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How Good People Make Tough Choices [Hardcover]

Rushworth M. Kidder (Author)


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Book Description

January 24, 1995
A journalist and founder of the Institute for Global Ethics offers advice on how to find the answers to tough ethical dilemmas when there is no ""wrong"" choice, from personal and private problems to global crises. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.


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From Publishers Weekly

Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics in Camden, Maine, Kidder, a former columnist for the Christian Science Monitor, has conducted seminars on how to make ethical choices for corporate, academic, professional and governmental clients. This pragmatic, enlightening handbook on resolving moral dilemmas is filled with real-life examples from his work. For instance, should Executive A give a letter of recommendation to former Co-worker B, who was fired after being implicated in financial irregularities (when A believes B may have been unfairly dismissed)? Should a teacher pressured by worried parents divulge something their son has told her in confidence? In some of the situations discussed, immediate short-term needs or desires run counter to long-term goals; in others, individual rights clash with community well-being, or integrity and honesty vie with commitments and promises. This clearsighted manual will help readers cut through a welter of contextual detail to focus on core values.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, Kidder (Agenda for the 21st Century, LJ 2/15/88) presents his philosophy, principles, and modus operandi of ethical decision-making. He first examines how to make right vs. right decisions, i.e., how to handle those troubling dilemmas where there is no real "wrong" decision. He then elaborates on the paradigms of truth vs. loyalty, individual vs. community concerns, short-term vs. long-term consequences, and justice vs. mercy, giving many examples. Kidder's chapters on ethical fitness and core values are the most important and interesting sections. Looking beyond the individual, Kidder believes that a code of ethics provides shared reference points for a society and that without such a code the society will perish. He has no grand design, however, just a clear method for identifying and working though the knotty problems of everyday life. The importance of the topic and the accessibility of the text recommend this title for most libraries.
Scott Johnson, Meridian Community Coll. Lib., Miss.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 241 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow; 1st edition (January 24, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0688134424
  • ISBN-13: 978-0688134426
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Prior to founding the Institute for Global Ethics in Camden, Maine, and London, England, Rushworth M. Kidder, Ph.D., was a senior columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. For the past fifteen years he has worked to refine the guidelines for ethical decision making through the institute's mission of research, public discourse, and practical action. Kidder leads seminars, gives keynote speeches, and conducts interviews with global leaders. He is an award-winning author of eight books on subjects ranging from twentieth-century poetry to the global ethical future and is a trustee of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. He serves on the advisory board of the Kenan Ethics Center at Duke University, the advisory council of the Character Education Partnership, and the advisory board of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on public television. In addition to his weekly columns for the institute's Ethics Newsline, Kidder's op-ed pieces have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Boston Globe. He lives with his family in Lincolnville, Maine.

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