Understanding Ethics (Paperback)
Noel Preston
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Add to basketPaperback. We encounter ethical challenges on a day to day basis in matters that involve what we call ethical values. Some of these challenges affect us as individuals but seem beyond our power to influence, such as a political decision about whether our nation should go to war. Other momentous ethical questions confront us in particular situations, such as when a road accident leaves a loved one brain damaged and medical practitioners seek our permission to turn off life support. Understanding Ethics introduces the frameworks of moral philosophy to analyse contemporary moral issues and perennial human dilemmas. While the early chapters of ethical theory remain substantially the same, the rest of the book is expanded with updated references, new case studies and an improved index. The new edition examines particular issues which reflect many of the social, scientific and cultural changes of the last decade, especially in an Australian context. Understanding Ethics is constructed in three sections. Part A introduces the nature, language and frameworks of ethics concluding with a chapter on ethical decision-making. Part B explores topical applied ethics issues of interpersonal and social significance ranging through bioethics, sexual ethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, political ethics and questions of war and social justice. Part C considers how we learn ethics and cultivate a moral life by exploring ethics education in schools and the workplace and finally contains an examination of how we sustain our ethical commitments across a lifetime while experiencing constant change. Topics covered: The Planet and the Environment Global warming and energy policy Population and poverty Global citizenship and the Earth Charter Animal rights Bioethics Stem cell research and cloning Euthanasia Biotechnology and developing countries Professional Life and Workplaces The media and journalism Teachers, schools and values education Business ethics Politics and Policy-making Social justice in Australian society Public sector ethics Conflicts of interest and codes of conduct Life, Love and Sexuality Honesty and truthtelling Same sex marriage Spirituality War, Terrorism and Violence Capital punishment War including `just war' theory Terrorism and torture Understanding Ethics introduces ethics, its theories and a mode of responsible ethical decision-making to the reader and examines contemporary issues ranging across bio-ethics, professional ethics, environmental ethics, politics, sex and truthtelling and concludes with chapters on "Cultivating an Ethical Life." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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We encounter ethical challenges on a day to day basis in matters that involve what we call ethical values. Some of these challenges affect us as individuals but seem beyond our power to influence, such as a political decision about whether our nation should go to war. Other momentous ethical questions confront us in particular situations, such as when a road accident leaves a loved one brain damaged and medical practitioners seek our permission to turn off life support. Understanding Ethics introduces the frameworks of moral philosophy to analyse contemporary moral issues and perennial human dilemmas.
While the early chapters of ethical theory remain substantially the same, the rest of the book is expanded with updated references, new case studies and an improved index. The new edition examines particular issues which reflect many of the social, scientific and cultural changes of the last decade, especially in an Australian context.
Understanding Ethics is constructed in three sections. Part A introduces the nature, language and frameworks of ethics concluding with a chapter on ethical decision-making. Part B explores topical applied ethics issues of interpersonal and social significance ranging through bioethics, sexual ethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, political ethics and questions of war and social justice. Part C considers how we learn ethics and cultivate a moral life by exploring ethics education in schools and the workplace and finally contains an examination of how we sustain our ethical commitments across a lifetime while experiencing constant change.
Noel Preston is currently Adjunct Professor in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University and part-time lecturer affiliated to Charles Sturt University through St Francis' Theological College, Brisbane. He retired in November 2004 as the founding Director of the Unitingcare Centre for Social Justice.
In 2004 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the community in the field of ethics. In his capacity as a social justice campaigner since the early 1970s and as a Minister of the Uniting Church he has previously held leadership roles in various church social justice portfolios including inaugural Convenor of the Uniting Church’s Commission on Social Responsibility, Queensland Director of Action for World Development and Executive Officer of the Victorian Synod Division of Social Justice.
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