Congenial Debates on Controversial Questions by Bruce Waller

Congenial Debates on Controversial Questions by Bruce Waller

Facilitate honest, thoughtful and respectful consideration of controversial questions - Congenial Debates on Controversial Questions is designed to promote careful and vigorous yet congenial and respectful examination of a wide range of controversial ethical issues.   KEY TOPICS:  Material on critical thinking - Introductory material on critical thinking, enhances cooperative critical thinking and avoids the destructive fallacies that promote acrimony rather than insight. The Straw Man fallacy – Every chapter notes Straw Man distortions on both sides of the controversy and discusses in detailed examinations the Straw Man fallacy and its destructiveness.    MARKET: For those interested in recognizing misinformation in controversial arguments, and creating a respectful dialogue of controversial issues.

Dr. Bruce N. Waller is Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University. He received his Ph.D. in 1979 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His other works include Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings, and Contemporary Issues, Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict, You Decide! Current Debates in Criminal Justice, You Decide! Current Debates in Contemporary Moral Problems, You Decide! Current Debates in Introductory Philosophy, You Decide! Current Debates in Ethics, and Coffee and Philosophy: A Conversational Introduction to Philosophy with Readings.

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ISBN 13	9780205924257
ISBN 10	0205924255
Title	Congenial Debates on Controversial Questions
Author	Bruce Waller
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2013-03-18
Number of pages	240
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