How Good People Make Tough Choices : Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living
Author: Rushworth M. Kidder
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ISBN: 0688175902
Publisher: Quill (16 December, 2003)
Sales Rank: 1,459,298
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Framing the question frames the answer
Kidder's book essentially boils down any tough choice down to basic conflicts, a struggle for competing "rights" or things we value. We value loyalty, for example, and we value honesty...what happens if I know my spouse is cheating on our taxes or from their company?Thought provoking, easily read....strongly recommend.
Rating: 4 out of 5
choice and conflict
This is a nice, short book that anybody could read and get something useful out of. To help potential readers, I will clarify a little about the book. In many ways, it is not a book about decision making per se, but rather ethics and decision making. As such the title doesn't quite fit: perhaps it should be called how good people -should- make tough choices. Given that the emphasis of the book was somewhat different than expected, Kidder made a decent book out of the general topic of ethics. Not arcane in any way, chock full of examples and designed to be user-friendly. A great book for "lay persons" who are nonetheless quite familiar with decisions that have ethical implications and need to make them on a regular basis.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent
This is an excellent book and along with Donald V. Paone's "To Be or Not to Be: Reflections of Modern Bioethical Choices" (also available from Amazon.com) is must reading if those who confront the problems of living morally in the modern world. Similar Products
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