The Harder Right: Stories of Conscience and Choice - Softcover

Dobrin, Arthur

 
9780786755264: The Harder Right: Stories of Conscience and Choice

Inhaltsangabe

Is it ever right to reject a child?

What do you do when taking the life of an innocent person means saving several more?

When is it right to break a promise?

Can someone be too good?

If confronted with these situations, what would you do?

These are some of the issues explored in The Harder Right, short stories that throw light on the complexity of ethical decision-making. Each story considers a moral concern, from personal loyalty to conflicts between integrity and ethical principles.

The Harder Right is designed to stimulate discussion about morality and ethics. A discussion guide is provided at the end of the book.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Arthur Dobrin is an American author, Professor Emeritus of Management, Entrepreneurship and General Business at Hofstra University and Leader Emeritus of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island. Dr. Arthur Dobrin served two years in the Peace Corps with his wife, Lyn, in Kenya. He has maintained his interest in Kenya since, having returned with his family and having led educational safaris to Kenya for Adelphi University School of Social Work. He has published two novels, a collection of short stories and a book of poems all set in Kenya. He and Lyn directed the Kenya Project, a program that provides funding for an elementary school in Kisii. Arthur Dobrin has also been a visiting scholar at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Kisii College, Kisii, Kenya; the Gusii Technical College, Kisii, Kenya; and an exchange professor at Claflin University, in South Carolina, an historical black college.

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