Features
MAKING ETHICAL IDEAS ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS!
- The application of theories to real world problems (i.e. taking a human life; lying, cheating; stealing; establishing ethical practices in business; honoring ethical obligations in medicine) provides students with a solid foundation in understanding classic and contemporary moral problems. (ex. p. 7)
- A clear presentation of complex ideas. Ethics: Theory and Practice is written at the perfect level for students new to the study of ethics. It isn't too technical, and it avoids plunging into complex readings without any background. The descriptions of theory and the applications are clear and complete. This ensures that students will easily understand difficult concepts.
PERSONALIZE LEARNING - MyThinkingLab is an online resource that contains book-specific practice tests, chapter summaries, learning objectives, flashcards, weblinks, MySearchLab, a complete E-book and media-rich activities that enhance topics covered in Ethics: Theory and Practice 11/e.
- The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want–including listening online or downloading to iPad.
- A personalized study plan for each student promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
- Assessment tied to every video, application, and chapter enables both instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. With results feeding into a powerful gradebook, the assessment program helps instructors identify student challenges early–and find the best resources with which to help students.
- Class Prep collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class.
IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING
- Cases for study and discussion illustrate for students how ethical theory and discussion can be specifically applied. Each case is open-ended and encourages the student to examine his or her own ethics and views on how the situation should be handled. (ex. p. 76)
- A chapter on how to set up an ethical system. Chapter Eight contains guidelines on how to establish and apply a personal ethical theory to a range of specific moral issues, while also covering traditional ethical theories. It directs students on how to ponder and develop their own ethical ideas, while educating them on traditional theories. (ex. p. 138)
- Appendices one through eight discuss moral problems in business, medicine, the environment, and more. Each appendix contains a general discussion of the problem and discussions of specific cases. These appendices contain the author's own views on how the various moral issues in the book might be dealt with and resolved. Instructors may assign each appendix with its respective chapter, posing various discussion questions for students to deal with. They may also hold off assigning the appendices until after students have formed their own theories and solutions to the issues and problems discussed. These appendices help students analyze and critically evaluate a series of ethical solutions and serves as a catalyst for exciting and profound discussion. (ex. p. 380)
- Supplementary Reading Lists supply resources that make the material more tangible and stimulate further exploration. (ex. p. 90)
ENGAGE STUDENTS - Chapter Objectives at the chapter openings provide students with a summary of complex issues and outline what they can expect to learn in the chapter. (ex. p. 1)
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New to this Edition
Found in this section:
1. Overview of Changes
2. Chapter-by-Chapter Changes
1. Overview of changes
MAKING ETHICAL IDEAS ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS!
- 20 New Exercises & Ethics Problems! For example, Ethics: Theory and Practice now includes the famous trolley problem. (ex. p. 45)
- Extensively Updated! Ethics: Theory and Practice now reflects the current language of today’s modern college student.
- New! Coverage of consequentialist, nonconsequentialist and rights based ethical theories through engaging exercises and problems. (ex.p. 30)
PERSONALIZE LEARNING
- New! MyThinkingLab is an online resource that contains book-specific practice tests, chapter summaries, learning objectives, flashcards, weblinks, MySearchLab, a complete E-book and media-rich activities that enhance topics covered in Ethics: Theory and Practice 11/e.
- The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want—including listening online or downloading to iPad.
- A personalized study plan for each student promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
- Assessment tied to every video, application, and chapter enables both instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. With results feeding into a powerful gradebook, the assessment program helps instructors identify student challenges early—and find the best resources with which to help students.
- New! Class Prep collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class.
IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING
- New! Discussion on the compatibility or incompatibility of freedom and human happiness. (ex. p. 105)
- New! Material on rationalizations in business contexts and obligations to the environment. (ex. p. 352)
ENGAGE STUDENTS
- New! The exploration of the ethics of human experimentation, selling body parts on Craigslist and Euthanasia in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (ex. p. 223)
- New! Additional material on the ethical problems of bullying, cheating, and suicide is included. (ex. p. 178)
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Chapter by Chapter Changes:
Chapter 1: The Nature of Morality
- Ethics problem ‘Why be Moral?’ added, suggested readings added, language updated.
Chapter 2: Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality
- Exercises and problems that test the limits of consequentialist, nonconsequentialist and rights based ethical theories added, updated language, ethics problem on the trolley problem ‘Would you Throw the Switch?’ added, suggested readings added.
Chapter 3: Nonconsequentialist (Deontological) Theories of Morality
Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Nature of Morality
Chapter 2 Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality
Chapter 3 Nonconsequentialist (Deontological) Theories of Morality
Chapter 4 Virtue Ethics
Chapter 5 Absolutism Versus Relativism
Chapter 6 Freedom Versus Determinism
Chapter 7 Reward and Punishment
Chapter 8 Setting Up a Moral System: Basic Assumptions and Basic Principles
Chapter 9 The Taking of Human Life
Chapter 10 Allowing Someone to Die, Mercy Death, and Mercy Killing
Chapter 11 Abortion
Chapter 12 Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing
Chapter 13 Morality, Marriage, and Human Sexuality
Chapter 14 Bioethics—Ethical Issues in Medicine
Chapter 15 Environmental Ethics
Chapter 16 Business and Media Ethics
Appendixes
Introduction
Appendix 1:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of the Taking of Human Life
Appendix 2:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Allowing Someone to Die, Mercy Death, and Mercy Killing
Appendix 3:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Abortion
Appendix 4:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing
Appendix 5:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Human Sexuality
Appendix 6:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to Moral Problems in Medicine (Bioethics)
Appendix 7:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to Moral Problems in Business (Business and Media Ethics)
Appendix 8:Applying Humanitarian Ethics to Environmental Ethics
Supplementary Reading
Glossary
Index
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Nature of Morality
Objectives
What is Philosophy and Ethics’ Relationship to It?
Definition of Key Terms
Approaches to the Study of Morality
Morality and Its Applications
Where Does Morality Come From?
Customary or Traditional and Reflective Morality
Morality, Law, and Religion
Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development
Why Should Human Beings Be Moral?
Chapter Summary
Exercises for Review
Discussion Questions
Suggested Readings
Ethics Problem
Notes
Chapter 2 Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality
Objectives
Psychological Egoism
Ethical Egoism
Utilitarianism
Difficulty with Consequentialist Theories in General
Care Ethics
Chapter Summary
Exercises for Review
Discussion Questions
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