Ethics category: 8196 books
by Aristotle
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2014
The Nicomachean Ethics (/nɪˌkɒmæˈkiːən/) is the name normally given to Aristotle's best-known work on ethics. The work, which plays a pre-eminent role in defining Aristotelian ethics, consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes from his lectures...
by Aristotle
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The Nicomachean Ethics is one of Aristotle’s most widely read and influential works. Ideas central to ethics—that happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires prudence—found their most powerful proponent in...
The Ethics and Mores of Race
Equality after the History of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Preeminent philosopher, Naomi Zack, brings us an indispensable work in the ethics of race through an inquiry into the history of moral philosophy. Beginning with Plato and a philosophical tradition that has largely ignored race, The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy...
On The Metaphysics of Morals and Ethics
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals; Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals; The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Collected here in this omnibus edition are Immanuel Kant's three most important works on the Metaphysics of Morals and Ethics. Included are Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals, and The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics. Kant's Fundamental Principles...
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...
Social Ethics in a Changing China
Moral Decay or Ethical Awakening?
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Over the past half-century, China has experienced some incredible human dramas, ranging from Red Guard fanaticism and the loss of education for an entire generation during the Cultural Revolution, to the Tiananmen tragedy, the economic miracle, and its accompanying fad of money worship and the rampancy...
An Introduction to Christian Ethics
Goals, Duties, and Virtues
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
A few years ago, the first distinction that ethicists drew was the line between Christian ethics and philosophical ethics. However, in our global context, Christian ethicists must now, in addition, compare and contrast various ethics. Christian ethics has become increasingly multivocal not only because...
Business Ethics Through Movies
A Case Study Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Business Ethics Through Movies: A Case Study Approach examines a wide range of ethical dilemmas, principles and moral reasoning that arise in contemporary business through a series of popular films and real-world case studies.
Engages readers in learning about ethical theory by using movies and...
Business Ethics
Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Business Ethics: Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations, Second Editionfocuses on how to create organizations of high integrity and superior performance. Author Denis Collins shows how to design organizations that reinforce ethical behavior and reduce ethical risks using his...
by Pete Geissler, Bill O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2016
Ethics - described briefly as the norms by which acceptable and unacceptable behaviors are measured - has been the concern, and perhaps the great dilemma, of sentient humans since Socrates subjected it to philosophical inquiry almost 2,500 years ago. Socrates believed, without universal acceptance,...
by Pete Geissler, Bill O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2016
Ethics - described as the norms by which acceptable and unacceptable behaviors are measured - has been the concern, and perhaps the great dilemma, of sentient humans since Socrates subjected it to philosophical inquiry almost 2500 years ago. Socrates believed, without universal acceptance, that the...
Doing Ethics in Media
Theories and Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications is an accessible, comprehensive introduction to media ethics. Its theoretical framework and grounded discussions engage students to think clearly and systematically about dilemmas in the rapidly changing media environment.
The 13-chapter...
Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2006
In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Events in the recent past make clear people in business urgently need...
by Michela Betta
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Ethicmentality is an innovative book. It blends ethics with mentality to capture the interdependence of ethical life and social life creatively. The book is also innovative because of the way this interdependence is explored. By focusing on practical ethical behavior in today’s economy, business,...