Living With the Dragon : Acting Ethically in a World of Unintended Consequences

ISBN-13: 9780415874977 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 172 str.

Daryl Koehn

Opis

Featuring a comprehensive approach to the subject of unintended consequences, this book focuses on the inherent unpredictability of human action as a major cause of such consequences. It explores methods and structures to help us identify possible unintended consequences before we act and to enable us to better cope with them as they arise.

Recenzje

"… Replete with examples, this book would be a good supplementary text in business or environmental ethics or a business and society course" – T.R. Gillespie, Northwest University, CHOICE (July 2010)

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Typology of Unintended Consequences 2. Causes Worldly Causes. Practical Causes. Psychological Causes 3. Challenges Unintended Consequences Pose to Standard Moral Theories Utilitarianism. Deontology. Care Ethics. Virtue Ethics 4. Possible Ethical Remedies Worldly Remedies. Practical Remedies. Psychological Remedies