Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics by Anthony Weston (English) Paperback Book

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Focuses on creative ethical problem-solving, specifically orientated toward college courses in ethics. This book brings a useful but often overlooked set of skills for "thinking out of the box": diversifying options, lateral thinking, reframing problems, approaching conflicts as creative opportunities, and others.

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This book offers a uniquely constructive set of tools for engaging complex and controversial ethical problems. Covering such practical methods as diversifying options, lateral thinking, reframing problems, approaching conflicts as creative opportunities, and many others, it shows how to find "room to move" inside even the most challenging ethical problems, and thereby discover new and productive ways to deal with them. The book features numerous exercises andapplications that consider a wide range of familiar ethical issues--including the moral status of animals, the death penalty, poverty, drug use, and many others--and ends with some of the toughest: abortion,assisted suicide, and environmental ethics. An ideal supplement for any general ethics course, Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics can also be used in more specific "applied" courses like bioethics, business ethics, and social ethics, as well as in critical thinking courses that emphasize ethics. In addition, it provides a concise and engaging introduction to creative thinking for workshop participants and general readers. From the very beginning of the book, readerswill discover that creative thinking can offer imaginative and promising alternatives to seemingly intractable ethical dilemmas.

Author Biography

Anthony Weston is Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Elon University in North Carolina. The author of ten previous books on ethics and creativity, including A Rulebook for Arguments now in is third edition, he has been teaching creative thinking and radical social creativity for ten years.

Table of Contents

Preface1. Creativity's Promise in Ethics2. Ethical Explorations3. Ethical Provocations4. Reframing Ethical Problems5. Conflicts as Creative Opportunities6. Three Tough QuestionsNotes and Sources

Review

"Anyone who has struggled with ethical dilemmaswill appreciate this brilliant little handbook by Weston, known in the field for his ingenuity in teaching ethics. This optimistic book, used alone or as a companion to any text on ethics, will undoubtedly facilitate the discovery of refreshing, insightful ways of coping with baffling conflicts of value. Highly recommended."--S.A. Mason, Choice"Anyone who has struggled with ethical dilemmaswill appreciate this brilliant little handbook by Weston, known in the field for his ingenuity in teaching ethics. This optimistic book, used alone or as a companion to any text on ethics, will undoubtedly facilitate the discovery of refreshing, insightful ways of coping with baffling conflicts of value. Highly recommended."--S.A. Mason, Choice

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Offering a uniquely constructive set of tools for engaging complex and controversial ethical problems, this concise volume is an ideal supplement for any general ethics course and can also be used in more specific applied courses like bioethics, business ethics, and social ethics.

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This book offers a uniquely constructive set of tools for engaging complex and controversial ethical problems. Covering such practical methods as diversifying options, lateral thinking, reframing problems, approaching conflicts as creative opportunities, and many others, it shows how to find "room to move" inside even the most challenging ethical problems, and thereby discover new and productive ways to deal with them. The book features numerous exercises andapplications that consider a wide range of familiar ethical issues--including the moral status of animals, the death penalty, poverty, drug use, and many others--and ends with some of the toughest: abortion, assisted suicide, and environmental ethics. An ideal supplement for any generalethics course, Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics can also be used in more specific "applied" courses like bioethics, business ethics, and social ethics, as well as in critical thinking courses that emphasize ethics. In addition, it provides a concise and engaging introduction to creative thinking for workshop participants and general readers. From the very beginning of the book, readers will discover that creative thinking can offer imaginative and promising alternatives to seeminglyintractable ethical dilemmas.

Review Text

"Anyone who has struggled with ethical dilemmaswill appreciate this brilliant little handbook by Weston, known in the field for his ingenuity in teaching ethics. This optimistic book, used alone or as a companion to any text on ethics, will undoubtedly facilitate the discovery of refreshing, insightful ways of coping with baffling conflicts of value. Highly recommended."--S.A. Mason, Choice"Anyone who has struggled with ethical dilemmaswill appreciate this brilliant little handbook by Weston, known in the field for his ingenuity in teaching ethics. This optimistic book, used alone or as a companion to any text on ethics, will undoubtedly facilitate the discovery of refreshing, insightful ways of coping with baffling conflicts of value. Highly recommended."--S.A. Mason, Choice

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"Anyone who has struggled with ethical dilemmaswill appreciate this brilliant little handbook by Weston, known in the field for his ingenuity in teaching ethics. This optimistic book, used alone or as a companion to any text on ethics, will undoubtedly facilitate the discovery of refreshing,insightful ways of coping with baffling conflicts of value. Highly recommended."--S.A. Mason, Choice

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Preface 1. Creativity's Promise in Ethics 2. Ethical Explorations 3. Ethical Provocations 4. Reframing Ethical Problems 5. Conflicts as Creative Opportunities 6. Three Tough Questions Notes and Sources

Details ISBN0195306201 Author Anthony Weston Short Title CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN ET Language English ISBN-10 0195306201 ISBN-13 9780195306200 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 170 Year 2006 Country of Publication United States Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Birth 1954 Residence US Illustrations black & white illustrations Position Professor of Philosophy Affiliation Professor of Philosophy, Elon University DOI 10.1604/9780195306200 UK Release Date 2006-08-17 AU Release Date 2006-08-17 NZ Release Date 2006-08-17 US Release Date 2006-08-17 Pages 96 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 2006-08-17 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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