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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817925403321

Autore

Alexandra Andrew <1951->

Titolo

Ethics in practice [[electronic resource] ] : moral theory and the professions / / Andrew Alexandra and Seumas Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : UNSW Press, 2009

ISBN

1-74223-184-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerSeumas

Disciplina

170

174

Soggetti

Ethics

Professional ethics

Work ethic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1: Ethical theory and practice; 2: Relativism; 3: Moral principles; 4: Virtues and vices; 5: Moral emotion, motivation and reasoning; 6: Professional role morality; 7: Duty of care, autonomy, paternalism and informed consent; 8: Privacy and confidentiality; 9: Life and death; 10: Reproduction; 11: The institution of the family; 12: Drugs; 13: Corruption; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dozens of times a day we are faced with moral dilemmas, and our judgments and actions are guided by our sense of what is right or wrong. But there are times when we find ourselves facing situations of moral complexity and uncertainty. Drawing on numerous case studies, Ethics in Practice is a practical and absorbing discussion on ethics and moral theory, and will help readers to make better informed, and more rationally justifiable, decisions about how to act and judge the actions of others, where there are morally hard choices to be made in their professional working life.