Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels
Authors: Boylan, Michael
- Contains a newly written teacher's manual
- The first textbook to combine ethical theory with real literature
- A textbook that will brings student engagement to another level through literature
- Offers a method to effectively put together a course in ethics using fiction
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- About this Textbook
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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. A sample syllabus and sample assignments are provided. This second edition contains an additional teacher's manual, guiding instructors in how to effectively put together a course in ethics using fiction.
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.
- About the authors
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Michael Boylan (Ph.D. University of Chicago, Philosophy; M.A. University of Chicago, English Literature) is Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University. He is the author of 22 books in Philosophy spanning Ethics and Social/Political Philosophy to Philosophy of Science and to Philosophy and Literature. He is also the author of 135 articles on the same. Boylan is also the author of 6 published novels, a professionally produced play, two books of poetry and scores of short stories. In the practical world Boylan has served on political advisory committees at the national and international level.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels
- Authors
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- Michael Boylan
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-24872-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-24872-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-24871-0
- Edition Number
- 2
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