Ethical maturity in the helping professions : making difficult life and work decisions / Michael Carroll and Elisabeth Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Michael.

Contributor:

Shaw, Elisabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social service.

Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential ideas in ethical thinking across the ages. It explores the ethical challenges through an interdisciplinary approach and presents a brand new model for becoming ethically mature professionals in the process.

Contents:

Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions: Making Difficult Life and Work Decisions; Foreword by Professor Tim Bond; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Overview of the book; Part One The foundations of ethical maturity: History, philosophy and science; Chapter 1 Setting the scene: The moral landscape; Chapter 2 Ethical maturity and unethical behaviour; Chapter 3 A very, very short history of ethics; Chapter 4 Socrates and Aristotle: Moral characterand moral action; Chapter 5 The brain and ethics; Chapter 6 Relational ethics; Chapter 7 What is ethical maturity?

Part Two The six components of ethical maturityChapter 8 Component 1: Creating ethical sensitivityand mindfulness; Chapter 9 Component 2: The process of ethicaldecision making; Chapter 10 Component 2: Maximising choices: Free will,accountability and responsibility; Chapter 11 Component 2: Conscious ethical discernmentand decision making; Chapter 12 Component 2: The influence of the unconsciouson ethical decision making; Chapter 13 Component 3: Implementing ethical decisions; Chapter 14 Component 4: Ethical accountability andmoral defence

Chapter 15 Component 5: Ethical sustainability and peaceChapter 16 Component 6: Learning from experience andintegrating new learning into moral character; Chapter 17 Training in ethical maturity; Part Three Applied ethical maturity in challenging contexts; Chapter 18 Organisations, contexts, ethics and maturity; Chapter 19 Brought and Sold: The ethics of gifts; Chapter 20 The ethics of research: Enhancing knowledgeand being ethically mature; Chapter 21 And finally...; References; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page

Notes:

"Foreword by Tim Bond".

Includes index and bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780646572598

9781283906043

128390604X

9780857007490

0857007491

OCLC:

824117987