Ethics and college student life : a case study approach / Kenneth A. Strike, Pamela A. Moss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strike, Kenneth A.

Contributor:

Moss, Pamela A.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--United States--Conduct of life.

College students.

United States.

Conduct of life.

Ethics--United States.

Ethics.

Moral education--United States.

Moral education.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2008]

Summary:

This unique "hands-on" guide uses a highly effective case approach to explore specific, reality-based examples of the complex, controversial, and difficult ethical issues that students face on college campuses today-e.g., plagiarism, racism and hate speech, date rape, alcohol abuse. Then, through thought-provoking questions and critical discussions, prods readers to explore their own positions, notions, and opinions, and to justify their stances. It shows them how five important ethical principles can be used to think through these problems and to solve them in ethical dialogues. Academic Integrity, Grading, and Cheating. Tolerance, Diversity, and Hate Speech. Privacy and Dialogue. Loyalty, Friendship, and Community. Sex, Relationships, and Power. Drinking and Living the Good Life. On Getting a Life. Religion, Relativism, and Dialogue. For college students and anyone interested in ethics.

Contents:

Can We Think About Ethics? 1

Using Case Studies to Think About Ethics 1

Some Ethical Principles 3

A Sample Case Study Analysis 5

Case 1.1 The File 5

Issues 6

Applying Ethical Principles to the Case 6

For Further Inquiry 9

2 Academic Integrity, Grading, and Cheating 12

Case 2.1 Cheating 12

Issues 14

Applying Ethical Principles to the Case 15

Examples of College and University Codes on Academic Dishonesty 19

Additional Cases 22

Case 2.2 The Tutor 22

Case 2.3 Time Crunch 23

Case 2.4 TakeNote: Help or Hindrance? 23

Case 2.5 A Question of Plagiarism 24

Case 2.6 There Isn't Enough to Go Around 25

Additional Materials 28

3 Tolerance, Diversity, and Hate Speech 32

Case 3.1 Hate Speech 32

Issues 35

Applying Ethical Principles to the Case 38

Working Out Solutions 40

Examples of College and University Codes Regarding Hate Speech 41

Additional Cases 44

Case 3.2 The Canon 44

Case 3.3 Self-Segregation 45

Case 3.4 Cafeteria Friendships 47

Case 3.5 Long-Lost Friend 48

Case 3.6 Consciousness-Raising 49

Case 3.7 The Christmas Party 51

Case 3.8 Racism or Self-Sabotage? 52

Case 3.9 One of "Us," or One of Them"? 54

Case 3.10 Oreo Intellectual 55

Case 3.11 Erase the Hate 57

Case 3.12 The Locker Room Closet 58

Case 3.13 Watch Your (Body) Language 60

Additional Materials 66

4 Privacy and Dialogue 75

Two Cases: Invading Personal Space 75

Case 4.1 Incompatibility 75

Case 4.2 Different strokes 76

Issues 78

Applying Ethical Principles to the Cases 79

A Theory of Privacy 81

Working Out Solutions 83

Examples of College and University Codes on Privacy 85

Additional Cases 87

Case 4.3 The Assignment 87

Case 4.4 Raided! 89

Case 4.5 Searching 90

Case 4.6 Smooching in the Lounge 91

Case 4.7 Telephone Harassment 93

Case 4.8 Apartment 3-G 94

Case 4.9 Noise Pollution 95

Case 4.10 Smokers' Rights? 96

Case 4.11 Porn Assignment? 97

Case 4.12 Cutting 98

Case 4.13 Now Entering the Blogosphere 100

Case 4.14 Public or Private Space? 101

Additional Materials 103

5 Loyalty, Friendship, and Community 106

Two Cases: United We Stand? 106

Case 5.1 Loyalty Test 106

Case 5.2 Group Guilt 108

Issues 110

Applying Ethical Principles to the Cases 112

Working Out Solutions 115

Additional Cases 116

Case 5.3 Hazing 116

Case 5.4 Sharing Secrets 117

Case 5.5 Ratting: A Roommate's Dilemma 118

Case 5.6 Secret Abuse 119

Case 5.7 School Spirit 120

Case 5.8 Stand By Your Man? 121

Case 5.9 Flamed? 123

Additional Materials 127

6 Sex, Relationships, and Power 131

Case 6.1 Seduction or Rape? 131

Issues 134

Different Perspectives on Sexual Ethics 135

The Bonder 138

The Aesthete 139

The Bonder and the Aesthete in the Media 141

Applying Ethical Principles to the Case 143

Examples of College and University Codes Governing Sexual Behavior 143

Additional Cases 147

Case 6.2 Pregnant! 147

Case 6.3 Best Buddies 148

Case 6.4 Cheating 149

Case 6.5 Dating in the Age of AIDS 150

Case 6.6 Sexual Harassment I 151

Case 6.7 Sexual Harassment II 152

Case 6.8 The Affair 153

Case 6.9 First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage... 155

Case 6.10 You've Got (Hate) Mail 156

Case 6.11 Athletes, Rape, and Spin 157

Additional Materials 161

7 Drinking and Living the Good Life 166

Case 7.1 The Drinking Survey 166

Issues 170

Autonomy and Self-Control 171

Moderation 178

Examples of College and University Codes on Drinking and Drug Use 181

Additional Cases 182

Case 7.2 Alcohol and the Real Me 182

Case 7.3 Sorry, I Was Drunk 183

Case 7.4 A Friend in Need 184

Case 7.5 Stoned Sex 185

Case 7.6 High Performance 187

Case 7.7 Alcohol: A Fatal Attraction 188

Additional Materials 190

8 On Getting a Life 194

Two Cases: What Is College For? 194

Case 8.1 Finding Herself 194

Case 8.2 Choosing a Career 195

Issues 197

Applying Ethical Principles to the Cases 199

Working Toward Solutions 200

Additional Cases 211

Case 8.3 Who Do You Think I Am? 211

Case 8.4 Divorce Aftermath 212

Case 8.5 Whose Life Is It, Anyway? 213

Case 8.6 Where Do I Belong? 214

Case 8.7 A Good Job 216

Case 8.8 Working Woman 217

Case 8.9 Who's Supposed to Take Care of Me? 219

Additional Materials 222

9 Religion, Relativism, and Dialogue 227

Three Cases: "I Believe..." 227

Case 9.1 Thus Saith the Lord 227

Case 9.2 After Me, Please 228

Case 9.3 Let's Talk 228

Questions in Moral Epistemology 230

Plato's Progress 231

Absolutism and Relativism 234

Tolerance and Dialogue 239

The Importance of Moral Dialogue 241

Problem: Unified Housing at Brighton College 245

10 For Further Reflection: Additional Cases 249

Case 10.1 Out with the Old 249

Case 10.2 Overloaded 250

Case 10.3 Performance Anxiety 251

Case 10.4 What Was That Again? 252

Case 10.5 Special Treatment 254

Case 10.6 It Isn't Really Stealing 255

Case 10.7 Fender Bender 256

Case 10.8 The Hacker 257

Case 10.9 Rent Battle 258

Case 10.10 Suicidal? 259

Case 10.11 With Charity Toward All 260

Case 10.12 Contemporary Social Problems: Who Cares? 261

Case 10.13 Freedom of Religion? 263

Case 10.14 Yes, Master 264

Case 10.15 What's Wrong with That Girl? 265

Case 10.16 A Second Chance? 266

Case 10.17 The Ethics Textbook That Wasn't PC Enough (Or Was It?) 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780132343312

0132343312

OCLC:

122291719