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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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.”

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

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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.