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Ethics in Our World: A Case Consult Approach

Ethics in Our World: A Case Consult Approach

Author(s): Courtland Lewis

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Copyright: 2023

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Ethics is one of the most misunderstood aspects of contemporary life. It is part philosophy, part critical thinking, and a full examination of yourself and the world. Ethics is a lifelong process of learning and understanding.

Ethics in Our World: A Case Consult Approach helps readers to develop the skills necessary to make sound moral decisions using ethical reasoning. Each chapter presents a topic; provides opportunities and exercises that promote critical reflection on each particular topic or issue; offers the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a way that can be shared with instructors, the class, or both; and allows students to reflect on the material. 

Ethics in Our World: A Case Consult Approach is divided into three sections:

  • Chapter 1 begins with an overview of critical thinking and ethics.

  • Chapter 2 discusses different types of values, highlights moral values, and presents the five ethical theories used in the textbook: duty ethics, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, ethics of care, and rights theory.

  • Chapters 4 through 10 present broader ethical topics that deal with several moral issues (abortion, euthanasia, distributive justice, etc.).

The workbook provides a template for classroom discussion, fostered by students’ completed work, which if uncompleted provides a means by which to evaluate the student. In other words, instructors gain a valuable tool for teaching, testing, and generating discussion, whereas students gain a valuable tool for learning, being prepared, and judging their progress and success.

INTRODUCTION

  1. Why a Workbook?
  2. Practice: The Case Consult
  3. Methodology and Overview
  4. Time to Begin
  5. Case Consult: Hard Decisions
  6. Ethics Reflection
  7. Review Materials

CHAPTER 1: REASONING AND ARGUMENTS

  1. Language and Arguments
  2. Moral Arguments
  3. Fallacies: Errors in Reasoning
  4. Other Advice 6 V. Case Consult: The Trolley Problem
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 2: VALUES AND ETHICAL THEORY

  1. Values
  2. Ethical Theories
  3. Closing Thoughts on the Value of Autonomy and Responsibility
  4. In Lieu of a Case Consult: The Drawbridge Exercise
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 3: THE MORAL COMMUNITY: HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

  1. Humans and Persons
  2. Animals
  3. The Environment
  4. Case Consult: Humanity’s Last Action
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 4: ABORTION

  1. Terminology and the Gestational Process  
  2. The Ethics of Abortion
  3. Rate That Abortion
  4. Legal and Medical Issues Surrounding Abortion
  5. Abortion Phrases
  6. Abortion Arguments
  7. Case Consult: The Hardest Choice for a Parent
  8. Ethics Reflection
  9. Review Materials

CHAPTER 5: EUTHANASIA AND DYING

  1. Death: The Basics
  2. Euthanasia: The Basics
  3. Euthanasia: The Arguments
  4. Euthanasia as a Family Affair
  5. Legal Euthanasia
  6. Nonterminal Euthanasia (Suicide?)
  7. Remaining Issues
  8. Case Consult: Choosing Futility
  9. Ethics Reflection
  10. Review Materials

CHAPTER 6: DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: EQUALITY, EQUITY, AND BIAS

  1. Distributive Justice
  2. Racism and Bias
  3. Race and Theory
  4. Microaggressions
  5. Multiculturalism
  6. Immigration
  7. Case Consult: Discrepancies in Pain
  8. Ethics Reflection
  9. Review Materials

CHAPTER 7: RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: PUNISHMENT, VENGEANCE, AND FORGIVENESS

  1. Purpose of Punishment
  2. Is Forgiveness Unjust?
  3. An Extended Case Study of Ethics in Life: On Medical Error
  4. Case Consult: A Case of Medical Harm
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 8: VIOLENCE, PEACE, AND THE ETHICS OF NONVIOLENCE

  1. Violence 128
  2. Peace
  3. Nonviolence and War
  4. Are You at War or Peace?
  5. Case Consult: Deciding Who Dies in Real Situations
  6. Ethics Reflection
  7. Review Materials

CHAPTER 9: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

  1. Professional Relationships
  2. Business Ethics
  3. News and Media Ethics
  4. Nursing Ethics
  5. Politicians
  6. Some Remaining Prominent Professions
  7. Case Consult: Duty to Warn or Duty to Protect
  8. Ethics Reflection
  9. Review Materials

CHAPTER 10: THE ETHICS OF BELIEF, SCIENCE, AND RESEARCH

  1. Truth and Science
  2. Unethical Science and Research
  3. Case Consult: The Right to Reproductive Cloning
  4. Ethics Reflection
  5. Review Materials

Glossary

Index

Courtland Lewis

Ethics is one of the most misunderstood aspects of contemporary life. It is part philosophy, part critical thinking, and a full examination of yourself and the world. Ethics is a lifelong process of learning and understanding.

Ethics in Our World: A Case Consult Approach helps readers to develop the skills necessary to make sound moral decisions using ethical reasoning. Each chapter presents a topic; provides opportunities and exercises that promote critical reflection on each particular topic or issue; offers the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a way that can be shared with instructors, the class, or both; and allows students to reflect on the material. 

Ethics in Our World: A Case Consult Approach is divided into three sections:

  • Chapter 1 begins with an overview of critical thinking and ethics.

  • Chapter 2 discusses different types of values, highlights moral values, and presents the five ethical theories used in the textbook: duty ethics, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, ethics of care, and rights theory.

  • Chapters 4 through 10 present broader ethical topics that deal with several moral issues (abortion, euthanasia, distributive justice, etc.).

The workbook provides a template for classroom discussion, fostered by students’ completed work, which if uncompleted provides a means by which to evaluate the student. In other words, instructors gain a valuable tool for teaching, testing, and generating discussion, whereas students gain a valuable tool for learning, being prepared, and judging their progress and success.

INTRODUCTION

  1. Why a Workbook?
  2. Practice: The Case Consult
  3. Methodology and Overview
  4. Time to Begin
  5. Case Consult: Hard Decisions
  6. Ethics Reflection
  7. Review Materials

CHAPTER 1: REASONING AND ARGUMENTS

  1. Language and Arguments
  2. Moral Arguments
  3. Fallacies: Errors in Reasoning
  4. Other Advice 6 V. Case Consult: The Trolley Problem
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 2: VALUES AND ETHICAL THEORY

  1. Values
  2. Ethical Theories
  3. Closing Thoughts on the Value of Autonomy and Responsibility
  4. In Lieu of a Case Consult: The Drawbridge Exercise
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 3: THE MORAL COMMUNITY: HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

  1. Humans and Persons
  2. Animals
  3. The Environment
  4. Case Consult: Humanity’s Last Action
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 4: ABORTION

  1. Terminology and the Gestational Process  
  2. The Ethics of Abortion
  3. Rate That Abortion
  4. Legal and Medical Issues Surrounding Abortion
  5. Abortion Phrases
  6. Abortion Arguments
  7. Case Consult: The Hardest Choice for a Parent
  8. Ethics Reflection
  9. Review Materials

CHAPTER 5: EUTHANASIA AND DYING

  1. Death: The Basics
  2. Euthanasia: The Basics
  3. Euthanasia: The Arguments
  4. Euthanasia as a Family Affair
  5. Legal Euthanasia
  6. Nonterminal Euthanasia (Suicide?)
  7. Remaining Issues
  8. Case Consult: Choosing Futility
  9. Ethics Reflection
  10. Review Materials

CHAPTER 6: DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: EQUALITY, EQUITY, AND BIAS

  1. Distributive Justice
  2. Racism and Bias
  3. Race and Theory
  4. Microaggressions
  5. Multiculturalism
  6. Immigration
  7. Case Consult: Discrepancies in Pain
  8. Ethics Reflection
  9. Review Materials

CHAPTER 7: RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: PUNISHMENT, VENGEANCE, AND FORGIVENESS

  1. Purpose of Punishment
  2. Is Forgiveness Unjust?
  3. An Extended Case Study of Ethics in Life: On Medical Error
  4. Case Consult: A Case of Medical Harm
  5. Ethics Reflection
  6. Review Materials

CHAPTER 8: VIOLENCE, PEACE, AND THE ETHICS OF NONVIOLENCE

  1. Violence 128
  2. Peace
  3. Nonviolence and War
  4. Are You at War or Peace?
  5. Case Consult: Deciding Who Dies in Real Situations
  6. Ethics Reflection
  7. Review Materials

CHAPTER 9: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

  1. Professional Relationships
  2. Business Ethics
  3. News and Media Ethics
  4. Nursing Ethics
  5. Politicians
  6. Some Remaining Prominent Professions
  7. Case Consult: Duty to Warn or Duty to Protect
  8. Ethics Reflection
  9. Review Materials

CHAPTER 10: THE ETHICS OF BELIEF, SCIENCE, AND RESEARCH

  1. Truth and Science
  2. Unethical Science and Research
  3. Case Consult: The Right to Reproductive Cloning
  4. Ethics Reflection
  5. Review Materials

Glossary

Index

Courtland Lewis
Courtland Lewis