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Published: 
May 2015
Page Count: 
478
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-7053-7

The Ethics Workshop

Version 1.0
By James Brusseau

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  • Engaging and provoking case studies.
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The Ethics Workshop is an introductory text that provides a framework for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical dilemmas. Brusseau uses case studies to demonstrate that in most situations, there is no right answer to an ethical problem. However, he introduces strategies for students to logically think through the issue, rather than just “winging it.”

  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dedication
  • Preface

    • Chapter 1: What Is Ethics?

  • 1.1 Chapter Overview
  • 1.2 What Is Ethics?
  • 1.3 The Place of Ethics
  • 1.4 Overview of The Ethics Workshop
  • 1.5 Case Studies

    • Chapter 2: Theories of Duties and Rights: Traditional Tools for Making Decisions When the Means Justify the Ends

  • 2.1 Chapter Overview
  • 2.2 The Means Justify the Ends versus the Ends Justify the Means
  • 2.3 Perennial Duties
  • 2.4 Immanuel Kant: The Duties of the Categorical Imperative
  • 2.5 Rights
  • 2.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 3: Theories of Consequence Ethics: Traditional Tools for Making Decisions when the Ends Justify the Means

  • 3.1 Chapter Overview
  • 3.2 What Is Consequentialism?
  • 3.3 Utilitarianism: The Greater Good
  • 3.4 Altruism: Everyone Else
  • 3.5 Egoism: Just Me
  • 3.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 4: Theories Responding to the Challenge of Cultural Relativism

  • 4.1 Chapter Overview
  • 4.2 What Is Cultural Relativism?
  • 4.3 Nietzsche’s Eternal Return of the Same
  • 4.4 Cultural Ethics
  • 4.5 Virtue Theory
  • 4.6 Discourse Ethics
  • 4.7 Ethics of Care
  • 4.8 The Cheat Sheet: Rules of Thumb in Applied Ethics
  • 4.9 Case Studies

    • Chapter 5: Freedom and Responsibility

  • 5.1 Chapter Overview
  • 5.2 Freedom of Speech
  • 5.3 Getting High
  • 5.4 From Guns and Helmets to Sugary Drinks
  • 5.5 Case Studies

    • Chapter 6: Crime, Punishment, and Social Control

  • 6.1 Chapter Overview
  • 6.2 Crime and Punishment
  • 6.3 Who Gets Punished and How Severely?
  • 6.4 Punishment: Shame and Capital Punishment
  • 6.5 Case Studies

    • Chapter 7: Religions, Convictions, and Families

  • 7.1 Chapter Overview
  • 7.2 Individuals’ Religions and Society’s Obligations
  • 7.3 Contraception and Medical Insurance
  • 7.4 Same-Sex Marriage
  • 7.5 The Ethics of Fast and Easy Divorce
  • 7.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 8: Abortion

  • 8.1 Chapter Overview
  • 8.2 The Structure of the Abortion Debate
  • 8.3 The Fetus-Centered Abortion Dilemma
  • 8.4 The Woman-Centered Abortion Dilemma
  • 8.5 The Society-Centered Abortion Dilemma
  • 8.6 Special Cases of the Abortion Dilemma
  • 8.7 Case Studies

    • Chapter 9: War, Peace, and Ethics

  • 9.1 Chapter Overview
  • 9.2 The Ethics of Entering War
  • 9.3 The Ethics of Fighting War
  • 9.4 The Ethics after War
  • 9.5 Case Studies

    • Chapter 10: Terrorism, Response, and Ethics

  • 10.1 Chapter Overview
  • 10.2 What Is Terrorism?
  • 10.3 Can Terrorism Be Justified?
  • 10.4 Responding to Terrorism
  • 10.5 Case Studies

    • Chapter 11: Discrimination, Victimization, and Affirmative Action

  • 11.1 Chapter Overview
  • 11.2 Racial Discrimination
  • 11.3 Gender Discrimination and Occupational Segregation
  • 11.4 The Diversity of Discrimination and Victimization
  • 11.5 The Prevention and Rectification of Discrimination: Affirmative Action
  • 11.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 12: Individuals, Collectives, Wealth Distribution, and Social Justice

  • 12.1 What Is the Star System?
  • 12.2 Questions Provoked by the Star System
  • 12.3 Ethics: Justifying and Criticizing the Star System
  • 12.4 Unions
  • 12.5 Union Strikes
  • 12.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 13: Advertising, Desire, Consumerism, and Consumers

  • 13.1 Chapter Overview
  • 13.2 Two Kinds of Advertising
  • 13.3 Do Ads Need to Tell the Truth?
  • 13.4 We Buy, Therefore We Are: Consumerism and Advertising
  • 13.5 Consumers and Their Protections
  • 13.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 14: Corporations and Social Responsibility

  • 14.1 Chapter Overview
  • 14.2 What Kind of Business Organizations Are There?
  • 14.3 Three Theories of Corporate Social Responsibility
  • 14.4 Should Corporations Have Social Responsibilities? The Arguments in Favor
  • 14.5 Should Corporations Have Social Responsibilities? The Arguments Against
  • 14.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 15: Ethics and the Environment

  • 15.1 Chapter Overview
  • 15.2 The Environment
  • 15.3 Ethical Approaches to Environmental Protection
  • 15.4 Three Models of Environmental Protection for Businesses
  • 15.5 Citizen Activism and Climate Change in Cancún
  • 15.6 Case Studies

    • Chapter 16: Ethics and Animals

  • 16.1 Chapter Overview
  • 16.2 Ethics and Animals in Pamplona and Fort Worth
  • 16.3 Arguments against Animal Rights
  • 16.4 Arguments for Animal Rights
  • 16.5 Animal Rights in Debate
  • 16.6 Case Studies
    • PowerPoint Lecture Notes

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    James Brusseau Pace University-New York

    James Brusseau (PhD The Pennyslvania State University) has taught philosophy at the Mexican National University, California State University, and the Pennsylvania State University. He is author of Decadence of the French Nietzsche and Isolated Experiences: Gilles Deleuze and the Solitudes of Reversed Platonism. Currently, he teaches at Pace University near his home in New York City.

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