Product Description: Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues is a philosophical study of moral themes in memoirs, exploring how memoirists present and defend perspectives on good lives. It pays particular attention to the interplay of the virtues, including their interplay with additional (non-moral) types of values in good lives...read more

Product Description: Whether in slogans, catchphrases, adages or proverbs, we encounter mottos every day, but we rarely take time to reflect on them. In Of Mottos and Morals: Simple Words for Complex Virtues, Martin explores the possibility that mottos themselves are worthy of serious thought, examining how they contribute to moral guidance and help us grapple with complexity...read more

Product Description: What is happiness? How is it related to morality and virtue? Does living with illusion promote or diminish happiness? Is it better to pursue happiness with a partner than alone? Philosopher Mike W. Martin addresses these and other questions as he connects the meaning of happiness with the philosophical notion of "the good life...read more

Product Description: Creativity explores the moral dimensions of creativity in science in a systematic and comprehensive way. A work of applied philosophy, professional ethics, and philosophy of science, the book argues that scientific creativity often constitutes moral creativity the production of new and morally variable outcomes...read more

Product Description: Morality and mental health are now inseparably linked in our view of character. Alcoholics are sick, yet they are punished for drunk driving. Drug addicts are criminals, but their punishment can be court ordered therapy. The line between character flaws and personality disorders has become fuzzy, with even the seven deadly sins seen as mental disorders...read more

The book is aimed at courses that combine theory and applied (practical) ethics, with an emphasis on the practical topics of everyday interest. This book is an introduction to the philosophy of morality as it applies to practical moral needs. Moral character is explored in all its dimensions: virtues, vices, attitudes, emotions, commitments, and personal relationships, in addition to right and wrong conduct. The aim is to stimulate personal reflection and group dialogue, rather than offer solutions. It seeks to sharpen ideas which we use as tools in coping responsibly with our daily lives.

Intended for courses devoted to engineering ethics, this work aims to promote thinking and discussion about moral and ethical issues that engineers face. It provides real world examples and cases, and offers a framework for understanding ethical dilemmas within engineering.

This user-friendly text is a thought-provoking introduction to the professional ethical dilemmas that physical therapists routinely encounter. Stories drawn from real-life cases bring an interactive, practical perspective to ethical and philosophical concepts that might otherwise be difficult to grasp. Frequently referring to the APTA Code of Ethics and Guide for Professional Conduct, this comprehensive book defines and identifies ethical dilemmas and paves the way toward analysis and resolution. "By discussing and presenting the issues in a practical application focus, ethics is taken off the shelf and put into daily practice." -- Denise A. Wise, PT, PhD, College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota

Product Description: As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas--the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions joined together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict...read more

Product Description: Introduction to Engineering Ethics provides the background for discussion of the basic issues in engineering ethics. Emphasis is given to the moral problems engineers face in the corporate setting. It places those issues within a philosophical framework, and it seeks to exhibit their social importance and intellectual challenge...read more

Product Description: Bonding Eros with virtue is neither unrealistic nor naive, contends Mike Martin. On the contrary, it's practical, even pragmatic. Virtues serve to focus, structure, and even define erotic love. In particular, caring, respect, faithfulness, honesty, fairness, wisdom, and gratitude are central to successful, long-term relationships...read more

Product Description: "A good study book for philanthropists and those who study them. Religion gets a fair shake." —Christian Century"Mike Martin has written a clear and wide-ranging book on ethical issues related to philanthropy that is rich in concrete examples...read more

Product Description: This book systematically explores the moral issues surrounding self-deception. While many articles and books have been written on the concept of self-deception in recent years, Martin's gives much greater emphasis to self-deception as a significant topic for both ethical theory and applied ethics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)