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Praeger Publishers
The Curricular Integration of Ethics:
Theory and Practice
By C. David Lisman
The author provides philosophical and pedagogical background to
help faculty and academic administrators gain a better
understanding of how to integrate ethics into curricula. He
suggests that the most appropriate way is through instructor-
guided discussion of ethical issues relevant to course
objectives. This book demonstrates how providing ethical
discussions of relevant ethical issues is an integral part of
learning the course materials in ways that help students increase
their critical ability to understand and apply course concepts to
life. The author also suggests that providing discipline
specific ethics discussions is one way to frame the critical
reflective component of service learning to achieve the goal of
civic literacy. Many examples of ethics cases are provided.
CONTENTS: Introducing Ethics into the Curriculum; THE MORAL
FRAMEWORK; The Elements of Ethics; The Role of Moral Theory in
Ethical Decision Making; TEACHING ETHICS; Deontological and
Virtue Theory; Counter-Ethical Theories; Feminist Ethics of
Caring; The Ethics of Teaching; The Case Study Approach and
Conducting Ethics Discussions; INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO THE
CURRICULUM; Ethics in the Social Science Curriculum; Research
Ethics; Ethics in the Science Curriculum; Ethics in the
Humanities Curriculum; Business and Professional Ethics; Works
Cited; Index.
PRICE $49.95. ISBN 0-275-95304-1.192 pages. PUBLICATION DATE:
03/30/96
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C. David Lisman is Director of the Community Involvement Center
and Chair of the Philosophy Department of the Community College
of Aurora in Colorado. He is co-editor of th New Directions
volume PROMOTING COMMUNITY RENEWAL THROUGH CIVIC LITERACY AND
SERVICING LEARNING, available from Jossey-Bass in April.