 5 I / THE CONTEXT......Page 16 CHAPTER 1 Preliminary Considerations......Page 17 CHAPTER 2 The Role of the Majority View......Page 36 CHAPTER 3 The Role of Feelings......Page 43 CHAPTER 4 The Role of Conscience......Page 52 CHAPTER 5 Comparing Cultures......Page 65 II / A STRATEGY......Page 80 CHAPTER 6 A Foundation for Judgment......Page 81 CHAPTER 7 The Basic Criteria......Page 92 CHAPTER 8 Considering Consequences......Page 113 CHAPTER 9 Considering Obligations......Page 126 CHAPTER 10 Considering Moral Ideals......Page 137 CHAPTER 11 Determining Moral Responsibility......Page 149 III / THE TRADITION......Page 160 CHAPTER 12 A Perspective on History......Page 161 IV / CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES......Page 170 Education......Page 172 Media and the Arts......Page 176 Sex......Page 180 Government......Page 183 Law......Page 188 Business......Page 191 Medicine......Page 196 Science......Page 200 War......Page 204 AFTERWORD: A SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY......Page 207 APPENDIX 1: WRITING ABOUT MORAL ISSUES......Page 209 APPENDIX 2: RESEARCHING MORAL ISSUES......Page 216 NOTES......Page 221 B......Page 228 C......Page 229 D......Page 230 E......Page 231 G......Page 232 J......Page 233 M......Page 234 N......Page 235 P......Page 236 S......Page 237 T......Page 238 Y......Page 239