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Tom Koch

Ethics in Everyday Places


Mapping Moral Stress, Distress, and Injury
2018. 288 S. 38 color/ 15 b&w illus. 231 mm
Verlag/Jahr: MIT PRESS 2018
ISBN: 0-262-03721-1 (0262037211)
Neue ISBN: 978-0-262-03721-1 (9780262037211)

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In Ethics in Everyday Places, ethicist and geographer Tom Koch considers what happens when, as he puts it, "you do everything right but know you´ve done something wrong." The resulting moral stress and injury, he argues, are pervasive in modern Western society. Koch makes his argument "from the ground up," from the perspective of average persons, and through a revealing series of maps in which issues of ethics and morality are embedded.
"Ethics in Everyday Places argues persuasively that mapping, far from simply being a value neutral tool, is fundamentally intertwined with moral theory and practice. Drawn and analyzed wisely, maps can illuminate the ethical implications of problems ranging from tobacco use and graft organ transplantation, to poverty and its consequences, education funding, and transportation systems, among other matters. A groundbreaking and innovative book!" - Walter Wright, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Clark University
Tom Koch is Adjunct Professor of Medical Geography at the University of British Columbia, a consultant in ethics and gerontology at Alton Medical Centre, Toronto, and Director of Information Outreach, Ltd. He is the author of fourteen previous books, including Thieves of Virtue: When Bioethics Stole Medicine (MIT Press).