Everyday Ethics

by Dr Simon Longstaff

Do I buy eggs laid by free-range chooks or the cheaper ones from caged birds? Do I tell my best friend I saw her boyfriend kissing another girl? Do I lie to my mum by telling her I will wear the jumper she bought me, even though it’s the ugliest jumper in the world? Every day our lives are punctuated by points of decision. Some of these decisions will be momentous, remembered for most will go unnoticed, by us and by others. Yet all our choices taken as a whole, they shape our lives and contribute to the rhythms of the world. In Everyday Ethics, Australia’s leading authority on ethics, Simon Longstaff, provides a map to help you better navigate the landscape of daily decisions more ethically. Using a broad range of topics and examples to provoke eye-opening reflection and discussion, Everyday Ethics is a lesson in how even our smallest choices can matter, and an empowering guide that will help us discover what is ‘good’ and what is ‘right’.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Self Help

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2017

Reviews

[Lauren Price · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick and easy to read. A great introduction section. He has some opinions, based on actual moral understanding, without pushing a specific agenda. Felt very apolitical, which is a nice change of pace in todays world. Covers MANY topics in a sort of inch deep/ mile wide kind of way but still starts to fill what I perceive as a practical ethics void in popular lit. He seems like a thoughtful, nice, well intentioned person and not overly critical or pretentious, which is amazing for any academic.

[Charlotte · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really tried to get into this book, but couldn't get beyond the main overview. The tone is overly self-conscious and afraid of provoking any sort of controversy by having an actual opinion or concrete idea. The questions prompted on the topics were fairly banal, and there was not a lot of info given on each... going for breadth rather than depth. I really wanted to like this and could have done so if the tone was even slightly humorous.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

這本書不是給你答案…只是列出以下的議題供大家參考與思考
這十幾年以下的題目我都想過⋯這幾年腦洞大開⋯
目錄
【本書使用守則】
思辨讓你頭好壯壯考試一百分│朱家安
用哲學，為人生定錨│林靜君
前言
走進倫理學
‧蘇格拉底
‧人類選擇的結構
‧價值觀
‧人做選擇的脈絡
‧道德
‧倫理生活
‧四大哲學傳統
‧向前行
問題
公民對政府的責任
墮胎
收養
年老
酒
動物福利
動物與產品實驗
死之將近
參加無聊活動
成為政治人物
多元成家
犯法
商業倫理與個人倫理
商業倫理與環境
購買在地產品
購買有機產品
欺騙
小孩子與管教
小孩子與科技
選擇學校
同事與忠誠
哭泣
危險動物
難搞的親戚
丟棄多餘電器
胚胎基因檢測
服儀規定
雇主與雇員
符合倫理的購買行為
倫理與購物車
安樂死與自殺
家庭類型
自取食物
資訊自由
言論自由
未來的世代，我們的責任
賭博
性別與工作場所
基因改造生物（GMOs）
全球暖化
敦親睦鄰
好人做壞事
百工斯為備
無家可歸
人類與其他動物的關係
非法下載
澳洲原住民與特別權利
網路約會
開玩笑
合法用藥
說謊
婚姻
心智健康
遷徙與國界
行動電話禮儀
對朋友的義務
別人家的小孩
為人父母：要還是不要？
用職場信箱寄個人信件
寵物
色情素材與賣淫
授權書與訂立遺囑
大眾運輸
撫養孩子
難民與尋求庇護者
關係瓦解
宗教與文化權利
獎勵孩子
談戀愛與一夜情
校務基金與學費
科學與技術
訂公道價
性行為
生理性別與社會性別
一個屋簷下
社交時攤錢
「假病假」
社會正義
社群媒體：是好是壞
對惡行直言不諱
代孕
永續性
避稅
在學校教宗教
考試與高等教育入學
為老人家著想
市場與專業人士
給小費、議價與做善事
在第三世界國家旅行
大學學費
真相傷人
不想要的禮物
投票
職場同事的社會行為
職場霸凌與騷擾
職場禮儀

[Kin Guan · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The unexamined life is not worth living”. A definite way to examine one’s life is through the rigorous test of ethics. Ethics dictates how we lead our lives in certain situations or environments. What underline ethics are principles, values and purpose.

A good kitchen book to read when you are starting your breakfast. Pick a topic, follow its arguments and ponder about the questions.

[James Tomasino · Rating 2 out of 5]

The structure of this work was unbalanced, launching with a lot of personal anecdotes and then the world's fastest survey of the field before moving to individual issues in brief. I respect the idea of tying ethics to practicality, but I don't think this actually achieved the goal. It was left somewhere in between, neither educating, nor bridging academia to everyday life in a satisfying way.

[Başo Can · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read but it does not encourage reader to ask questions. Western word's , a western writer's view of point. I enjoyed the book thou!