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".
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Aus den Rezensionen: "... Das Buch richtet sich an an [sic] Philosophie interessierte Erzieher und Padagogen, die praktische Ethik vermitteln. Bruce Maxwells Ziel ist es, diese und das Konzept der moralischen Erfahrung anzureichern. ... Das Buch ist fur diejenigen, die die Vermittlung ethischer Grundsatze an relevanter Forschung ausrichten wollen, die an theoretischen Hintergrunden interessiert sind, eine Fundgrube in Hinblick auf ... Empathie, Mitgefuhl und moralische Wahrnehmungsfahigkeit. ... Gewinn bringend fur die Leser schaut er ... neben seiner eigenen, der Padagogik, auch in andere Fachrichtungen ... Es ... enthalt ein Stichwortregister." (http://www.socialnet.de/rezensionen/6305.php)



Book Information
ISBN 9789048177523
Author Bruce Maxwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 198
Imprint Springer
Publisher Springer