Professional Ethics Education: Studies in Compassionate Empathy

ISBN-13: 9789048177523 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 198 str.

Bruce Maxwell

Opis

1. 1 Practical Ethics Education at an Impasse Why is some practical ethics training a requirement of nearly all programmes in higher education? The short answer is that it is thought to be conducive to ethical decision-making and ethical behaviour. In recent years, the received idea that competency in moral reasoning implies moral responsibility on the ground has been the subject of critical attention. Today, researchers in moral education widely regard moral reasoning as but one among at least four dimensions of moral dev- opment alongside moral motivation, moral character, and moral sensitivity (Rest, 1986). Reflecting these changes, educationalists in the diverse fields of medicine, education, business, and applied ethics can now be found openly questioning how to take practical ethics education beyond the development of skills in moral r- soning. Frequently topping the list of suggested improvements is to provide s- port for empathic capacities of response. This work gives this proposal the systematic attention that it deserves. Contemporary applied ethics, and by extension practical and professional ethics education, can be considered an offshoot of the broad philosophical doctrine of moral realism. Moral realism takes many forms but in broad outline it is an est- lished meta-ethical position that emerged as a seemingly attractive alternative to another family of established philosophical positions that sometimes goes under the name of expressivism ."

Recenzje

Aus den Rezensionen:

"... Das Buch richtet sich an an [sic] Philosophie interessierte Erzieher und Pädagogen, die praktische Ethik vermitteln. Bruce Maxwells Ziel ist es, diese und das Konzept der moralischen Erfahrung anzureichern. ... Das Buch ist für diejenigen, die die Vermittlung ethischer Grundsätze an relevanter Forschung ausrichten wollen, die an theoretischen Hintergründen interessiert sind, eine Fundgrube in Hinblick auf ... Empathie, Mitgefühl und moralische Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit. ... Gewinn bringend für die Leser schaut er ... neben seiner eigenen, der Pädagogik, auch in andere Fachrichtungen ... Es ... enthält ein Stichwortregister." (http://www.socialnet.de/rezensionen/6305.php)

Spis treści

1: Introduction.- 2: The Disambiguation of 'Empathy': Affective and Cognitive Conceptions.- 3: A Conceptual and Empirical Sketch of Compassionate Empathy.- 4: The Paradox of Compassionate Empathy’s Moral Worth.- 5: Compassionate Empathy, Moral Perception and Moral Conscience.- 6: Intermezzo on Moral Emotion Education: Imagination, Imitation and Re-appraisal.- 7: Compassionate Empathy in Professional and Practical Ethics Education.- List of references.

Blurb

Why is practical ethics training a now requirement of nearly all professional training programmes? The short answer is that it is thought to be conducive to ethical decision-making and ethical behaviour. In recent years, the received idea that competency in moral reasoning implies moral responsibility has been the subject of much critical attention. Today, researchers in moral education widely regard moral reasoning as but one among at least 4 dimensions of moral development alongside moral motivation, moral character and moral sensitivity. Reflecting these developments, educationalists in the diverse fields of medicine, education, business, philosophy and nursing now openly question how to take professional ethics education beyond the development of skills in moral reasoning. Frequently topping the list of suggested improvements is to provide support for empathic capacities of response. This work gives this proposal the sustained attention that it deserves but which it has until now lacked. The challenge of empathic development in practical ethics education, it argues, is to encourage the appropriate extension of natural concern for one’s kith and kin to the needs of strangers as well.