Instilling Ethics
| Author | : Norma Thompson |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780847697458 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0847697452 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Download or read book Instilling Ethics written by Norma Thompson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen essays, presented by Thompson (political science, Yale U.) Explore both historical and contemporary issues of ethics (mostly in the political and social sphere). After separate treatments of the ethical thinking of Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche, and others, the final third of the essays discuss such issues as the failure of ethics in American government, ethical considerations of information technology, and the paradox of trying to establish societal notions of right and wrong on individual judgements of ethics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
