New Work
DOING THE RIGHT THING
DOING THE RIGHT THING is about some of the toughest life-and-death ethical decisions ever made. Readers discover not only how ethics exemplars navigated hair-pulling moral choices but also how we ourselves can make vexing ethical decisions. Chapters profile Mandela, Malala, Gandhi, Truman, Queen Esther, Edward R. Murrow, Marie Curie, Socrates, William Wilberforce, Rachel Carson, and others. Designed for both the general reader and the classroom, it will be published during the summer of 2020 and available via Amazon.com.
Reviews
“Tom Cooper combines the power of storytelling with analytical insight to help all of us - whether we are students, teachers or just curious readers - think more clearly about what it takes to make the best ethical decisions we can, even under difficult circumstances. A fascinating and inspiring read.”
Tamar Schapiro, Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Tom Cooper’s portraits of courage, an eclectic compendium of stories of leaders who faced monumentally difficult moral choices, remind us of the importance of the interplay of philosophy and history: Philosophical abstractions mean little outside the context of their application. Spanning 25 centuries, from Queen Esther and Socrates to Rachel Carson and John F. Kennedy, Doing the Right Thing takes 12 “ethics exemplars” and with grace and clarity — and considerable insight — transforms them into an original and compelling account of what it takes to “open your mind” and “open your heart.”
Theodore L. Glasser, Professor of Communication, Stanford University
“This profound book teaches moral philosophy with ingenuity. Its stunning transformation of moral philosophy into public discourse is historic. Doing the Right Thing has the promise of becoming a twenty-first century classic.”
Clifford Christians, Research Professor of Communication, University of Illinois
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