Professional Ethics Education: Studies in Compassionate Empathy

by Bruce Maxwell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048177529
• ISBN13: 9789048177523
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"