BOOKS - Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels
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Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels
Author: Michael Boylan
Year: May 27, 2017
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 222 MB
Language: English
Year: May 27, 2017
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 222 MB
Language: English
This book offers a unique method for teaching ethics and social political philosophy by combining primary texts and resource material along with three philosophical novels so that students can apply the abstract principles to real-life situations. Boylan provides a preface to introduce instructors in how to effectively put together a course in ethics using fiction. A sample syllabus and sample assignments are provided.Students often turn-off when confronted with abstract ethical principles, alone. This book allows interaction with philosophical novels that provide real-life situations that mirrors applying normative principles to lived experience. Students will be drawn into this realism and their engagement with the material will be significantly enhanced. This is an innovative textbook for teachers and students of general philosophy, ethics, business ethics, social and political philosophy, as well as students of literature and philosophy.
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