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This is an introduction that is designed to enable students, through practical exercises, to develop their own skills in reasoning about ethical issues such as: analyzing and evaluating arguments used in discussions of ethical issues; analyzing and evaluating ethical concepts, such as utilitarianism; making decisions on ethical issues; and learning how to approach ethical issues in a fair minded way. Ethical issues discussed include the arguments about abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, animal rights, the environment and war. The book should be of interest to those in philosophy, health, social work and nursing courses.
| ISBN | 0415171857 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780415171854
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 431 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Publication date | 24 Jun 1999 | | Width (mm) | 174 | | Library of Congress | BJ43.T47 1 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 170 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1 | | Analysing moral reasoning | | 5 | | 2 | | Assessing moral reasoning | | 33 | | 3 | | Exercising the skills of reasoning | | 59 | | 4 | | Decision making | | 91 | | 5 | | Concepts in practical ethics | | 109 | | 6 | | Moral principles and moral theories | | 123 | | 7 | | Fair-mindedness and the role of emotion | | 143 | | | | App. 1: Comments on selected exercises | | 163 | | App. 2 | | Summaries on specific ethical issues | | 177 | | | | Bibliography | | 209 | | | | Index | | 211 |
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