social ethics

"Most kids would agree that they act somewhat differently around just their friends than a group of adults. They know that sitting quietly is a part of being in class and that the playground is a great place to let all their loud voices out! But sometimes it's harder to figure out exactly how to behave in a given situation. This book is a . . . resource for exploring and discussing what is appropriate behavior in different places like home, school, and out in the community"--Provided by publisher.

Examines democracy and Western morality in the early twenty-first century, discussing the increasing importance of solving larger ethical causes such as world poverty or global warming, and explaining why tasking the government with solving social and moral issues is a danger to democracy.

Presents an introduction to practical ethics, focusing on the application of ethics to issues of personal and social relevance such as individual responsiblities towards the poor, animals, and the environment, as well as the topics of abortion, euthanasia, and moral behavior.

Explores how the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the last twenty years has led to corrupt values in the United States, forcing many people to cutting corners, deception, and corruption.

"Dr. Julia Shaw, a criminal psychologist, uses the latest scientific research to offer a[n] . . . explanation for why people behave so badly and how we can prevent evil acts by understanding more profoundly how such acts come about--and what truly makes us evil"--OCLC.

What are core civic virtues? In this book, students will gain understanding of what civic virtues are and how they've changed throughout history, from the early Greeks and Romans through Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution. The similarities and differences between civic virtues in the United States and in other countries and cultures are also discussed.

"How do otherwise considerate human beings do cruel things and still live in peace with themselves? Drawing on his agentic theory, Dr. Bandura provides a definitive exposition of the psychosocial mechanism by which people selectively disengage their moral self-sanctions from their harmful conduct. They do so by sanctifying their harmful behavior as serving worthy causes; they absolve themselves of blame for the harm they cause by displacement and diffusion of responsibility; they minimize or deny the harmful effects of their actions; and they dehumanize those they maltreat and blame them for bringing the suffering on themselves. Dr. Bandura's theory of moral disengagement is uniquely broad in scope. Theories of morality focus almost exclusively at the individual level. He insightfully extends the disengagement of morality to the social-system level through which large-scale inhumanities are perpetrated...Moral disengagement will transform your thinking about how otherwise considerate people can behave inhumanely and still feel good about themselves." -- Book jacket.

A collection of articles written by various authors offering opposing viewpoints on controversial moral issues. Addresses a variety of topics including moral relativism, abortion, same-sex marriage, cloning, affirmative action, and the death penalty.

Contains 82 brief, philosophical essays examining current issues such as climate change, poverty, sports doping, and more.