Behavioral Ethics in Practice : Why We Sometimes Make the Wrong Decisions.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Why it's hard to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are -- 1 Making moral judgments -- 2 How emotions influence ethics -- 3 Moral action decisions and moral reasoning flaws -- 4 Obedience to authority -- 5 Conformity bias -- 6 Overconfidence bias -- 7 Self-serving bias -- 8 Framing -- 9 Incrementalism -- 10 Loss aversion -- 11 Role morality -- 12 Moral equilibrium -- 13 Tangible and abstract -- 14 In-group bias -- 15 Implicit bias -- 16 Cognitive dissonance -- 17 General situational factors -- 18 Temporal factors -- 19 Fundamental attribution error -- Part II How to improve your chances of living a life you can be proud of -- 20 Being your best self -- 21 Rationalizations and other mechanisms of moral disengagement -- 22 Giving voice to your values -- 23 Creating a culture that makes it easier to do the right thing -- Notes -- Index.

A research-based behavioural ethics primer focuses on how we make moral choices and explains why our internal biases, external social pressures, and situational factors such as time often influence our better nature (and judgment) and lead to ethical missteps.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.