Ethics for Everyone : How to Increase Your Moral Intelligence

How to evaluate-and increase-your ethical potentialFrom the Dalai Lama's bestseller on ethics to the New York Times Magazine's weekly column on modern-day ethical dilemmas, ethical behavior is of growing concern to many people. In a world of few absolutes and many complications, how do you separate right from wrong in the ethical gray zone of daily life? Now Arthur Dobrin demystifies the subject. Through dramatic case stories as well as practical advice, he shows readers how to evaluate their own ethical potential, providing guidelines for making the right decision in almost any everyday situation. For everyone who deals with difficult ethical issues in the course of their day-business people, teachers, and parents as well as the average consumer-this is an essential resource and a compellingly readable practical guide.

ARTHUR DOBRIN, D.S.W., is the Leader Emeritus of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island. He is Professor of Humanities at Hofstra University, where he teaches courses in comparative religious ethics, personal ethics, and moral development. He has appeared as a guest on CNN and has been featured in Time magazine.