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Jonathan Abernathy is a self-proclaimed loser. . . he's behind on his debts, has no prospects, no friends, and no ambitions. But when a government loan forgiveness program offers him a literal dream job, he thinks he's found his big break. If he can appear to be competent at his new job, entering the minds of middle class workers while they sleep and removing the unsavory detritus of their waking lives from their unconscious, he might have a chance...
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Why did a group of teenagers watch a friend die instead of putting their own reputations at risk? Why did a top White House official decide to come clean and accept a prison sentence during Watergate? Why did a finance executive turn down millions out of respect for her employer? Why are some willing to risk their futures to uphold principles? What gives us the strength to stand up for what we believe?
As these questions suggest, the topic of moral...
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Get the Summary of Eric Metaxas's Letter to the American Church in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Eric Metaxas's "Letter to the American Church" draws a parallel between the German Church's response to the rise of Nazism and the contemporary American Church's engagement with societal issues. He invokes the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who saw the Church as the Bride of God, to critique the American Church's retreat...
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This book by theologian-ethicist Lewis Mudge offers fresh philosophical and theological concepts, economic and political insights, and practical financial proposals to counter the causes and lasting effects of the worldwide recession that began in late 2007.
The historical and global dimensions of Mudge's perspective and his open-ended suggestions keep the book's arguments highly relevant today, little affected by daily changes in a world economy...
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Get the Summary of Harriet Washington's Medical Apartheid 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Medical Apartheid" by Harriet Washington uncovers the harrowing history of medical experimentation and exploitation of African Americans from the 17th century to the late 20th century. It reveals how enslaved African Americans were subjected to brutal medical practices under the guise of scientific advancement, often without...
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Putting the ethical tools of philosophy to work, Ellen K. Feder seeks to clarify how we should understand "the problem" of intersex. Adults often report that medical interventions they underwent as children to "correct" atypical sex anatomies caused them physical and psychological harm. Proposing a philosophical framework for the treatment of children with intersex conditions-one that acknowledges the intertwined identities of parents, children, and...
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At its core, business ethics refers to the application of moral principles to situations that arise in a business environment. These principles serve as a guiding compass, shaping decisions and ensuring that they align with a greater good, beyond just profits.This book isn't just a theoretical exploration. We'll be delving into real-world examples, exploring dilemmas that businesses face daily, and examining the cascading effects of decisions. We'll...
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"A Guide to Ethical Considerations in Various Professions" is a comprehensive exploration of ethical frameworks across diverse fields. Spanning from the foundational principles of ethics to the nuanced considerations within professions such as medicine, law, education, journalism, engineering, social work, business, science, environmental conservation, public service, psychology, nonprofits, technology, research, military, sports, entertainment, and...
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Informed consent has been the foundation of medical ethics for decades. The traditional model of doctor-patient communication has often failed to adequately incorporate patients' values and preferences into treatment decisions. In "The Paradigm Lens: Informed Consent to Shared Decision-Making," medical ethicist Steven Kahn explores the evolution of informed consent and the growing importance of shared decision-making in modern healthcare.
Kahn draws...
13) Toward a Postmodern Ethic of Radical Freedom: Cornel West and Michel Foucault in Discursive Dialogue
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Toward a Postmodern Ethic of Radical Freedom is one of the first, if not the first, to bring Cornel West and Michel Foucault together in a meaningful dialogue to formulate "a postmodern ethic of radical freedom." This dialogue begins with the practical posture of West, more specifically his notions of truth and reality and work, then goes back to his more theoretical work to explore the same notions. As a project in constructive ethics, this book...
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MAKING ETHICAL CHOICES, RESOLVING ETHICAL DILEMMAS reflects a new approach to understanding ethics — one's own and others — based on what people actually do and say they do, rather than what they have been taught are the right and ethical things to do. The book has been developed by speaking to people from various backgrounds and discovering the wide range of ethical approaches people use in making everyday choices and handling the ethical conflicts...
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Medical geneticists began mapping the chromosomal infrastructure piece by piece in the 1970s by focusing on what was known about individual genetic disorders. Five decades later, their infrastructure had become an edifice for prevention, allowing expectant parents to test prenatally for hundreds of disease-specific mutations using powerful genetic testing platforms. In this book, Andrew J. Hogan explores how various diseases were "made genetic" after...
16) Justice in Love
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An eminent Christian philosopher's take on justice, rights, wrongs -- and what love has to do with it all
Love and justice have long been prominent themes in the moral culture of the West, yet they are often considered to be almost hopelessly at odds with one another. In this book acclaimed Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff shows that justice and love are at heart perfectly compatible, and he argues that the commonly perceived tension...
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Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, seven biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture. God and Guns is the first book to argue against gun culture from a biblical studies perspective. Bringing the Bible into conversation with contemporary...
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With its focus on the traditions and communities that form us over the course of a lifetime, virtue ethics has richly expanded our understanding of what the Christian life can look like. Yet its emphasis on human virtues and habits of mind and life seems inconsistent with the Reformed tradition's insistence that sin lies at the heart of the human condition. For this reason, virtue ethics seems out of place in Reformed theology, especially in the company...
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From the inception of the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christians have followed God's call to engage and change the world. Yet little work has been done to bring the tools of practical theology and ethics to bear on the task of understanding the Reformed tradition. This comprehensive volume addresses that problem. It gathers some of the most respected voices from within the study of Christian ethics and practical theology to ask how the Reformed tradition...
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Have you ever
-Wondered how to deal with a family that repeatedly fails to keep clinic appointments?
-Disagreed with colleagues over a proposed course of treatment for a child?
-Considered ways to 'bump' a child on a waiting to speed up their assessment?
These are a few of the scenarios faced by clinicians in neurodisability on a daily basis. Ethics in Child Health explores the ethical dimensions of these issues that have either been ignored...
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