| Description |
xxiii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Prelude: Setting the Stage -- Ch. 1. Is It All a Matter of Opinion? Relativism Versus Objectivism. 1. Claims in Ethics: A Critique of Relativism. 2. The Case for Objectivism in Ethical Argument. 3. How Objective Can We Be? -- Ch. 2. The Framework. 1. Rights, Fairness, and Happiness: Three Traditional Principles in Ethical Decision-Making. 2. The Ethical Perspective -- Interlude: Rick and Nina Revisited -- Ch. 3. Devising a Procedure. 1. Critical Thinking Skills. 2. Traps and Pitfalls: Informal Fallacies -- Ch. 4. The Justification of Ethical Claims. 1. What Justification Is and What It Is Not -- Ch. 5. Ethical Argument in Action. 1. The Environment. 2. Compulsory Sterilization. 3. Lawyer's Privilege. 4. Whistleblowing -- Ch. 6. Cases for Discussion and Analysis. 1. General Issues. 2. Sports. 3. Medicine. 4. Law. 5. Business. 6. The Environment |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical thinking.
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Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethics.
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| LC no. |
91044764 |
| ISBN |
1557785139 |
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9781557785138 |
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