Practical and Professional Ethics – serie
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Practical Ethics
A Collection of Addresses and Essays
Inbunden, 1998
2627 kr
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This book is a reissue of a long-unavailable work by the English philosopher and educator Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900). Published in 1898, it collects nine essays, in which Sidgwick discusses such issues as when public officials might be justified in lying or breaking promises, whether scientists may …
Thinking Like an Engineer
Studies in the Ethics of a Profession
Inbunden, 1998
2215 kr
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Michael Davis, a leading figure in the study of professional ethics, offers here both a compelling exploration of engineering ethics and a philosophical analysis of engineering as a profession. After putting engineering in historical perspective, Davis turns to the Challenger space shuttle disaster …
Conflict of Interest in the Professions
Av Michael Davis, Andrew Stark
Inbunden, 2001
2031 kr
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Conflicts of interest pose special problems for the professions. Even the appearance of a conflict of interest can undermine essential trust between professional and public. This volume is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the ramifications and problems associated with important issue. It …
From Social Justice to Criminal Justice
Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law
Av William C. Heffernan, John Kleinig
Inbunden, 2000
1581 kr
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The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate numbers. This collection of original, interactive essays, written from a variety of ideological perspectives, explores some of the more troubling questions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this situation. …
Deliberative Politics
Essays on Democracy and Disagreement
Inbunden, 1999
3177 kr
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This volume is a collection of essays by notable political philosophers and legal scholars on the concept of "deliberative democracy". With this theory, moral issues like abortion or affirmative action can be discussed using an enriched process of deliberation that forces citizens to take into …
Deliberative Politics
Essays on Democracy and Disagreement
Häftad, 1999
621 kr
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This volume is a collection of essays by notable political philosophers and legal scholars on the concept of "deliberative democracy". With this theory, moral issues like abortion or affirmative action can be discussed using an enriched process of deliberation that forces citizens to take into …
Meaningful Work
Rethinking Professional Ethics
Inbunden, 2000
2123 kr
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As usually understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas: the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions, together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict. This book challenges that "consensus paradigm," rethinking …
From Morality to Mental Health
Virtue and Vice in a Therapeutic Culture
Inbunden, 2006
950 kr
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Morality and mental health are now inseparably linked in our view of character. Alcoholics are sick, yet they are punished for drunk driving. Drug addicts are criminals, but their punishment can be court ordered therapy. The line between character flaws and personality disorders has become fuzzy, …
The Price of Truth
How Money Affects the Norms of Science
Inbunden, 2007
950 kr
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Modern science is big business. Governments, universities, and corporations have invested billions of dollars in scientific and technological research in the hope of obtaining power and profit. For the most part, this investment has benefited science and society, leading to new discoveries, …
Journalism Ethics
A Philosophical Approach
Häftad, 2010
620 kr
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Since the introduction of radio and television news, journalism has gone through multiple transformations, but each time it has been sustained by a commitment to basic values and best practices. Journalism Ethics is a reminder, a defense and an elucidation of core journalistic values, with …
Journalism Ethics
A Philosophical Approach
Inbunden, 2010
2810 kr
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Since the introduction of radio and television news, journalism has gone through multiple transformations, but each time it has been sustained by a commitment to basic values and best practices. Journalism Ethics is a reminder, a defense and an elucidation of core journalistic values, with …
Playing Politics with Science
Balancing Scientific Independence and Government Oversight
Inbunden, 2009
1390 kr
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In the last decade, science in the United States has become increasingly politicized, as government officials have been accused of manipulating, distorting, subverting, and censoring science for ideological purposes. Political gamesmanship has played a major role in many different areas of science, …
