Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Ethics

Live an ethical life in an unethical world. You're no idiot, of course. But at a time when immorality, corruption, and greed seem to be not only condoned but encouraged, it's increasingly difficult to follow your own moral compass. In a world that stresses the material over the spiritual and appearance over substance, we all yearn for guidance. The Complete Idiot's GuideR to Understanding Ethics is a comprehensive reference to the questions of right and wrong. This book will help you define your own philosophy and make sense of the dilemmas that confront you every day. In this Complete Idiot's GuideR, you get: * Gender ethics, racial ethics (tolerance), and applications for ethical behavior in the workplace and at home. * Explorations of real-world aspects of applied ethics and behavior, including the theories and doctrines of the ancient Greeks. * Recipes for making an ethical life from ingredients like the wisdom of philosophy, science, and religion. Explore the role of ethics in history and in your life: * The history of ethics, from the Ancients to the Moderns * Ethical theories and doctrines from Socrates to Nietzsche * Balancing the individual and the community * Egoism versus altruism * Ethical complications of freedom and equality * Ethics of social justice * Business ethics * Environmental ethics * Ethics of animal treatment * Biomedical ethics and the dilemma of assisted suicide.Ingram, David Bruce is the author of 'Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Ethics', published 2002 under ISBN 9780028643250 and ISBN 0028643259.