Contemporary issues in applied and professional ethics [electronic resource] / edited by Marco Grix, Tim Dare.

Includes bibliographical references.

Supply and demand in the development of professional ethics / Hugh Breakey -- How should the concept of a profession be understood, and is the notion of a practice helpful in understanding it / Stephan Millett -- Transformation: an examination of the virtuous character from the perspective of process philosophy / Giuseppe Naimo -- Model litigant guidelines - current and emerging issues / Ian Gibson -- Local action, global shame / Nicholas Munn -- Posthumous donation and consent / Frederick Kroon -- Altruism and generosity in surrogate motherhood / Ruth Walker, Liezl van Zyl -- Contemporary issues in the professionalisation of child care in Australia / Stephen Kemp -- Measuring ethical and empirical consequences of de-institutionalisation / Paul Jewell, Matthew Dent, Ruth Crocker -- Risky business - the ethics of judging individuals based on group statistics / Vanessa Scholes.

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