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Virtue ethics and professional roles /
Taking medical and legal practice as key examples, Justin Oakley and Dean Cocking develop a rigorous articulation and defence of virtue ethics, contrasting it with other types of character-based ethical theories and showing that it offers a promising new approach to the ethics of professional roles.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The nature of virtue ethics; CHAPTER 2 The regulative ideals of morality and the problem of friendship; CHAPTER 3 A virtue ethics approach to professional roles; CHAPTER 4 Ethical models of the good general practitioner; CHAPTER 5 Professional virtues, ordinary vices; CHAPTER 6 Professional detachment in health care and legal practice; Bibliography; Index.