Ethical Process, The: An Approach to Disagreements and Controversial Issues, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (6 May 2002) © 2003

  • Marvin T. Brown University of San Francisco
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For courses in all disciplines that use decision-making strategies to explore controversial issues.

This hands-on workbook helps students 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. Moves students from contentious debates to productive dialogues, and how to increase a group's resources so they can make better decisions.

Table of contents



1. Introduction to the Ethical Process.


2. The Resources for the Ethical Process.


3. Understanding Alternative Points of View.


4. Evaluating Arguments from Different Ethical Approaches.


5. The Ethical Process as an Argumentative Dialogue.


Appendix 1: How to Use the Syllogism to Uncover Implicit Value Judgments.


Appendix 2: Argumentative Dialogue on Drug Testing.

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