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

ISBN-13: 9780415874960 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 184 str.

Daryl Koehn

Opis

The book consists of a short introduction to the significance of unintended consequences and four chapters. The first chapter develops a typology of unintended consequences and distinguishes them from historical contingencies. The second chapter analyzes three types of causes of such consequences: worldly, practical and psychological causes. The third explores the significant problems these consequences pose for standard moral theories. The fourth and final chapter examines how we might begin both to think about and cope with unintended consequences in an ethically good way.

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