The Capacity for Ethical Conduct: On Psychic Existence and the Way We Relate to Others

ISBN-13: 9780415681889 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 132 str.

David P. Levine

Opis

What is the root cause of ethical failure? Why is preoccupation with ethics more a part of the problem than a part of the solution? What makes ethical conduct a natural expression of who we are? What enables us to be ourselves in our relations with others? Ethical failure has become a significant concern in public life, in organizations and in educational institutions. This title explores how qualities of character and personality either make ethical conduct possible for the individual or foster ethical failure.

Spis treści

Introduction. Truth. Taking Responsibility. Judgment. Normlessness. The Attack on Connection. The Unhappy Consciousness. The Public Trust. Virtuous Intent. Knowing and Caring. Wishes and Words.

O autorze

David P. Levine is a professor at the Josef Kobel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He has published books and papers on group and organizational dynamics; the psychology of teaching and learning; ethics, tolerance and difference; and the psychology of work. His most recent book is Object Relations, Work and the Self (Routledge 2010).