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BOOK REVIEW ESSAY: An Applied Ethics Reading Buffet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2006

Lloyd C. Irland
Lloyd C. Irland
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Lecturer and Senior Scientist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Most of us were brought up to clean our plates at the dinner table. We find the lesson hard to unlearn. We apply this to books as well—if we haven't time to read the whole thing, we don't pick it up at all. In this note, I offer a list of heavy, very thorough books as a buffet—suggesting that you read only the parts that interest you. Then, I list a few shorter ones offering easier reading but still filled with ideas and insights. Many of these will be valuable for people wanting to lead discussions and workshops on applied ethics.

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Environmental Practice , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 66 - 71
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© 2006 National Association of Environmental Professionals

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Allen, A. L. 2004. The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the Twenty-First Century Moral Landscape. Miramax Books, New York, 322 pp.
Applbaum, A. I. 1999. Ethics for Adversaries: The Morality of Roles in Public and Professional Life. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 273 pp.
Arendt, H. 2003. Responsibility and Judgment, J. Kohn, ed. Schocken Books, New York, 295 pp.
Barrett, C. D. 2001. Everyday Ethics for Practicing Planners. American Institute of Certified Planners, Chicago, 246 pp.
Bell, D. 2002. Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth. Bloomsbury, New York, 183 pp.
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Pfeiffer, R. S., and R. P. Forsberg. 2000. Ethics on the Job: Cases and Strategies, 2nd Edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, CA, 146 pp.
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Smith, D. H. 1995. Entrusted: The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 124 pp.
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James Surowiecki, ed. 2002. Best Business Crime Reporting of the Year. Anchor Books, New York, 253 pp.
Terris, D. 2005. Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue at an American Corporation. University Press of New England for Brandeis University Press, Hanover, NH, 160 pp.
Wenz, P. S., ed. 2001. Environmental Ethics Today. Oxford University Press, New York, 351 pp.