Ethics for Adversaries : The Morality of Roles in Public and Professional Life

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The adversary professions--law, business, and government, among others--typically claim a moral permission to violate persons in ways that, if not for the professional role, would be morally wrong. Lawyers advance bad ends and deceive, business managers exploit and despoil, public officials enforce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Applbaum, Arthur Isak
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Professional ethics.
Political ethics.
Ethics.
Adversary system (Law)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
professional ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
Systeme accusatoire (Droit)
Morale politique.
Deontologie professionnelle.
Morale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The adversary professions--law, business, and government, among others--typically claim a moral permission to violate persons in ways that, if not for the professional role, would be morally wrong. Lawyers advance bad ends and deceive, business managers exploit and despoil, public officials enforce unjust laws, and doctors keep confidences that, if disclosed, would prevent harm. Ethics for Adversaries is a philosophical inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called "necessary offices."Applbaum begins by examinin.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781400822935

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