Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels

by Michael Boylan

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This book offers a unique method for teaching ethics and social/political philosophy by combining primary texts and resource material along with three philosophical novels so that students can apply the abstract principles to real-life situations. Boylan provides a preface to introduce instructors in how to effectively put together a course in ethics using fiction. A sample syllabus and sample assignments are provided.

Students often turn-off when confronted with abstract ethical principles, alone. This book allows interaction with philosophical novels that provide real-life situations that mirrors applying normative principles to lived experience. Students will be drawn into this realism and their engagement with the material will be significantly enhanced. This is an innovative textbook for teachers and students of general philosophy, ethics, business ethics, social and political philosophy, as well as students of literature and philosophy.

  • ISBN13 9783319557106
  • Publish Date 8 June 2017
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 March 2021
  • Publish Country CH
  • Imprint Springer International Publishing AG
  • Edition 1st ed. 2017
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 731
  • Language English