Ethics in practice : moral theory and the professions / Andrew Alexandra and Seumas Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexandra, Andrew, 1951-

Contributor:

Miller, Seumas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Professional ethics.

Work ethic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dozens of times a day we are faced with moral dilemmas, and our judgments and actions are guided by our sense of what is right or wrong. But there are times when we find ourselves facing situations of moral complexity and uncertainty. Drawing on numerous case studies, Ethics in Practice is a practical and absorbing discussion on ethics and moral theory, and will help readers to make better informed, and more rationally justifiable, decisions about how to act and judge the actions of others, where there are morally hard choices to be made in their professional working life.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1: Ethical theory and practice; 2: Relativism; 3: Moral principles; 4: Virtues and vices; 5: Moral emotion, motivation and reasoning; 6: Professional role morality; 7: Duty of care, autonomy, paternalism and informed consent; 8: Privacy and confidentiality; 9: Life and death; 10: Reproduction; 11: The institution of the family; 12: Drugs; 13: Corruption; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-184-5

OCLC:

635291384