Virtue ethics and professional roles

Virtue ethics and professional roles / Justin Oakley, Dean Cocking.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oakley, Justin, 1960-
Other Authors: Cocking, Dean, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Professional ethics.
professional ethics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Professional ethics
Berufsethik
Beroepsethiek.
Deugden.
Electronic books.
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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.

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