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A Thoughtful and Hopeful Approach to Ethics,
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This review is from: A Case for Legal Ethics: Legal Ethics As a Source for a Universal Ethic (Suny Series in Ethical Theory) (Hardcover)
Luizzi outlines a very sensitive and hopeful view of ethics in this book. He favors a pragmatic approach to ethics that makes room for a multiplicity of truths and ongoing evaluation of one's actions. He rejects the ethics that emerge from Kantianism and Utilitarianism because they are too rigid, and if they are to be followed as the standard of rule, they can lead to absurd ethical decisions. His pragmatic view is flexible and requires personal ongoing evaluation into what roles we play in our personal and professional lives.
Essentially, Luizzi says that as the conceptions of ourselves change, so do our moral behaviors. Our ethical decisions emerge from the way we conceive of ourselves in different situations. He thinks that legal ethics is a particularly good example of the versatility of moral behavior emerging from one's self-conception because lawyers have to continually define and redefine their professional roles. He says that ethical behavior is tied to conceptions of self. For Luizzi, ethics is a reflective, constructive, fluid process that changes and adapts according to the way we change the conception of ourselves. Our rules of conduct change as our ongoing inquiry into who we are produces different results. He says that individuals must take an active role in constructing who they are, from their general to specific roles in their lives. Upon careful examination, we will find that we play a diverse array of roles and ought to engage in an ongoing assessment of these roles as they form and guide our moral conduct. Overall, this book is very thoughtfully and clearly written. It offers a fluid and reflective approach to ethics that can't be found in Kantianism or Utilitarianism. This book is of interest to people inside and certainly outside the legal profession as its implications are far reaching into other professions and into personal lives.
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