The Ethical Process An Approach to

This hands-on workbook helps learners develop conceptual tools and argumentative strategies to move beyond merely having opinions to discovering and evaluating the information, values, and assumptions that underlie different positions on controversial issues and cases. It shows readers how to move from contentious debates to productive dialogues, and how to increase a group's resources so they can make better decisions.Chapter topics cover an introduction to the ethical process, the resources for the ethical process, understanding alternative points of view, evaluating arguments from different ethical approaches, and the ethical process as an argumentative dialogue.For individuals who want to 1) understand and master the skills needed to engage in ethical reflection and analysis, and 2)experience ethics as a practice to be used when faced with disagreements.

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Introduction to the Ethical Process

1

(10)

Key Characteristics of the Ethical Process

2

(1)

The Progression of the Ethical Process

3

(1)

Acknowledging Our Everyday Competence for Engaging in Ethical Reflection

4

(1)

Experiences with Disagreement

5

(1)

Facing Disagreement

6

(1)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Disagreement

7

(1)

The Dialogical Choice

8

(1)

Learning through Dialogue

9

(1)

Starting Points

10

(1)

The Resources for the Ethical Process

11

(10)

Q & A Session I

11

(2)

The First Four Resources for Decision Making

13

(1)

Sorting Out the Different Resources

14

(4)

How the Resources Work Together

18

(1)

Some Inferences from Chapter Two

19

(2)

Understanding Alternative Points of View

21

(25)

The Logic of the Ethical Process

22

(1)

A Background Note

23

(1)

Tools for the Ethical Process

24

(1)

Gathering Resources

25

(2)

Formulating the Question

27

(1)

Your View

28

(1)

How to Uncover Value Judgments

29

(2)

The Alternative View

31

(1)

Reviewing Observations and Value Judgments

32

(1)

Uncovering Assumptions

33

(4)

Using Alternative Arguments to Uncover Your Assumptions

37

(2)

Imagining a Different World to Uncover the World You Assume

39

(1)

Reviewing Assumptions

40

(1)

An Example of Understanding Alternative Points of View

41

(1)

Q & A Session II

42

(2)

Developing Alternative Views

44

(2)

Evaluating Arguments from Different Ethical Approaches

46

(25)

Background Notes on the Three Ethical Approaches

50

(2)

The Ethics of Care and the Three Ethical Approaches

52

(1)

Ethical Approaches, Organizational Resources, and Key Virtues

53

(1)

Applying the Three Ethical Approaches to Alternative Arguments

54

(1)

Applying an Ethics of Purpose

55

(1)

Applying an Ethics of Principle

56

(2)

Analyzing Types of Justice and Rights

58

(1)

Applying an Ethics of Consequence

59

(1)

The Ethical Approaches and the Resources for Making Decisions

60

(1)

Working with Agreements

61

(1)

The Modified Proposal

62

(1)

Developing the Modified Proposal

63

(1)

Q & A Session III

64

(2)

Examples of Using the Three Ethical Approaches

66

(5)

The Ethical Process as an Argumentative Dialogue

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(6)

A Storyboard for Argumentative Dialogues

72

(2)

Mapping Argumentative Dialogues

74

(2)

Conclusion

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(1)

Appendix One How to Use the Syllogism to Uncover Implicit Value Judgments

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(6)

Appendix Two An Argumentative Dialogue on Drug Testing

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The Ethical Process An Approach to Disagreements and Controversial Issues

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