Do the Right Thing: Living Ethically in an Unethical World

Plante, Thomas G.

ISBN 10: 1572243643 / ISBN 13: 9781572243644

Published by New Harbinger Publications, 2004

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Synopsis:

In Do the Right Thing, a noted psychologist and ethicist, Thomas G. Plante, delivers a readable and engaging overview of practical ethics and develops workable solutions for making the right decisions when faced with difficult problems. This remarkable book explores the process that underlies the hard choices we make and describes a system that anyone can use to do the right thing in his or her daily life.

About the Author:

Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., ABPP, is professor of psychology and director of the Center for Professional Development at Santa Clara University. He is also adjunct clinical associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and consulting associate professor at the Stanford University School of Education. He is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Menlo Park, CA. For more than a decade, he has taught classes in ethics at both Santa Clara and Stanford Universities and conducted workshops in ethics for mental-health care professionals as well as for the public. Plante is the author of Contemporary Clinical Psychology, Second Edition (2005, Wiley); editor of Bless Me Father For I have Sinned: Perspectives on Sexual Abused Committed by Roman Catholic Priests (1999, Greenwood) and Sins Against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church (2004, Greenwood); co-author of Getting Together, Staying Together: The Stanford University Course on Intimacy (Firstbooks, 2000); and coeditor of Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives (2001, Guildford). He conducts research concerning religious faith and health outcomes, the psychological benefits of exercise, and psychological issues among Catholic clergy. Over the course of his career, he has published more than 100 professional journal articles. Plante has appeared and been featured on the BBC, CNN, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, National Public Radio, and local television new shows as well as in national magazines an newspapers including Time Magazine, US News and World Report, USA Today, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the London Times, and the Washington Post.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Do the Right Thing: Living Ethically in an ...
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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