Applied Professional Ethics: A Developmental Approach for Use with Case Studies - Paperback

by Gregory R. Beabout (Author), Daryl J. Wennemann (Author)

This innovative book is written in an accessible, compact style that sets forth and explains a sound framework for professional ethics that readers can quickly put into practice in analyzing and writing about cases. Through a series of moral conflicts, it aims at improving the skills of moral reasoning and achieving moral development.
Contents: List of Diagrams; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What is Ethics?; The Structure of Moral Development: Interest, Roles, and Principles; Rules and Relationships; Moral Principles; Applying Moral Principles: Intention, Motive, Circumstance; Conflicts in Rules and Relationships; Context and Character; Codes of Professional Ethics; How to Write a Case Study Report; Examples of Student Case Study Reports; Some Works on Moral Theory; Some Works that Contain Case Studies.

Author Biography

Gregory R. Beabout is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. Daryl J. Wennenmann is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fontbonne College in Saint Louis.